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If it doesn't make sense, you must find for the defense.

Johnnie Cochran

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Johnnie Cochran
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: October 2
Died: 2005
Died: March 28
Lawyer
Shreveport
Louisiana
Jonnie L Cochran
Jr.
Jonnie L Cochran Jr.
Prison
Sense
Doesn
Find
Must
Make
Defense

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