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This statement is a parody of Cochran's closing arguments in the O. J. Simpson murder case, where he said to the jury, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit", in reference to a courtroom demonstration in which Simpson appeared unable to fit a pair of bloody leather gloves found at the murder scene over the medical gloves he was wearing. [5] [6]
Christopher Darden said in Netflix's "American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson" that when he dies, he should be buried "with a pair of Isotoner gloves,” after his botched glove demonstration during the ...
'If it doesn't fit, you must acquit,' O.J. Simpson's lawyer Johnnie Cochran quipped on June 15th, 1995. Twenty years ago today, the infamous bloody glove incident took place and was forever ...
Cochran in 2001. Cochran joined the Simpson defense team and later took over as its chair, during the trial. In his closing arguments, Cochran famously uttered the phrase, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," alluding to the fact that the glove the prosecutors alleged Simpson wore during the murder did not fit Simpson's hand.
[124] [125] Cochran claimed during the defense's closing argument, "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit." [70] [110] [123] The phrase became famous in popular culture. [126] Prosecutors also raised concerns that because the glove had been soaked in blood, and was repeatedly frozen and thawed before the trial, that it would have shrunk.
At 10:07 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3, 1995, Simpson was acquitted on both counts of murder. In one final surprising twist, the jury took only four hours to reach their verdict.
Juror Brenda Moran said she acquitted Simpson because the gloves didn't fit, but juror Lionel Cryer said the glove demonstration was pointless because it was obvious they had changed from their original condition because Darden produced a new pair of the same type gloves, and they fit Simpson just fine.
Robert Shapiro did in fact try on one of the evidence gloves during the O.J. Simpson case to see whether it might fit his client, the still practicing lawyer reveals in an interview with Megyn Kelly.