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O.J. Simpson’s passing Thursday has ignited a firestorm of reactions and not all of them offer condolences. Gloria Allred, who represented Nicole Brown Simpson’s family during O.J. Simpson’s high-profile murder trial, one of her first major cases as a prominent victims’ rights advocate, stated the former NFL star’s death is a stark reminder of how the justice system failed to protect women in abusive relationships. “Simpson’s death reminds us that the legal system, even 30 years later, is still failing battered women, and that the power of celebrity men to avoid true justice for the harm that …