Without a Doubt

by Marcia Clark

Nicole’s prophetic words haunted me throughout the trial. She had said to friends and family, “He’s going to kill me, and he’ll get away with it, because he’s O. J. Simpson.” It breaks my heart that I was unable to prove her wrong.

Twice as many women were murdered by current or former male partners between 2001 and 2012 as there were troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“The point that I make [is] that this is a murder trial,” I continued. “A murder trial where none of this is relevant. This is not the forum. This is not the forum.” I told the court about a political cartoon I’d seen several days before. It showed a child watching television—the Simpson trial. “What’s the forbidden N-word, Mommy?” asked the little girl. The mother answered, “Nicole.”