Would you let OJ walk?

[WriterDom]

Saw Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story tonight. Was the second "Blacks been done wrong" feature I've seen in the last two months.

But really, if you were on a jury, would you have let O.J. walk? Was his "non-guilty" a payback for past injustices? Or did it all come down to money and an uneducated jury pool?

 

[Monazwx]

WriterDom

It was defintely the latter. Money, money, money (and mabye his fame too).

If it was a poor black guy, they would have thrown the book at him. If I was on the jury, I don't know what would have happened. After all this time, I can't believe that I'm still on the fence about this, but I am.

 

[CarolineOh]

Depends if he was walking towards me or away from me.

 

[Zamdrist]

Re: WriterDom


Hi Mona babes Good to see ya!
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My take on that whole debacle: Al Cowens did it. OJ took the fall as he had the money and fame to get away with it.

Question: What the hell was ever in that nondescript manila evelope anyways?

I say Fry him, he's an ass even if he might not have done it, IMHO.

 

[Georgia Girl]

Toast his cookies!

Even his attitude conveyed guilt. It was as if we owed him something because of what he had provided the public in entertainment for so long.

Dawn

 

[Lost Cause]

Chris Rock explained it best after OJ saw another guy driving the expensive car he was paying for; "I don't agree with what he did......but...I understand!"

 

[Wave_Rider]

There was alot of anger in Brentwood

During the week I live about a "5" iron from OJ''s ex home in Brentwood. For the 18 months after Nicole's murder our little "hamlet" became third on the tourist brigade in Cali after Disneyland and Universal Studios.........

Without a doubt I believe the "Juice" was guilty. Still not positive that he didn't have an accomplice (either his son or A.C) but nonetheless sadly what I will remember most about the case was the inepitude of the L.A. police department..........

The 'race" card was played in the trial no doubt; but also the ability to "BUY" the best defense proved decisive also.......

Finally, the laws as they are written, could be changed. Innocent in the Criminal but Guilty in the Civil? Not "Double Jeopardy" but close........

 

[bluntforcemama]

Should I recite the Miranda Clause? Maybe the civil liberties and rights? His ass may have been guilty, but we couldn't prove it. If the cops deliberately messed up his samples, then it's a problem that the judicial systems needs to figure out how to bypass or solve.

 

[Zamdrist]

Re: There was alot of anger in Brentwood

Finally, the laws as they are written, could be changed. Innocent in the Criminal but Guilty in the Civil? Not "Double Jeopardy" but close........

Why can't someone be morally responsible but not criminally innocent?

 

[Myrrdin]

Yes, the jury got the right verdict. OJ didn't do it.
But he knew who did it, and if neccessary was willing to take the blame for that person.
The Police spent so much time pursuing him for the crime they neglacted to investigate the more logical suspect, both in terms of means and motives, and also that persons past criminal record.

 

[Marxist]

Did anyone see The Man Who Wasn't There?

It perfectly describes what happened in the OJ case: If you look really really close at anything, it ceases to exist. In this case even OJ started to look innocent even thought the facts were obviously against him.

 

[thegenogoths]

Id let OJ walk....right into the sight of my deer gun, and I would have saved a ton of tax payers money.

 

[kotori]

I thought this was over a long time ago.

The police won't be so arrogant the next time he kills someone. (Look at the pains they're taking with Robert Blake.) While I know that race is never "not" an issue, I think O.J.'s case was one where celebrity/fame/money brought media scrutiny--the kind that sloppy police work can't get past. If he'd a been a no-body with a no-body attorney, he'd be working for the State, in an orange jumpsuit.