JFlorio wrote:
I imagine that watch is worth quite a bit. Now would be the time to find out.
Before OJ comes and tries to take it from you!!
crazylibertarian wrote:
The fact remains, that he was found 'not guilty' in the first trial. Thus, in the Las Vegas incident, he had a clean record and I can not see how he was given the sentence. The crime itself was for him going after his own property, as I understand. It was a railroad job.
As long as people have no common sense and they believe all verbiage the defence gives, there is no problem especially for liberals.
Liberals have no common sense, they just follow along with other liberals.
plainlogic wrote:
As long as people have no common sense and they believe all verbiage the defence gives, there is no problem especially for liberals.
Liberals have no common sense, they just follow along with other liberals.
There's a saying in American justice; better one hundred guilty go free than one innocent be convicted. The prosecution is required to persuade 12 people that the acused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Here in Jacksonville Florida, there was a sensational trial where a white man was convicted of killing a black teenager at a gasoline station over a radio that he complained to the occupants of a car was too loud. I thought the defense raised reasonable doubt over the scene not being secured at the time.
I knew a cop at the time of the O. J. trial, who said that the cops at that scene had mishandled the evidence. He was appalled at the carelessness.
I don't care if O. J. did it or not. Did the defense raise reasonable doubt? Twelve people thought so.
My father served on a jury over a burglary. He was the last hold out for conviction. After the verdict, the defense thanked the jury for their deliberations which were far longer than anticipated.
Let those things be a lesson.
crazylibertarian wrote:
There's a saying in American justice; better one hundred guilty go free than one innocent be convicted. The prosecution is required to persuade 12 people that the acused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Here in Jacksonville Florida, there was a sensational trial where a white man was convicted of killing a black teenager at a gasoline station over a radio that he complained to the occupants of a car was too loud. I thought the defense raised reasonable doubt over the scene not being secured at the time.
I knew a cop at the time of the O. J. trial, who said that the cops at that scene had mishandled the evidence. He was appalled at the carelessness.
I don't care if O. J. did it or not. Did the defense raise reasonable doubt? Twelve people thought so.
My father served on a jury over a burglary. He was the last hold out for conviction. After the verdict, the defense thanked the jury for their deliberations which were far longer than anticipated.
Let those things be a lesson.
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What I recall about the OJ trial was the cheering by Black people when the acquittal happened. I always thought it quite peculiar on many levels. First of all it made Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson guilty of every crime against Blacks since the American Revolution. I guess they deserved what they got. Second, OJ never gave 3 craps about being Black previously. A reported quote of his was " I'm not Black, I'm OJ". That Blacks thought he deserved to get off and the victims deserved to die without justice to this day puzzles me.
OJ was hardly the poster child for the injustices inflicted on Blacks.
son of witless wrote:
What I recall about the OJ trial was the cheering by Black people when the acquittal happened. I always thought it quite peculiar on many levels. First of all it made Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson guilty of every crime against Blacks since the American Revolution. I guess they deserved what they got. Second, OJ never gave 3 craps about being Black previously. A reported quote of his was " I'm not Black, I'm OJ". That Blacks thought he deserved to get off and the victims deserved to die without justice to this day puzzles me.
OJ was hardly the poster child for the injustices inflicted on Blacks.
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I recall precisely the same things. In fact, during the trial some commentators mentioned the same thing about him not being especially popular among blacks due to his actions or inactions. Yet, because he was a black man, the trial became a symbol for blacks.
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