American University Criminal Law Brief Volume 3 Issue 1 Article 5 2007 Book Review: If I Did It By OJ SimpsonIf He Did It, Would It Matter? Kimberly Nguyen American University Washington College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/clb Part of the Criminal Law Commons Recommended Citation Nguyen, Kimberly. "Book Review: If I Did It By OJ Simpson If He Did It, Would It Matter?" Criminal Law Brief 3, no. 1 (2007): 38-39. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in American University Criminal Law Brief by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. BOOK REVIEW: IF I DID IT BY OJ SIMPSON IF HE DID IT, WOULD IT MATTER? Kimberly Nguyen* Last month’s release of OJ Simpson’s previously can- has a Homestead Law protecting his house and a right-to-work celled book IF I DID IT proved to be controversial, raising an policy, safeguarding his wages. abundance of moral and legal issues. The book is a hypotheti- Frustrated with Simpson’s ability to evade all respon- cal tell-all, an account of how OJ Simpson would have mur- sibility related to the civil judgment, the Goldmans reviewed dered his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her their options, which on the advice of their attorneys included acquaintance, Ron Goldman, had he been the true killer, placing a lien on the rights, title, and interest of Simpson’s inter- although even post-publication, Simpson still maintains his est in his IF I DID IT manuscript – the very same book they had innocence.