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Criminal/Civil

Robert talks with George Fletcher, professor of law at Columbia University, about the differences between the criminal and civil trials of O.J. Simpson. Fletcher says a peculiarity of the American legal system is that the prosecution cannot appeal the verdict in a criminal case.

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