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AclearandcompellingexplanationbyrenownedlegalexpertAlanDershowitzonhowthereareseveralkindsof"truths"inacriminaltrial--asdemonstratedintheSimpsoncase--andhowthesearchfor"truth"intheU.S.systemofcriminaljusticediffersgreatlyfromother"moresingle-mindedsearchesfortruth,"suchasinascientificorhistoricalinquiry.ExcerptedfromReasonableDoubtsbyAlanDershowitz.Copyright©1996byAlanDershowitz.ReprintedherebypermissionofTouchstone,anImprintofSimon&Schuster,Inc.Theterm"searchfortruth"wasrepeatedlyinvokedbybothsidesoftheSimpsoncase.Areviewofthetrialtranscriptrevealsthatthisphrasewasusedmorethanseventytimes.Theprosecutorsclaimedthattheyweresearchingfortruthandthatthedefensewasdeliberatelyobscuringit.WhereitwasintheirinteresttohavethejuryhearevidencethatwouldhurtSimpson--suchasthedetailsofargumentsbetweenhimandhisformerwife--theprosecutorsarguedthatthesearchfortruthrequiredtheinclusionofsuchevidence,despiteitsmarginalrelevance.Onotheroccasions,theyarguedthatthesearchfortruthrequiredtheexclusionofevidencethatdemonstratedthatoneoftheirkeywitnesses,LosAngelesPoliceDetectiveMarkFuhrman,hadnottoldthetruthatthetrial.Thedefensealsoclaimedthemantleoftruthandaccusedtheprosecutionofplacingbarriersinitspath.Andthroughoutthetrial,thepunditsobservedthatneithersidewasreallyinterestedintruth,onlyinwinning.Theywereright--andwrong.Inobservingthiscontroversy,Iwasremindedofthestoryoftheoldrabbiwho,afterlisteningtoahusbandcomplainingbitterlyabouthiswife,replied,"Youareright,myson."Then,afterlisteningtoalitanyofsimilarcomplaintsfromthewife,heresponded,"Youareright,mydaughter."Therabbi'syoungstudentthenremarked,"Buttheycan'tbothberight"--towhichtherabbireplied,"Youareright,myson."Sotoo,inthecontextofacriminalcase,theprosecutionisrightwhenitsaysitissearchingfortruth--acertainkindoftruth.Thedefenseisalsosearchingforacertainkindoftruth.Yetbothareoftenseekingtoobscurethetruthforwhichtheiropponentissearching.InarguingtoexcludeevidencethatFuhrmanhadperjuredhimselfwhenhedeniedusingthe"N"word,MarciaClarksaidju
