Dateline March 17, 1999 (but much more appropriate for April 1, 1999):

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- O.J. Simpson said he agreed to do television ads for a
lawyer's group because he feels many people accused of crimes don't have
decent lawyers.

``The main thing I have learned is you can't walk into a courtroom without
competent legal representation,'' Simpson said in a telephone interview
Wednesday with The Associated Press.

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Wirt Atmar