Posted on 10/03/2015 8:08:55 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson’s guilt had not been proved “beyond a reasonable doubt,” thus surmounting what the prosecution called a “mountain of evidence” implicating him as the murderer.
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LOL I can’t remember. It certainly doesn’t resonate in my memory like Kennedy assassination or first moon landing.
Anyway, I didn't have much time to really follow the trial. I do remember thinking he was guilty and wondering how the jury could conclude he wasn't.
Watched black people celebrate his acquittal on TV and was amazed at how their ability to deny the facts of the case.
This is ALL JUDGE ITO’s fault. He should have put a stop to the defense’s circus
Regardless of how anybody feels about the original murder charge, OJ is serving a bum rap right now, and the worse thing is that in order for the judge to sentence him to the long term he is now serving, she had to give a equally harsh sentence to one of OJ`s naive friends that had no record and was just helping out a friend.
Yes the guns should have been left at home, but this incident was treated more harshly than a sex offender raping a child.
OJ is in prison now only because the judge wanted to get him for the double murder in some fashion, this is not something that anybody should be happy about.
For those that disagree, see how you would like a judge doing that to one of your children who might have been acquitted of a serious crime, only to have her take that in to consideration on a different less serious charge down the road
I remember where I was because I watched the verdict with a hard core but honest liberal. He almost went into shock when Simpson was acquitted. He couldn’t believe racial politics could trump a mountain of legal evidence.
Guess what i don’t care OJ aint my kid so the fugger can rot in hell
That was 20 years ago? Man I feel old!
I was at work, and heard co-workers cheering in jubilation. I was stunned at how this case became such a racially divided issue. Either the evidence lead to his guilt or it didn’t. The races of those involved shouldn’t matter. We are talking about brutal murders. Has it really been twenty years? This set the model for many other long term, public trials. Back when most everybody watched the same five channels.
I was at Jacob Worth’s eating a beautiful Ruben on Dark Rye: http://www.jacobwirth.com/
you have heard the term...slippery slope
Barry Sch(r)eck.
Wirth’s LOL.
I guess it depends. If I knew with certainty that he/she did it, then yes sadly he/she would deserve to be locked up. In this case, OJ most certainly did it and deserves his current sentence many times over.
Nail. Head.
“Regardless of how anybody feels”
Are you joking?? He nearly cut off his ex-wife’s head!!
but would you want a judge that ruled on a case like this on the supreme court?
Dopey Dilldock couldn’t leave it be. He decided to strong arm the goods that legally belonged to Fred Goldman away from the selling collector.
What a maroon.
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