Fox News host Jesse Watters reflects on how the O.J. Simpson trial united America in conversation following the athlete’s death on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
JESSE WATTERS: Justice wasn’t about guilt or innocence — it was about being able to afford lawyers like the “Dream Team.” You’d ask people, “O.J.: innocent or guilty?”
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America’s judicial system worked or it didn’t work, depending on who you talked to. Juries are filled with people, not machines, and sometimes people send a message without weighing all of the evidence, and that message is final. The verdict may have divided us, and we disagreed, but the trial brought us together.
A hundred-million people watched. Those are Super Bowl numbers. The episode produced rivers of content: tabloid TV, the Kardashians and humor.
This article was written by Fox News staff.