O.J. Trying on Gloves ‘Was Not My Call,’ Marcia Clark Tells NBC
“I never expected anything good to come of it,” former prosecutor says in Dateline interview
Reid Nakamura | March 1, 2016 @ 1:25 PM
Last Updated: March 1, 2016 @ 3:31 PM
Marcia Clark says it wasn’t her decision to have O.J. Simpson try on the infamous gloves in the 1994 murder trial of Nicole Brown Simpson.
In a new preview of Dateline’s “The People vs. O.J. Simpson: What the Jury Never Heard,” set to air on NBC Sunday, Clark tells Josh Mankiewicz that she was against the decision from the beginning.
“That was not my call. I did not want him to try on the evidence gloves. I never did,” Clark said. “I was miserable from the moment that Chris [Darden] said, ‘No, I’m doing this.’ And I never expected anything good to come of it.”
But Clark also revealed that she wasn’t upset when she was proven right, telling Mankiewicz that at the time she told Darden, “If that lost the case for us, we were never going to win anyway.”
Clark also told Dateline that she personally takes responsible for the “physically painful” not-guilty verdict reached by the jury in the highly publicized trial.
“I was the one trying the case,” she said. “But at the end of the day, we really– there was no way to reach that jury. There was no way to make them believe. There really wasn’t.”
“The People vs. O.J. Simpson: What the Jury Never Heard” airs Sunday, March 6 at 9/8c on NBC.
20 Big Changes in Hollywood Since O.J. Simpson's Crazy Chase 20 Years Ago
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The infamous Ford Bronco can now be rented out for parties.
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Social media is now the universal forum to sound off about everything from political revolution to reality television.
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In 1994 average Internet speed was 56kbps. Now, it's around 25.5mbs.
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O.J. Simpson is in currently in jail... on unrelated charges.
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O.J. Simpson published the book, "If I Did It: Confessions of The Killer." Proceeds from its sale go to the Goldman family.
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The 405 has been completely revamped. Traffic remains.
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The two helicopter pilots who followed the slow-speed chase are now transgender females. Dirk Vahle, left, now goes by Dana. Bob Tur, right, goes by Zoey.
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Newspapers were a thing. People read them. Not so much any more.
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The "Law and Order" franchise has launched four new shows, five video games, a TV film and countless other courtroom dramas.
The Internet has outpaced television in how Americans get their news.
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Coverage of "The Trial of the Century" aired live on CourtTV. It has since become TruTV.
"The Lion King" was released in 1994. It became a Broadway musical in 1997 and is still running today.
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"Friends" premiered in 1994. The cast's group negotiations, which netted each actor $1 million per episode, paved the way for subsequent casts to adopt this tactic. It's been off the air for 10 years.
During the chase, Amazon, Hulu and Netflix did not exist.
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Criminals have become celebrities and celebrities' criminal behavior has... wait, nevermind
Trials can now be watched via online streaming.
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Oscar Winner Jennifer Lawrence was not yet dominating Hollywood. She was only three years old.
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In 1994, Blockbuster was purchased by Viacom for $8.4 billion. It no longer exists.