Posted on 09/09/2012 5:37:20 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Nearly seventeen years ago, former NFL star and actor O.J. Simpson was shockingly acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend.
But now a district attorney at the centre of the case has alleged that Simpson’s lead defence lawyer tampered with a crucial piece of evidence – one of the infamous gloves that prosecutors said linked Simpson to the grisly double-murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
After The Juice struggled to fit the gloves on his hands – in one of the defining moments of the racially charged trial that captivated the nation – Cochran famously admonished the jury: 'If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.'
Former Los Angeles deputy district attorney Christopher Darden on Thursday accused Simpson defence lawyer, the late Johnnie Cochran, of 'manipulating' the glove, Reuters reported.
New allegations: Prosecutor Christopher Darden, pictured at the 1995 trial, now alleges that Simpson's lead defence attorney tampered with the leather gloves
On Thursday, during a panel discussion about the trial at Pace Law School in New York City, Darden, a member of the prosecution team, declared: 'I think Johnnie tore the lining.
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No, seriously, instead of replying with a "bump", I replied with "Bacon". Afterall, would you rather have a bump or have Bacon? ...no-brainer. I'll skip the burnt toast though.
Did I say that OJ was innocent?
All I was saying is that the way the second glove was found was too cute. IMHO, the police tried to improve an already strong case by relocating evidence, and in so doing introduced reasonable doubt and lost what should have been a slam-dunk.
I don’t know if he’s guilty or not. I’ve been to the condo, it’s a very small space, and it’s very hard to imagine that lummox being able to pull that off. But who knows.
On point two, I completely agree.
My understanding is there's a cooperation in a search for truth. While here it's become primarily about excluding as much evidence as possible and winning.
I found that the small percentage of Americans who thought OJ was innocent (or that detectives "tampered" with the evidence) seemed to be most blacks, both male and female, or macho, macho white men (who may have been able to convince their wives/family members of the same).
The glove could have, well, fit like a glove, and he still would have gotten off.
Bacon! Bacon! Bacon!
Crisped, even a little.burned.... a few of em.
Gotta go.
Headed to.the.Giant.Artichoke.for. arichokes...ho boy! Can’t wait!
No way police are picking up a blood soaked glove (carried how?) and “planting” it at another location, ESPECIALLY at the home of one as famous as Simpson. What would give them the idea that he was the killer?
Thanks Uncle Chip.
OJ’s struggle to pull the leather glove over his hand reminded me of all the times when, as the weather turned cooler, I had to force my hands into leather gloves that had spent months languishing in the closet during warmer months.
Leather shrinks over time. Go figure.
3) OJ will still face the Most Highest Judge.
Not a good experience for the unrepentent.
Pouring a thin stream of glue into the seams of the glove would have caused the fingers to stick together as they clearly did when O J tried it on.
The gloves had been saturated with human blood. Glue would have been over-kill.
I’ve always thought they should have had a mold made of his hand before introducing the glove.
The verdict was disgusting and I became physically ill watching his face as he knew he got off and was evading justice.
He still has eternity waiting. The worldly judgment is not final.
how judgmental of you
Matthew 7:1 “judge not lest you be judged”.
How lazy of you.
1 Corinthians 6:3 - Do you not know that we will judge angels?
Johnny Cochran was a lawyer.
his job was to get his client, off. He may or may not have felt OJ was guilty. but that was not his job.
I do not know anything about Cochran except what I saw in the trial....a seemingly, affable enough, guy. He himself might be an ax murder or a saint. I do not judge his ability to achieve salvation...that is between him and his maker.
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