OJ Simpson's guilty verdicts

[deadwood 0]

I hate hillbillies too because they are too piggy!

its not nice to hate people ?I know a lot of hillbillies that are very clean and respectable people. whose word and handshake has got more worth than any contract on paper.

[pedroh 21]

so at last the public (white people) got his revenge on him eh...

he didn't get convicted for what he did, he wasn't even carrying a gun.. but for what happened decades ago.. nice revenge system.. all white jury..

Edited October 4, 2008 by pedroh

[Niels Bohr 72]

deadwood,

You can ream those hollywood films that make fun of hillbillies!

[luckytxn 2,264]

so at last the public (white people) got his revenge on him eh...

he didn't get convicted for what he did, he wasn't even carrying a gun.. but for what happened decades ago.. nice revenge system.. all white jury..

Even with no gun one can still be convicted of robbery. He went with them to rob so he is just as guilty. Even if he hadn't been there but sent them to rob someone he could have been convicted as conspiracy. Revenge could have come into play as he got caught and convicted of a crime and many are happy because of what happened a long time ago.

I personally am shocked he went about this like he did. He always seemed like a bright guy and all and can't figure out why he went in and took stuff even if it had been his. In court it was shown he and his accomplices took everything and nhe told the guy that if anything was not his then he would return them. That is a big time robbery. I heard that I knew he was going to be convicted.

Maybe all juries should be black if the defendant is black and white if they are white to soothe everyone. Don't do a crime in Las Vegas if you don't want a white jury deciding your fate.

[Peikko 1,575]

Ah, yes, thanks Marilyn. I wondered who would focus on the 'all white' jury issue. The media does play way to big a role in some court cases in the US but I very much doubt this jury convicted OJ because of his past. They have firmly stated that they convicted him on submitted evidence. Of course, they would say that...

...however, it is true that OJ's defence team approved the choice of jury. Another concept I am not sure about, the 'choosing the jury' business. Anyway, he's not going to be sentenced for a while - December I think.

[Heracles 417]

I agreed with those verdicts, not so much because I believed he didn't do it as that I didn't think the prosecution proved it beyond a reasonable doubt. I thought the prosecution really dropped the ball, and he had an outstanding defense team.

OJ's defense team did a good job brainwashing a jury of idiots into believing the LAPD had a conspiracy against OJ. They had no proof to counter all the blood DNA evidence.

Now, with all the CSI shows on TV, Joe 6 Pack knows far more the jury ever did.

but hey the glove did not fit. No #### considering they pretty much make one standard size glove. The defense team also did a great job weeding out any jury member with half a brain..

[Nikita2Charles 32]

IF IT DOESN'T FIT YOU MUST ACQUIT.

whether he was guilty or no the Prosecutiond didn't prove beyong a reasonable doubt that he did it. Adding the fact you had a racist cop, Mark furhman with a history of cover up on the investigation team didn't help much. The Glove blunder also, the gloves the criminal left behind didn't fit him.

PAY BACK TIME

Now they can say they finally got him, If he didn't have money to buy himself a proper defense back them he would have been ROTTEN in jailed like so many other black folks that end up there. IF you are a certain race you don't get the same equal treatment. Just look at the facts of the folks in Jail.

[Heracles 417]

What is racist is the fact that at the time of his murder trial, the black community cheered on the acquittal of a killer because he is black. That is a freakin disgrace.

[Heracles 417]

The Glove blunder also, the gloves the criminal left behind didn't fit him.

• They generally only make one glove size.
• If someone has just murdered another person they loved, I highly doubt they are in the right state of mind to sit there and think about whether they have the appropriate glove. Hence, any will do.

Edited October 6, 2008 by Aficionado

[Cassie 8]

IF IT DOESN'T FIT YOU MUST ACQUIT.

whether he was guilty or no the Prosecutiond didn't prove beyong a reasonable doubt that he did it. Adding the fact you had a racist cop, Mark furhman with a history of cover up on the investigation team didn't help much. The Glove blunder also, the gloves the criminal left behind didn't fit him.

erm, it's been recently revealed that OJ's defense team told him to stop taking his arthritis medication -- his hands swelled up, and they wouldn't fit in the gloves.

the man was guilty with a capital GUILTY.

[Nikita2Charles 32]

The US constitution is the law of the land

You are innocent until proven Guilty.

Facts: if he didn't have money to get himself proper legal defense, he would have been in Jailed for years now.

White collar crime folks don't go to Jail because they have to money to get hot shot lawyer, buy themselves proper legal representation, compare to a poor folks whose only help is from an Overwork Public defendent with Load of cases, whose trying to make the best of the situation by trying to get the 1st deal they get, the flip side go to trial and you don't have the funds to hire the expert and you are cooked.

IF IT DOESN'T FIT YOU MUST ACQUIT.

whether he was guilty or no the Prosecutiond didn't prove beyong a reasonable doubt that he did it. Adding the fact you had a racist cop, Mark furhman with a history of cover up on the investigation team didn't help much. The Glove blunder also, the gloves the criminal left behind didn't fit him.

erm, it's been recently revealed that OJ's defense team told him to stop taking his arthritis medication -- his hands swelled up, and they wouldn't fit in the gloves.

the man was guilty with a capital GUILTY.

IF IT DOESN'T FIT YOU MUST ACQUIT.

whether he was guilty or no the Prosecutiond didn't prove beyong a reasonable doubt that he did it. Adding the fact you had a racist cop, Mark furhman with a history of cover up on the investigation team didn't help much. The Glove blunder also, the gloves the criminal left behind didn't fit him.

erm, it's been recently revealed that OJ's defense team told him to stop taking his arthritis medication -- his hands swelled up, and they wouldn't fit in the gloves.

the man was guilty with a capital GUILTY.

Edited October 6, 2008 by Nikita2Charles

[pedroh 21]

What is racist is the fact that at the time of his murder trial, the black community cheered on the acquittal of a killer because he is black. That is a freakin disgrace.

no, they were cheering because LA too so much freakin effort that they made it look more like a personal thing rather than a neutral court.. they spent millions of dollars trying to prosecute OJ..

[Ling Ling 22]

What is racist is the fact that at the time of his murder trial, the black community cheered on the acquittal of a killer because he is black. That is a freakin disgrace.

I can remember the day of the murder decision clearly. All the non-"African-Americans" were saying, "It's up to the jury now...I don't have a decision either way...there were good points raised by both sides...I'm sure the jury will decide the right thing". When the jury returned a not guilty verdict, the tone from these same impartial people changed to "How can he not be guilty?"

The so called "Black Community" was not cheering the acquittal of a killer,

they were cheering the fact that a so called "Black man" could afford the same defense and outcome as other Americans.

The term "minority" doesn't just mean that so called "African-Americans" are fewer in number.

Being a member of the minority also means that you lack the financial and political strength of the majority.

How long have so called "African-Americans" been allowed to vote?

How long have so called "African-Americans" been allowed to own property?

For hundreds of years, while most Americans were allowed to earn and save money, purchase and will property to their heirs, vote for and be elected

to political office, build businesses and empires, the so called "African-American" was not.

Therefore the average so called "African-American" does not have the benefit of inheritance of wealth, property or political power.

When any case comes to trial, the average American is able to use their majority status to their advantage.

One simple advantage is the ability to retain competent legal representation. For any significant felony trial, competent lawyers require a significant retainer fee.

The Americans that are able to pay these fees are able to do so because of sources such as owned or mortgaged property, and inherited property.

If you don't own property in America, your ability to create a defense fund is based on liquid funds available. Most banks require collateral for substantial loans.

Without this ability, the defendant has to either accept a court appointed public defender, or rely on whatever resources they have until the government's

continuances of trial and other delays cause them financial defeat or rather financial forfeiture of their right to trial.

This is the reason that 90% of all felony cases are "plead-out" instead of going to trial.

Guilty or innocent, most people can not afford the opportunity to properly defend themselves against the government, and obviously those of the minority

are at a greater disadvantage.

It's easy to say that people are judged on the basis of the color of their skin. The reality is that people with colored skin are less likely to be judged at all,

and more likely to have no choice but to throw themselves on the mercy of the legal system.

I believe it was Supreme Court Justice who said, "It's better to set 9 guilty men free, than to find one innocent man guilty".

Perhaps the so called "Black community" were not cheering the acquittal, but the ideal that there is an opportunity for any American to have a fair trial.

[almaty 19]

What is racist is the fact that at the time of his murder trial, the black community cheered on the acquittal of a killer because he is black. That is a freakin disgrace.

no, they were cheering because LA too so much freakin effort that they made it look more like a personal thing rather than a neutral court.. they spent millions of dollars trying to prosecute OJ..

agreed...the DAs office had a right in jury selection..same as the defense////he was found innocent by a jury ..that was chosen by the DA and defense....that ia america justice system/./.of course, he was guilty

[Ling Ling 22]

What is racist is the fact that at the time of his murder trial, the black community cheered on the acquittal of a killer because he is black. That is a freakin disgrace.

no, they were cheering because LA too so much freakin effort that they made it look more like a personal thing rather than a neutral court.. they spent millions of dollars trying to prosecute OJ..

agreed...the DAs office had a right in jury selection..same as the defense////he was found innocent by a jury ..that was chosen by the DA and defense....that ia america justice system/./.of course, he was guilty

I don't understand what you're saying. Everyone that goes through the system is guilty, or just that he was guilty, or you don't believe in the system?

By the way, he wasn't found innocent, he was found "not-guilty". There's a huge difference there.