October 1
1789 - The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
American Heritage: The Bill of Rights, by Dr. Peter A. Lillback
The Bill of Rights and Other Amendment, by John Eidsmoe
Recommended video:
You Have the Right to Remain Innocent - What Police Officers Tell Their Kids About the Fifth Amendment
A Lawyer poem:
As a young lawyer from the books that I'd read
I thought justice and law were the same.
But I soon put such juvenile thoughts from my head
And I studied the rules of the game! (Source unknown)
Recommended reading:
The Police - Damned if They Do, Damned if They Don't, by Herbert T. Klein (1968)
October 3
1995 - The O.J. Simpson murder case ends with a verdict of not guilty (Source)
The following is on the back cover of In Contempt, written by Christopher Darden, one of O.J. Simpson's prosecutors from the 1990s:
"I never got a chance, of course, to cross-examine him. And I didn't want to anymore. I just wanted to talk to him, to make sure he knew he hadn't fooled all of us, and that his 'Dream Team' hadn't fooled most Americans. I wanted to tell him that there was another court that would hear his case one day, with a judge who would separately try racist cops and murderers. A court where everyone will have to account for his actions alone. A court where the only witnesses will be Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown."
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Here is some "Legal" advice from a former member of OJ's "Dream Team":
"You have to hire the best investigators, criminologist, forensic people right now, Shapiro said. You must bring them in immediately to get an independent review of the evidence. The longer you wait, the more the evidence will be disturbed. Shapiro added that he always treated experts well. First class travel, top hotels, the best restaurants. Some lawyers try to economize with tourist class and cheap hotels. That doesn't buy loyalty." (From An American Tragedy, page 29)
