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As a crowd was waiting at the
Artscape to watch the premiere of Conrad Asman’s opera about Oscar
Pistorius, Trial by Media, news broke OJ Simpson had died.
It was a weirdly poetic moment,
since their stories have so much in common – both were revered athletes
involved in highly covered court cases concerning the killing of their
partners.
Pistorius’ downfall is well
documented, and his courtroom saga still makes headlines.
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