CBS Evening News - 1995-09-22
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[0:24] Two brothers that must constantly eat or
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[0:30] OJ Simpson scores. He refuses to take
[0:33] the stand, but Judge Ido lets him have
[0:35] his say in court anyway. That I did not,
[0:38] could not, and would not have committed
[0:39] this crime. A day of high drama and
[0:43] outrage as both sides rest their cases.
[0:50] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:54] Rather. Good evening. Eight months after
[0:56] opening statements in the OJ Simpson
[0:58] murder trial, the lawyers finally rested
[1:01] today, but not before Judge Lanceto
[1:04] allowed Simpson a major victory. The
[1:06] judge gave Simpson an extraordinary
[1:08] opportunity to address the court outside
[1:10] the presence of the jury, but with the
[1:12] possibility that his words would reach
[1:14] the jury anyway and without the risk of
[1:16] testifying under oath and risking
[1:18] cross-examination. In the courtroom for
[1:21] the drama was our correspondent, Bill
[1:23] Whitaker.
[1:25] He's remained silent through most of
[1:26] this trial, but today when asked if he
[1:28] wished to wave his right to testify, OJ
[1:31] Simpson didn't just give a routine yes
[1:33] or no. Instead, something highly
[1:35] unusual. He made a speech in his own
[1:38] defense. As much as I would like to
[1:40] address some of the misrepresentati