Telegraph.co.uk
Johnnie Cochran, who has died aged 67, became the most famous trial lawyer in the United States when he brought off the improbable feat of convincing a jury that OJ Simpson, the American football star, was innocent of murder.
In a nation full of flamboyant courtroom performers, Cochran was among the most exuberant; he favoured pastel-coloured silk suits and snazzy, geometrical ties, and augmented his gift for oratory with a prodigious memory for detail, a knack for coining memorable phrases and a charm that jurors could find irresistible.
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