News: Squeezing the Juice

Speaking as a law student, I know that many think the original "Trial of the Century" demonstrated some of the seedier aspects of our adversarial court system - specifically the fact that people with the best lawyers can sometimes win where most other defendants could not. When society loses faith in impartial courts and fair trials, that's when you get the beginnings of tribal justice and "screw the other guy."

Even if O.J. is somehow totally innocent of the vicious double murder in Brentwood, it's safe to say his conduct afterwards has been laughable at best, and reprehensible at worst. There's nothing like cashing in with a book deal, or trying to make a TV special. His latest legal troubles are basically front page news, all the time.

I'm glad CNN and co. have something new to put on the airwaves, I guess. And comedians are having a field day (NSFW):