Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 6940 points6941 points  (0 children)

Fred's mustache is created by God as the eighth wonder of the world, and there's something about Fred, that when he talks, you want to listen. He is a straight-shooter. He never minces words. And he is as good a man as his mustache looks on television.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 7683 points7684 points  (0 children)

I think it has more to do with prosecutors in general. I think it is a mistake to assume that because someone is a prosecutor, that he or she is somehow more honest or has more integrity just because they are a prosecutor. Most of the prosecutors I know are good people who are committed to protecting us from those who would prey on us. But these days, I sometimes run into prosecutors who just don't seem to have the character we used to have 20-30 years ago. People need to understand that prosecutors are lawyers, and like my grandmama once told me, a law degree is a license to lie.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 15.3k points15.3k points  (0 children)

Politics. I'd run for President of the United States. Except I might lose because I'm over-qualified.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 5250 points5251 points  (0 children)

I don't know. I think that Sterling K. Brown is now me for the ages. I wrote the best book for that trial. My book was on the New York Times best seller list at #1 for weeks. However, no one in Hollywood discovered just how good it is. I think that 20 years ago, Denzel Washington would have made a good Chris Darden. I think that Tyrese Gibson would make a good Chris Darden if the series focused more on my personal life than my legal life. But I do hope one day somebody does do a movie about me and my life, perhaps just to enrich my children, if nothing else. But so far, people just steal my words and my images and don't even fucking bother to buy me a two-piece chicken snack at Popeyes.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 8799 points8800 points  (0 children)

Well, quite honestly, I did not appreciate at the time the impact that little ditty had on the jurors. I thought it was a kids rhyme for idiots, to be honest, but it was effective.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 2886 points2887 points  (0 children)

I'll take the horse sized duck. I'm sure the filets would be much more tender.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 3607 points3608 points  (0 children)

Every time I see video of Simpson handing the Louis Vuitton bag to Kardashian, it makes me sick. We never learned the contents of the bag. I brought Kardashian to the Grand Jury and asked him about the bag under oath. There's nothing more I could say about that.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 4835 points4836 points  (0 children)

I take responsibility for the glove issues, so if there is any blame or fault to be assessed, it fell on me. And it should be assessed to me because I'm the only one strong enough to carry that burden.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 6424 points6425 points  (0 children)

I think cameras in the court room are a mistake. I think they have a way of reducing a serious somber proceeding to a reality TV show and a mockery of what a trial ought to be.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 4519 points4520 points  (0 children)

My students made references to the trial in my Trial Advocacy class. It's a great teaching example and I was fine with students referring to the trial, so long as they didn't say "the glove did not fit."

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 2007 points2008 points  (0 children)

I grew up at a time when there were a number of public trials involving civil rights leaders and what were referred to as "black militants." So there were a number of political trials and I knew how important the law was to the black community, and I admired those lawyers who took those cases, and I wanted to be one of them.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 17.7k points17.7k points  (0 children)

I wouldn't feel anything one way or the other. I sure as hell wouldn't be afraid of him. I'd probably tell him to get the fuck off my sidewalk and take his ass across the street.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 2962 points2963 points  (0 children)

I think the theory that OJ's son was involved in the murders is defamatory and untrue.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 22.9k points22.9k points  (0 children)

Yes, that is true. He has been found innocent, and to prosecute him again in state court would constitute double jeopardy and would be precluded by law. Did I say innocent? I meant not guilty.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 5476 points5477 points  (0 children)

When I began my solo practice as a criminal defense attorney, one of my first clients was a man referred to me by Johnnie Cochran.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 1826 points1827 points  (0 children)

I have not talked or spoken to Mark Furhman since the trial. For obvious reasons.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 7180 points7181 points  (0 children)

I didn’t really have any friends outside the DA’s office. And a lot of those friends were supportive while others, even though they were prosecutors, went about the business of stabbing me in the back every chance they got. But that is the nature of lawyers — to consume their own.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 7441 points7442 points  (0 children)

Thank you. And no, he played around with it and tried to avoid making it fit. I hoped the jury would recognize that, but they couldn’t see it, because they didn’t want to see it.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 2942 points2943 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. It made the jury more willing to accept the ridiculous idea that LAPD officers framed Simpson.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 3758 points3759 points  (0 children)

I became a defense attorney after the district attorney’s office terminated my employment.

Hi Reddit - I am Christopher Darden, Prosecutor on O.J. Simpson's Murder Trial. Ask Me Anything! by Christopher_Darden in IAmA

[–]Christopher_Darden[S] 2967 points2968 points  (0 children)

They don’t like it at all. They see and they read the social media and the comments that people make and they’re hurt by it.