As any legal expert will tell you 'If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit!!'
Clearly he was not guilty of the crimes of witch he was charged.
As any legal expert will tell you 'If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit!!'
Clearly he was not guilty of the crimes of witch he was charged.
OJ is the devil wrote:
This guy got away with murder.
"Not guilty" does not mean "innocent."
There's a presumption of innocence. "Not guilty" means a jury thought that the prosecution did not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It's a high standard. It does not mean that a jury thinks that someone is actually innocent.
Sometimes people get away with murder because of lack of proof. It doesn't mean they are actually innocent.
He got off because of Johnny Cochran's world famous Chewbacca Defense
johnny cockroach wrote:
That's because he is innocent. That doesn't mean he didn't commit double murder, though.
You're confusing being innocent with being found not guilty by a jury. Two different animals. That's how they got OJ in the civil trial.
Forget the evidence...... Who the hell has their friend drive them for a two hour low speed chase with a gun in your mouth if you've done nothing wrong? That's not how someone normally would react to the mother of your children almost getting decapitated.
OJ is the devil wrote:
How they hell can anyone knowing all we know now think OJ is not guilty?
NOBODY thinks that OJ did not commit the murders. But MANY think that the "not guilty" verdict was their little chance to "stick it to The Man."
My grandmother died convinced a tailback that good wasnt guilty.
OJ killed them folks. But I have no doubt that he was so coked up he now doesn't think he did.
DiscoGary wrote:
Given what we knew then it was obvious OJ was guilty. The OJ verdict was the moment I knew race relations were NOT getting better.
there is something wrong with you
Racist cops yo, Juice was framed - just like many other incarcerated black males
Devilishly Handsome wrote:
OJ is the devil wrote:
How they hell can anyone knowing all we know now think OJ is not guilty?
NOBODY thinks that OJ did not commit the murders. But MANY think that the "not guilty" verdict was their little chance to "stick it to The Man."
Whose little chance? The inept prosecutors?
Devil's advocate wrote:
OJ is the devil wrote:
This guy got away with murder.
"Not guilty" does not mean "innocent."
There's a presumption of innocence. "Not guilty" means a jury thought that the prosecution did not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It's a high standard. It does not mean that a jury thinks that someone is actually innocent.
Sometimes people get away with murder because of lack of proof. It doesn't mean they are actually innocent.
Spot on. The Scots legal system actually has three options in a criminal trial: Guilty, Not Guilty, or Not Proven. Our Not Guilty could mean that the defendant is innocent or that the prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I'd love to see the three option system adopted here.
Texerine wrote:
Devil's advocate wrote:
"Not guilty" does not mean "innocent."
There's a presumption of innocence. "Not guilty" means a jury thought that the prosecution did not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It's a high standard. It does not mean that a jury thinks that someone is actually innocent.
Sometimes people get away with murder because of lack of proof. It doesn't mean they are actually innocent.
Spot on. The Scots legal system actually has three options in a criminal trial: Guilty, Not Guilty, or Not Proven. Our Not Guilty could mean that the defendant is innocent or that the prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I'd love to see the three option system adopted here.
I'd go further and add a fourth: If you are falsely accused and prosecuted, the accusers (everybody from the arresting cops through the prosecutor) should be held accountable in some way, I'd prefer both professionally and civilly. You would see a lot less bs cases in this country - real quick.
Like a glove wrote:
Devilishly Handsome wrote:
NOBODY thinks that OJ did not commit the murders. But MANY think that the "not guilty" verdict was their little chance to "stick it to The Man."
Whose little chance? The inept prosecutors?
I doubt that the prosecutors were particularly thrilled with the verdict.
fisky wrote:
She and Darden were just totally outclassed. There were times during the trial that she looked flustered and just lost.
No legal team would have gotten a guilty verdict. The only possibility would have been a hung jury.
In his first substantial interview in a decade and his first extensively about football since the 1990s, Simpson spoke to The Buffalo News on Monday. There were ground rules: No video; no sensationalized promotion of the interview; questions should be limited to his playing career. He expressed his affection for Buffalo, the Bills and running back LeSean McCoy, especially. He laughed at the idea of Donald Trump buying the team and conveyed disappointment with the NFL's national anthem demonstrations.
"I didn't watch it because I knew they were all haters, and people will say things that are just not true, and there's nobody there to challenge them, and that would piss me off.
"So why? It's a beautiful day. I'm about to go play golf. Why should I have some crap in my mind? You've got to let it go."
"But after the whole L.A. thing I got put in forced retirement, and I got used to forced retirement. It's not bad."
The "L.A. thing" — he also calls it "all that L.A. crap" — refers to the killings, the low-speed freeway chase in his white Ford Bronco, the acquittal and the 1997 civil judgment that ordered him to pay $33.5 million to the Brown and Goldman estates.
Simpson collects pensions from the NFL and Screen Actors Guild, funds insulated from the civil judgment.
"From the moment that happened, I knew I was a part of football forever," Simpson said. "I was the first guy to gain 2,000 yards and nobody could beat that, like being the first to hit 60 home runs or run the four-minute mile."
Simpson's 332 carries in 1973 broke the record, as did his 39 carries in a game that year.
If 39 attempts was a lot, then consider his USC time clock. He averaged 35 carries his senior season. He ran 47 times in one game, 20 in a single quarter.
"You know, you get dinged," Simpson said, using the all-encompassing term of being knocked anywhere from dizzy to cold. "Who knows what a ding is?
"I got dinged late in my career with the Niners. Hacksaw Reynolds caught me on the 1-yard line and filled the hole. I saw stars."
Dings add up. What used to be shaken off with smelling salts are now deemed subconcussive impacts, blows that might not meet the traditional definition of a concussion but are believed to have serious cumulative effects.
Simpson was asked if he thought he had CTE.
What did he think, then, about Donald Trump's interest in purchasing the Bills after Wilson died?
Simpson grinned and emitted a deep exhale.
"If you were good, he would've been fun," Simpson said. "Ain't no doubt about it. The one thing I can say about The Donald is The Donald is fun.
"Well, for a dude — and I consider myself a dude — Donald is a man's man. He would be a fun guy. But that's hanging out. ... If the Bills weren't winning, it would have been tough."
Simpson and Trump once were friends and golf buddies.
Simpson attended Trump's December 1993 wedding to Marla Maples at the Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City. Two years later, Trump suggested on the "Howard Stern Show" that Simpson was framed for the Brown Simpson and Goldman murders.
Trump since has mocked Simpson on Twitter.
"Somebody asked me if I'd have voted for him," Simpson said. "Probably not, but I only know two of my friends I'd vote to be president. Some of my best, best besties I would not vote to be president. That has no bearing on it, you know?"
Simpson generally agrees with the president about Colin Kaepernick and other players who've demonstrated during the national anthem before games.
"I think Colin made a mistake," Simpson said. "I really appreciate what he was trying to say. I thought he made a bad choice in attacking the flag.
"I grew up at a time when deacons were in the KKK. I don't disrespect the Bible because of those guys. The flag shouldn't be disrespected because of what cops do. The flag represents what we want America to be."
Simpson's usual routine (when visiting Buffalo) was to stay on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, play golf and tour the wineries. Canada likely won't grant him entry now. He'll stick to the U.S.
At the time of the 2010 U.S. Census, about 49 percent of the population was too young to evoke Simpson playing football live.
Of the other 51 percent, many of their memories surely are diluted by gavel-to-gavel trial coverage, documentaries, commercials, even his Nordberg character being pushed down the Dodger Stadium steps in a wheelchair.
"Anybody that saw me play will remember me as a football player," Simpson said. "I like to think I played the game with a lot of passion and love.
Indeed, some LRC founders didn't even know he had a WR relay record.
I think almost everyone thinks OJ is guilty. I think most people who say he isn't actually believe that he is they're just lying.
The reason OJ got off is that no matter what was being said on TV, all they had was circumstantial evidence and that doesn't get it done.
The best alternative theory I have heard is that OJ's son killed them and called OJ in a panic. OJ then rushed to the scene so he was actually there and knows exactly what happened but didn't kill them. According to the theory OJ kept his mouth shut because he was willing to take the rap for his kid. It's an interesting theory because he's sons alibi not only changed from its original version, both versions turned out to be false. Also Nicole had allegedly called the police previously about someone snooping around her house and she told the police she thought is was OJ's son. He also had a bit of a psych history and had allegedly tried to stab someone before. According to the story he was working as a chef at the time and Nicole was supposed to show up at his restaurant that evening but never showed. Of course as a chef he had is own knife set that he carried with him so you can see why it doesn't look good for him leaving the restaurant angry at her for not coming.
Good times are killing me wrote:
The reason OJ got off is that no matter what was being said on TV, all they had was circumstantial evidence and that doesn't get it done.
Good god this is one stupid and ignorant comment.
Good times are killing me wrote:
The reason OJ got off is that no matter what was being said on TV, all they had was circumstantial evidence and that doesn't get it done.
Makes people mad, doesn't it?
Funny how people freak out about it, it's the end of the world if some legal case involving strangers doesn't go their way.
The reason OJ got off is the idiotic jury system we have. All you got to do is to convince 12 idiots.
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