He almost killed Nicole first, then went after Ron Goldman. Finished off Nicole thereafter who was already dying. No other hitman. He didn't need help. OJ was watching or stalking Nicole since their divorce/separation. She left her draperies in the front of the condo open to let OJ know what she was doing. Not grounds for murder, but for someone with OJ's temper, it was stupid. Ron Goldman was just being a good guy by bringing her expensive sunglasses to her that she had forgotten or purposely left in the local restaurant. Oh, there are thousands of ways to figure out what happened. This is JMHO and hearing what I have heard. Yes, there was a fear of riots. Riots are one of the four seasons in So. Cal.
I work with a woman who was trained in forensics by Dr. Henry Lee. She’s had numerous conversations with him about the case.
One part I found hilarious and disturbing at the same time: when Lee was asked by the defense to refute the prosecutions evidence, Lee asked for a much higher fee then he would normally charge 10 times more IIFC. He flat out told the defense that OJ was guilty, but because of mistakes made at the scene during collection and at the LA lab, he could bring in reasonable doubt.
He took every cent he made from OJ and put it into teaching forensics. Lee is one of the best teaching proper procedures for collection of evidence at a scene.
OJ’s money, has gone to making sure CSI’s will not make the mistakes they made during OJ so other murders would walk free. Yes, he told that to OJ’s council.
She’s told me other things she learned from Lee, but I promised her I’d keep it in strict confidence.
Five years ago, I went to a seminar hosted by Dr. Lee where he touched on collection of evidence but the main topic was chain of custody from the arriving officer, the scene, the detectives, the prosecution, defense and within labs. He teaches triple sampling of evidence techniques to ensure proper lab results. And is methodical in his process storage of biological materials to prevent decay for use in cold cases, appeals etc.
He mentioned the OJ trial many times when showing us how NOT to do something.
He did say at dinner Saturday night to a group of us that the OJ’s verdict was set in stone months before the case ended and many were assigned to see the specific outcome was reached. He would not elaborate further. I have drawn my own conclusions from the hints he gave but I don’t think the entire truth about that case will ever come out.
I never heard of fear of riots with OJ Simpson in 1994. I know the LA Riots happened in 1992. It is a common misconception that it was Rodney King Beating by LAPD. That just broke the camel’s hump. Actually, it was a Korean shop worker, Soon Ja Du, who shot Latasha Harlins, after she was caught stealing some juice. The LA Riot of 1992 mostly hit Korean businesses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latasha_Harlins