Originally Posted By kennect I just read the story...Apparently the jury found him guilty on all charges and that was all that was said....Weird that they would announce a verdict at this time of day.....
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Then he goes and seeks pity by sayin that now he won't be able to see his kids graduate from collage after 'he managed' to put them through it. Oh Please! Nicole never got a chance to see her kids grow up. Bye bye Juice! Good Times.. Good Times!
Originally Posted By Ursula The news reports say he could get life, but we won't know until December 5th. Karma.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Lousy SOB. It was just a matter of time before he did something heinous again. I hope he gets the life sentence.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Is it just me or is OJ getting a bit railroaded for this... As sad as it was that he got away with murder, he was exonerated by a jury of his peers. IMO, the jury basically punished him for his previous crime. Something which should not happen in our justice system. If he gets life, it is a travesty, he may be a dirty son of a b*tch, but he shouldn't have his past court cases used against him which is what I saw in this case. It was basically impossible for him to get a fair trial.
Originally Posted By mele I didn't watch any of the trial coverage but at a glance, it looked like they had some pretty good evidence against him. Can you point to any evidence that would exhonerate him that was ignored? Honestly, it's his own damn fault if he didn't get a fair trial this time around. Prosecutors don't always file charges for every single crime in a case but sometimes they throw everything they can at a defendant. Sure, they could have probably let some things slide but why should they? If he did the crime(s), he should be charged for all of them. I am not going to lose any sleep over this. OJ should have kept his nose clean. It was stupid of him to tempt fate.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I didn't watch any of the trial coverage but at a glance, it looked like they had some pretty good evidence against him. Can you point to any evidence that would exhonerate him that was ignored?<< I just felt the charges against him were a bit exorbant. Kind of like how the Prosecuters were using this as payback. Don't get me wrong, OJ is an idiot, I just feel that he might have gotten less charges put against him if he was Joe Public and not OJ Simpson, man who got away with murder.
Originally Posted By mele I think you're right but, as I said, every prosecutor decides what to charge a defendant with and it's pretty obvious that they threw everything at him that they could. And of course it's because he got away with 2 horrible murders and enjoyed rubbing people's noses in it. Remember that horrible book he wrote? He was begging for this. It's kind of funny that he could really be this stupid.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins How could OJ carry out such a crime? Did he not know that he would be instantly identifiable??? Was he wearing a disguise? I've wondered about that, not that I've lost sleep over it.
Originally Posted By mele I think maybe because he has a huge ego and thinks he can get away with...murder.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I think you're right but, as I said, every prosecutor decides what to charge a defendant with and it's pretty obvious that they threw everything at him that they could. And of course it's because he got away with 2 horrible murders and enjoyed rubbing people's noses in it. Remember that horrible book he wrote? He was begging for this. It's kind of funny that he could really be this stupid.<< Getting away with murder gave him a Messiah Complex where he figured he was untouchable... I just feel the Prosecuters took this a bit too far. I believe in equal justice, not a different kind of justice for those who have gotten away with murder int he past.
Originally Posted By SuperDry As far as I can tell, OJ was of the impression that he was recovering his own property, so from his point of view, how could it be considered a theft? But there are at least two major flaws with this line of thinking: first, what if not all of the items taken were his? Even if one item taken was not his, would this not constitute a theft? Second, there was the issue brought up by the detective on the stand (and squashed by the judge due it being a legal opinion, but I still believe it to be true) that having the property in question not lawfully belonging to the defendant is not an element of the crime of robbery, at least in Nevada. I haven't read the statute, but taking the detective at his word, that's an interesting set of circumstances: you could be convicted of robbery for taking back your own property under threat of violence. Oh, let me add a third big mistake: having guns involved. Although even without guns it would still probably have been a robbery (of what they call the "strong-arm" variety), guns certainly make a bad situation much worse (and I do realize that OJ's claim was that he knew nothing about the guns, and that others testified that he did, so that's an unresolved issue). Whether the property in question was OJ's or not, this situation was a recipe for disaster from the very beginning.
Originally Posted By barboy ///Can you point to any evidence that would exhonerate him that was ignored?/// I'm fairly sure that you know this already so this is for the other readers who don't understand even basic criminal justice here in the US: in theory he(as well as all others) doesn't need to supply one shred of evidence of innocence or exoneration. The state, supposedly, has the sole burden to convince a jury of guilt.
Originally Posted By barboy If OJ was attempting to recover his own stolen items then how do the Nevadans justify hitting him with all those serious charges and ultimately scheduling him for a long prison stay ......he got 'railroaded', simple as that. Everyone of us knows that Nevada convicted him big time on his past deeds rather than the case at hand. And this is one of say 5 reasons why I set Old Glory ablaze every July 4th---after all I do need to show respect for this great nation.
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