Court TV Examines the Legacy of the O.J. Simpson 'Trial of the Century' Five Years After the Murders.

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 14, 1999--

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"People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business" - Why the Public's

Fascination with O.J. Won't Disappear

Five years later the O.J. phenomenon shows few signs of waning across America. It began as that staple of American journalism, the celebrity murder case. Yet it can be argued that no murder case before, or since, has had, and continues to have, as profound an effect on the judicial system and American culture. Court TV anchor Fred Graham returns to Los Angeles to take an in-depth look at this singularly famous--some would argue, notorious--case and its continuing grip on the public imagination of Americans in a special one-hour premiere, Crime Stories "People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business" - Monday, June 7 at 10 p.m. (ET).

"People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business" features interviews with experts and key players who offer their candid and sometimes shocking opinions and recollections of the case. Among them are: Simpson defense attorneys Johnnie Cochran and Shawn Chapman; Simpson prosecutor Rockne Harmon; Nicole Brown Simpson's sister Denise Brown; Ron Goldman's sister Kim Goldman; witness Kato Kaelin; defense witness and world famous criminologist Dr. Henry Lee; homicide detectives Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter; Daniel Petrocelli, civil attorney who represented the Goldmans in their wrongful death case against Simpson; defense jury expert Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and prosecution jury expert Steve Patterson; Lawrence Schiller, author of American Tragedy, the best-selling account of the Simpson defense; and law professors Laurie Levenson and Paul Butler.

Noted Henry Schleiff, President and CEO, Court TV, "The O.J. Simpson case raised pointed questions of race, class and other issues in our justice system that still reverberate today. As the only network to have provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of this landmark criminal trial, Court TV is uniquely suited to offer a compelling, illuminating look back at the events that continue to have a grip on Americans, five years after the fact."

Fred Graham, in addition to his work on "People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business," serves as Court TV's chief anchor and managing editor and has been with the network since its launch in 1991. A journalist, lawyer, broadcaster and anchor, Graham has covered many high-profile trials and legal proceedings. In addition to his reporting on both the criminal and civil Simpson trials, Graham also led Court TV's coverage of the impeachment trial of President Clinton.

Court TV, a 24-hour basic cable network, provides a window on the American justice system through distinctive programming, which both informs and entertains. As the first and only cable network dedicated to crime and justice, Court TV broadcasts live trials by day and crime and justice programming at night. A service of Time Warner Entertainment and Liberty Media Corp., Court TV (www.courttv.com) is distributed to 35 million households.