The O.J. Simpson Trial

[Manwiththeplan]

Their burden of proof is much lower in a civil case.

I agree, but I still think they did a much better job

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I agree, but I still think they did a much better job

Yup. Much better. They had a plan.

The DA lost the case more than Cochran and company won it.
The jury didn't what riots either,

 

[Yakuza Rich]

The jury didn't what riots either,

This.

I'm always surprised how this gets overlooked.

LA just got obliterated by the Rodney King riots and I can't imagine any of the jurors wanting to go thru that, again. And they had to know that was going to be the result if OJ was found guilty.






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[CanadianCowboysFan]

either way, it doesn't absolve him. he still chose to not seek help to deal with the issues he was having and still chose to murder two people (or if you want to be technical, chose to commit armed robbery).

technically, he didn't "murder" them as he was found not guilty as murder is a term for someone found guilty of the crime

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Yup. Much better. They had a plan.

The DA lost the case more than Cochran and company won it.
The jury didn't what riots either,

well the LAPD screwed up royally a case against a man who was probably guilty, and the jury was going to make them pay for years of testalying and crapping on African americans

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I actually don't think they tried to frame him, but their reputation worked against them. Not to mention there was a certain level of incompetence on their part. The Goldman's and Browns attorney did a much better job of uncovering facts, for example, there was a foot print of a Bruno Magli shoe with blood. OJ denied owning a pair and even went as far as saying he would never own those ugly *** shoes, yet the attorneys found pictures of him doing promotions for the NFL and the Buffalo Bills with those shoes on.

Now I know OJ had no choice but to give a deposition for the civil trial, and he detectives working the case likely didn't get much cooperation from OJ, but at some point he was questioned.

the one guy in the entire case I didn't like was Goldman's dad. He claimed it wasn't about money but he did everything he could to get money from Simpson. If it were truly not about the money, the judgment by the white jury in Santa Monica should have been enough for him.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

the one guy in the entire case I didn't like was Goldman's dad. He claimed it wasn't about money but he did everything he could to get money from Simpson. If it were truly not about the money, the judgment by the white jury in Santa Monica should have been enough for him.

That's a completely ridiculous comment.
You don't know what you are talking about.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

That's a completely ridiculous comment.
You don't know what you are talking about.

I know more than you do. He claimed it wasn't about money, but justice, yet he took whatever $$ he could from Simpson. I never liked Mr Handlebar Mustache. I feel badly as a dad that he lost his son, but grinding Simpson financially won't bring him back. I feel far worse for the Simpson children who not only lost their mother that day, they also "lost" their father.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I know more than you do. He claimed it wasn't about money, but justice, yet he took whatever $$ he could from Simpson. I never liked Mr Handlebar Mustache. I feel badly as a dad that he lost his son, but grinding Simpson financially won't bring him back. I feel far worse for the Simpson children who not only lost their mother that day, they also "lost" their father.

The more you post the more wrong you are.

The civil suit was to inflict hurt on OJ. Use common sense would ya.

 

[JoeKing]

The more you post the more wrong you are.

The civil suit was to inflict hurt on OJ. Use common sense would ya.

How can how he feels be "wrong"? It's how he feels, you don't have to agree but that doesn't make your feelings more valid than anyone else's.

 

[jnday]

I know more than you do. He claimed it wasn't about money, but justice, yet he took whatever $$ he could from Simpson. I never liked Mr Handlebar Mustache. I feel badly as a dad that he lost his son, but grinding Simpson financially won't bring him back. I feel far worse for the Simpson children who not only lost their mother that day, they also "lost" their father.

I hope you know that he has received next to nothing in money from Simpson . Why are you so sure that you know more than anybody about this case?

 

[Nightman]

Yup. Much better. They had a plan.

The DA lost the case more than Cochran and company won it.
The jury didn't what riots either,

Exactly. Marcia Clark wasn't likable and the whole case turned into a circus. They all played to the cameras and not the jury. It went on way too long and it turned into a rebuke of the whole LA power structure.

Fuhrman being called a racist
"If the gloves don't fit"
The EDTA controversy

All helped get a guilty man off. The Las Vegas sentence of 30 years was clearly the system getting their pound of flesh. He was too arrogant to just go away.

 

[YosemiteSam]

You don't know what you are talking about.

Yes he does. Fat People!

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I hope you know that he has received next to nothing in money from Simpson . Why are you so sure that you know more than anybody about this case?

He took as much money from OJ as he could, whether it paid legal costs or not.

 

[jnday]

He took as much money from OJ as he could, whether it paid legal costs or not.

According to an update on the case that aired on TV a couples weeks ago, he hasn't gotten anything out of it. Since you know it all, you should know that the reason Simpson moved to Florida was to prevent anybody from getting any money from a civil action in California. Florida does not recognize civil verdicts from other states and Simpson's money was protected . You act like Mr. Goldman has no right to make Simpson suffer for being liable in his son's death. I think he has every right to make Simpson suffer in every way possible.

 

[bodi]

what the heck is up John Travolta' s face - just make up or what

and they are making Shimmer look like a real wuss

 

[bigdnlaca]

According to an update on the case that aired on TV a couples weeks ago, he hasn't gotten anything out of it. Since you know it all, you should know that the reason Simpson moved to Florida was to prevent anybody from getting any money from a civil action in California. Florida does not recognize civil verdicts from other states and Simpson's money was protected . You act like Mr. Goldman has no right to make Simpson suffer for being liable in his son's death. I think he has every right to make Simpson suffer in every way possible.

Sorry for butting in however what you said is true. But, Goldman did sue to publish and receive money from that book. I'm starting to think he was about the money because I have read that he didn't share any of it with the Brown family even though Brown was a part of the civil case and not just Goldman.

 

[DFWJC]

I know a cop that was taking a criminology course and their case file was the Simpson case. There was so much evidence that never got presented by the prosecution and the DA screwed up by moving the case downtown...O J's peers were not lower middle class, with little to no education which is what the jury turned out to be.

This guy said that the luminol tests on his Bronco lit up like a Christmas tree, there was blood everywhere both his and both victims. There was an empty swiss army knife box in his bathroom. The disguise, 7k in cash, and his suicide note that was all but saying I did it never came into evidence because the idiot prosecutors thought it would add sympathy for Simpson.

I was one that badly wanted him to be innocent at first.
But it was so overwhelming that he did do it...at the end and to this day I think it's about as slam sunk as you can get without actually standing there and watching it live.
Absolutely guilty.
I never even considered the racial side to it because it more a wealth and fame thing (allowing him to get off) than a race thing.

 

[jnday]

Sorry for butting in however what you said is true. But, Goldman did sue to publish and receive money from that book. I'm starting to think he was about the money because I have read that he didn't share any of it with the Brown family even though Brown was a part of the civil case and not just Goldman.

Goldman was just trying to make his son's killer suffer. He knew before the trail that he couldn't give much money out of it , but it tied it up do that Simpson couldn't get it either.

 

[Jammer]

I was one that badly wanted him to be innocent at first.
But it was so overwhelming that he did do it...at the end and to this day I think it's about as slam sunk as you can get without actually standing there and watching it live.
Absolutely guilty.
I never even considered the racial side to it because it more a wealth and fame thing (allowing him to get off) than a race thing.

I felt the exact same way. When he first became a suspect I figured it was because he was the ex-husband and it's a normal procedure for an ex to be a suspect. I really liked OJ and I was definitely in the "innocent until proven guilty" party. I wouldn't believe he was capable of doing the murders. As the trial unfolded all doubts in my mind about his guilt vanished. For whatever reason, I wasn't surprised at the verdict. Sad, but not surprised.