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O.J. Simpson found guilty of murd...armed robbery
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Thirteen years to the days that O.J. Simpson was acquitted for murdering his ex-wife and Ron Goldman, he was found guilty on all counts in the armed robbery case in Las Vegas in 2007. It is speculated that he may spend the rest of his life in prison over this.
There was a debate in the news media when this broke last year about whether the trial was going to be for the armed robbery or if he was really being retried for murder, as many people, including myself, believed he was guilty and the case was bungled by the prosecutors and the judge by turning it into a media circus. This was part of the defense used in this trial as there were apparently some comments by investigators that were recorded at the scene.
Justice served? Is he in actuality getting a long overdue punishment?
There was a debate in the news media when this broke last year about whether the trial was going to be for the armed robbery or if he was really being retried for murder, as many people, including myself, believed he was guilty and the case was bungled by the prosecutors and the judge by turning it into a media circus. This was part of the defense used in this trial as there were apparently some comments by investigators that were recorded at the scene.
Justice served? Is he in actuality getting a long overdue punishment?
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Because he was found liable at the civil trial for the deaths?
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We have a criminal justice system to decide these things. Public opinion is irrelevant. Regardless of the outcome of the OJ case, I infinitely prefer it this way.
Liable != Guilty
Not.
Ever.
Justice served for armed robbery...yes.
And saying that it is a long overdue punishment is just stupid. He was aquitted. People need to move on. It's pretty much, imo, blatant racism when people say that OJ deserves to be punished for the "murders". Does it really bother people that much that a black man might have beat the system? And I don't go for people who say they feel the same way if a white person gets away because typically they don't talk about or remember those.
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Either that or that it appeared that a rich famous person could beat the system. See also: Paris Hilton, Winona Ryder.
I was pissed off at Winona Ryder getting acquitted for shoplifting when it was fucking obvious from the CCTV that she did it, but I wasn't on the jury, so I can't really complain. The same goes for Michael Jackson and all those other celebrites and non-celebrities who were acquitted of crimes, including my old P.E. teacher. I wasn't on the jury, so I'm not going to bitch and moan about it.
True, but people seem to remember OJ more than others.
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No one's suggesting that he would legally and officially be tried for murder again, but I highly doubt that any jury now can avoid having at least a few members being influenced by their opinions of the murder case.
Others who beat speeding/DUI tickets? Or others who murdered?
Because really... the race card here? Fucking stupid.
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Yes. The OJ trial was huge, and there is a great public perception that he got off because he was wealthy, due to alleged racism on the part of law enforcement, and because Johnnie Cochran was a genius at working the system.
despicable.
That he wrote it, or that the Goldmans re-titled it?
Because I think both are pretty horrible.
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The live televised car chase probably didn't help.
Seriously, the OJ Simpson story was all over the place at the time, hell it basically brought CourtTV into existence and really became a 24/7 news story for like a year.
But I mean, if you want a white version of OJ there's a list to choose from.
Hell, ever heard of Nixon?
They didn't retitle it. If you look closely you can see the "if"
I think it's very funny.
Well I think we're talking about people who 'got away' with their crime.
Hell, Scooter Libby! All the Bush cronies being pardoned before Jan. 20th!
Yeah its a shame that a guy who murdered two people but was acquitted due to the public's unfamiliarity with DNA evidence and a team of the most skilled and famous defense lawyers in the world doesn't have to work and lives on a private golf course.
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Ted Kennedy? :P
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I hadn't noticed the "if"
I don't believe in double jeopardy, however, it's pretty clear that he was guilty as sin. Like, unbelievably guilty. So damn guilty.
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Actually a life sentence according to the state of Nevada is justifiable for the crimes he committed. Armed robbery, kidnapping, etc. I'm not saying I hope he gets life for the murders he 'didn't' commit. If we're talking about the murders I hope he gets shanked in prison for that, but concerning his current charges he faces life in prison and I hope that is exactly what he gets.
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You're getting a bit defensive as if I am somehow attacking you. Not sure what that's about. I think part of the reason he may get life in prison is because what someone mentioned earlier. Because he got away with murder perhaps he felt as if what he was doing wouldn't negatively affect him. As if he couldn't get in trouble. I realize that legally a jury should not take into account his previous legal stuff, but that does not mean they won't. If it was me on the jury I'd want him to get the harshest penalty possible. Of course for me it would not be just about the case at hand, but about righting one of the most infamous wrongs in my time.
edit: also I do not know what $texas is or means
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It's from an SNL sketch where someone wagers in Final Jeopardy, in Alex Trebek's words, "Texas with a dollar sign."
In response to your statemnt mcdermott is concerned with the precedent it sets if juries add time that is unusual for the crime committed/convicted for. For example, if your wife or girlfriend or whatever were convicted of a drug charge, and there was an ex-boyfriend whom she dumped on the jury, and as a result of his presence they gave her the max sentence, would you think that was right? No, of course not. That's why we have systems like jury purging and such in place- to prevent such bias from influencing assumption of guilt or assigning punishment. Especially since people's lives are involved here.
For someone who takes the tenets of our system so seriously one would think you would care about righting such a wrong. He was acquitted of two murders the entire world knew he committed. This is a case where the tenets of our justice system were forgotten or simply ignored. If they had held true OJ would not be in this trial to begin with as he would be rotting in a federal prison or he would have been put to death already for the previous crimes he committed.
Also to ask a panel of jurors to forget that OJ got away with two murders is ludicrous. You won't find a single person in this country that would sit on a jury and in their decision making forget in the back of their mind that this is a man who walked for 12 years after murdering two people in cold blood. They knew everything he had done since those murders. The golf course tryst where he vowed to search for the real killer(s), the atrocious book he wrote, etc etc. No one is going to not take it all into account. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.
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I mean, there are people who are capable of it.