***OJ did not take the rap. He was acquitted; not guilty.***
I remember seeing photos of that jury. No way you could get a “Guilty” verdict even if he had stabbed her in the courtroom, as it was their way to get back at “Whitey”.
I guess Reconstruction didn’t work out to well.
I remember seeing photos of that jury. No way you could get a “Guilty” verdict even if he had stabbed her in the courtroom, as it was their way to get back at “Whitey”.
It was “The Producers” of justice. The worst jury, the worst judge, the worst prosecutors, and the worst police they could find.
I watched the entire trial. He was rightfully found not guilty. The prosecution didn’t even come close to proving its case. It was pathetic. Which doesn’t mean he didn’t kill Nicole.
I remember seeing photos of that jury. No way you could get a “Guilty” verdict even if he had stabbed her in the courtroom, as it was their way to get back at “Whitey”.
My experience has been that 100% of the people who were certain that O.J. was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt followed the trial with the evening talking heads. 100% of those who actually watched the trial believe the jury rendered the correct verdict. I watched the trial and the evening talking heads. The prosecution charged O.J., and his lawyers invoked California's speedy trial law. The prosecution was forced to begin the trial while woefully unprepared. The results of DNA testing didn't even come back until well after the trial began. The autopsy doctor was so bad in the preliminary hearing that he was not even called to testify. Dr. "Lucky" testified in his place, based on notes he read. Dr. Rieders provided unimpeached testimony that showed the presence of EDTA preservative in blood samples. The state statistician had to admit, on the stand, that his statistics were incorrect. After direct testimony, Mark Fuhrman was skewered by F. Lee Bailey. It's not often seen that a prosecution witness has to retreat behind the fifth amendment on cross-examination. What Barry Scheck did to detectives and scientific witnesses was cruel and unusual. There were two trials. In the daytime, the only murder victim was the prosecution. At night, the trial events were repeatedly reported as devastating for the defense. Cable news was CNN—the most trusted name in news, then as now.