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Robert Shapiro Discusses His Role in the O. J. Trial.

Defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro. He put together the defense strategy and the team of high-profile attorneys who successfully defended O.J. Simpson. Eventually Shapiro was replaced by Johnny Cochran as lead attorney. And by the trial's end the team members were denouncing each other. Shapiro has written his memoir, "The Search for Justice: A Defense Attorney's Brief on the O.J. Simpson Case," (Time Warner, written with Larkin Warren).

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Other segments from the episode on April 4, 1996

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 4, 1996: Interview with Robert L. Shapiro; Interview with Jonathan Harr.

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