20 years on, TV series brings O.J. Simpson case full circle on race

A Reuters article about the new television series on the O.J. Simpson trial 20 year ago looks at what the series says about the nation's history of race relations and quotes David Schmid, associate professor of English and the editor of the 2015 book "Violence in America." The Simpson case brought together "everything our culture is most fascinated by - namely sex, sports, violence, celebrity, and in this case, race," he said. "Add to that this widespread perception that in some sense O.J. got away with it and you have a sure fire recipe. ... It's a bit like the Jack the Ripper murders. Why? - because it's still unsolved," he said.

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