F. Lee Bailey

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F. Lee Bailey Represented His Clients With Flair

List included OJ Simpson, Patty Hearst, and the Boston Strangler

(Newser) - F. Lee Bailey, a private investigator turned relentless and theatrical defense lawyer whose career fortunes rose and fell but whose fame remained intact, died Thursday. He was 87 and living in a hospice center in the Atlanta area, the Washington Post reports. Bailey represented accused killers, drug lords, and other...

F. Lee Bailey, OJ Simpson's Attorney, Files for Bankruptcy

He owes more than $5M to the IRS

(Newser) - Famed defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, whose legion of high-profile cases includes the OJ Simpson murder trial, has filed for bankruptcy in Maine in an effort to discharge an IRS debt of more than $5 million, the AP reports. Debts to the IRS aren't normally discharged in bankruptcy proceedings,...

F. Lee Bailey: OJ's Innocent, and Here's Why
F. Lee Bailey:
OJ's Innocent, and Here's Why
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F. Lee Bailey: OJ's Innocent, and Here's Why

His defense lawyer publishes epic paper proving his point

(Newser) - F. Lee Bailey says OJ Simpson is innocent—and if you don’t believe him, he has a 20,000-word document that backs up his claim. Bailey, a prominent member of the defense team that got Simpson acquitted, published the document—which he originally wrote as a book proposal, but...

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