MURDER IN BRENTWOOD

Paperback. Foreword by Vincent Bugliosi. For O.J. Simpson to get away with murder, an innocent cop had to be destroyed. That was the cynical strategy of the Simpson "Dream Team," and it worked. But as certainty about Simpson's guilt grew, so did outrage about the scapegoating of Mark Fuhrman. Now the former LAPD detective tells his side of the story in a damning expose. The veteran detective gives the inside story of why and how Simpson's interrogation was bungled; how police criminalists made previously unrevealed errors that torpedoed the prosecution's case; why Marcia Clark foolishly suppressed evidence of an affair between Ron and Nicole; and why Clark refused to call a key police witness who could have corroborated Fuhrman's testimony and blown away the defence team's claim, of planted evidence. Fuhrman's own hand-drawn maps of the crime scene and his reconstruction of the murders leave no doubt about what really happened on June 12, 1994. Is Fuhrman a racist? Vigorously contesting that hurtful charge, Furhman answers each of the "Dream Team's" wild allegations with solid facts. Yet he apologises for using racist words on a screenwriter's research tapes. And he shows how the intent of those tapes was distorted by the "creative editing" of Simpson's defence lawyers, and misreported by the media. Why did Fuhrman take the Fifth and plead "no contest" to perjury? Fuhrman's emotional answer will surprise you. His account of the tremendous outpouring of support he received from people across the country is one of the inspiring moments of the book. New revelations about the incompetence and corruption that pervaded the "Trial of the Century" will exonerate a decent, loyal detective, the innocent cop who was sacrificed so a rich, guilty celebrity could go free. Illus. in colour, Appendices and Index. 427pp. p/back. With lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.