[dead]

Does it mean non of them believe our court system?

No conservative worth his salt has ever believed in the infallibility of the court system.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Does it mean non of them believe our court system? OJ was found not guilty by 12 peers.

And yet he is certainly guilty. Trial by a jury of peers does not guarantee infallible results - it's simply a time-tested method of achieving justice most of the time.

[theDentist]

You must be joking.

[bigfootbob]

He was found guilty in civil court.

[frogjerk]

OJ was found not guilty by 12 peers

The jury was from Brentwood?

[dighton]

OJ was found not guilty by 12 peers.

Not his peers in the strictest sense, because as far as I know, the jury didn’t include murderers.

[rhombus]

Why that must mean Michael Jackson is innocent too! Who'd a-thunk it?

[Joe 6-pack]

No...the jury verdict simply meant that the state did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. I agree with that, but still believe OJ's guilty as sin. I would recommend you read Vince Bugliosi's book "Outrage" about the case. (VB is a former LA county prosecutor who tried Manson and wrote "Helter Skelter," about the case.)

[dead]

Where is the "defendent does not have to prove innocent?"

The concept of "innocent until proven guilty" binds the courts.

It does not in any way affect public opinion, personal opinion, or common sense.

[Albion Wilde]

IBTZ?

[frogjerk]

Where is the "reasonable doubt"?

Show me one reasonable doubt.

[JRios1968]

The evidence is clear...as long as you aren't one of the 12 morons in the jury that inexplicably declared him not guilty.

I can't help you see if you choose to be blind.

[kjo]

I know OJ was guilty the same way I know water doesn't run uphill.

[ErnBatavia]

"DNA don't mean nuffin...lotsa peoples gots the same blood type":

--verbatim quote from one of the jurors.

[EarthBound]

I'm afriad you aren't going to get much help on this one. The premise that he is innocent because his "peers" said he was is preposterous. Our courts are not infallible, if anything they're simply laughable, but it's the best we've got.

[Larry Lucido]

He is no longer criminally accountable (double jeopardy). He still did it.

The system is set up so guilty people go free on occasion so that innocent person don't routinely get falsely convicted.

Basic civics.

[AmericaUnited]

Does it mean non of them believe our court system? OJ was found not guilty by 12 peers.

Stop being clueless. He was not found not guilty BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. That is very much different than he was found innocent. All it means is that the 'court system', i.e. prosecution, screwed up badly.

[John Lenin]

OJ was found not guilty by 12 peers.

In the second trial he was found guilty. Don't let the facts get in the way ...

[RegulatorCountry]

A failure to convict on insufficient evidence does not equate with literal innocence, just legal innocence, especially with the apparent effort at jury nullification that occurred. But, rather than living under a draconian system that does not operate under a presumption of innocence, this is the price we pay on occasion ... a clearly guilty man walking free. The alternative would be worse, but it's still absolutely galling, with book deals and television appearances.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I had to check the date you signed up cause I could have sworn from the post you were a DU troll..

DNA proved he was there..as I recall the odds were several billion to one that he was the only match..our justice system has sent people to death row based on DNA evidence alone with odds that are not nearly as high..

As far as I'm concerned, he was let off the hook by a jury that wasn't interested in facts, were confused by them, had no clue what the facts meant..only used the verdict as a way to right past injustices (in their minds)..the guy is guilty as sin..