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1. The one case for which I give him great credit was the case which inspired TV's "The Fugitive"

Thu Jun 3, 2021, 03:58 PM

Jun 2021

In the 1960s, Bailey, at the time a resident of Rocky River, Ohio, was hired by Sheppard's brother Stephen to help in Sheppard's appeal. In 1966, Bailey successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that Sheppard had been denied due process, winning a re-trial. A not guilty verdict followed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sheppard

Years after Sheppard's death, DNA finally exonerated him:
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/05/us/dna-test-absolves-sam-sheppard-of-murder-lawyer-says.html

Most of his other cases, not so much.

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F. Lee Bailey, defense lawyer for the famous and infamous, dies at 87 [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 2021 OP

Nil mortui dire nisi bonum .. but Bo Zarts Jun 2021 #3

Like him or hate him, he was Darrow's heir apparent. A fabulous attorney. AZLD4Candidate Jun 2021 #5

As a lawyer he was fantastic. Escurumbele Jun 2021 #6

Little known fact, but billh58 Jun 2021 #7

Some question The Wizard Jun 2021 #8

Are all of the OJ lawyers Dead now ? JI7 Jun 2021 #9

Well one "infamous" one was 45's lawyer during impeachment #1 BumRushDaShow Jun 2021 #10

And the "Legal Zoom" one... Mazeltov Cocktail Jun 2021 #11

I wonder if it ever bothered him tavernier Jun 2021 #12

It was the prosecution's case to lose TexasBushwhacker Jun 2021 #13

Yes, I understand all of that. tavernier Jun 2021 #14

I doubt it bothered him in the least TexasBushwhacker Jun 2021 #15

OJ was a celebrity being tried in LA BradAllison Jun 2021 #16