Jury reaches verdict in O.J. Simpson trial - 13 years to the day

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I wonder [for] which crime they were convicting him of.

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[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Ming


That was my first thought... I think it was probably the past and the present

I couldnt agree more Ming

Like I heard a long time ago, all sorts of Justice in this world, all sorts.......

[PLATO]

From what I have been reading, there are all sorts of problems with this case that might come out on appeal. Perhaps some of the Poly Legal folks could shed some light on this??

Still, it is good to see him finally going to jail after the farce of his murder trial.

[Impaler[WrG]]

kidnapping charge alone mandates a minimum of 15 years in prison

WTF?? What ever you believe about the murders their was obviously no kidnapping involved, those people died literally ware they stood and thats not in dispute at all from the first trial? This is clearly in spirit a de-facto second trial by people who didn't like the result of the first one and I find it both ridiculous and illegal.

BTW theirs one thing thats always perplexed me about the prosecutions OJ scenario, they claim OJ is such an unhinged violent psychopath that when he saw his wife and that other guy what's his name at the front of the house he goes into a murderous rage presumably on the assumption she is cheating on him. But before committing the dead he thinks to himself "Oh wait I'll put on some gloves so I won't get caught, boy am I smart" proceeds to put on gloves then commit the heinious murders. Then apparently haveing exausted his intellect proceeds to leave the glove at the crime scene and then makes a get away.

It just doesn't add up at all, if a person stops to think long enough about gloves they should also think of hit men and other safer means of killing people, and they shouldn't then do something as incriminating as leaving the gloves behind if they have even a shred of a clue about forensic evidence. The evidence smells to me like a sloppy hit job (isn't that what you would do if you were OJ?) or even a random killing but the prosecutions scenario was ridiculous and the original acquittal might have more to do with that then the so called "Dream Team".

[SlowwHand]

He wouldn't let them leave. That's kidnapping.

[Lancer]

In other news, a white Bronco has been seen flying down the highway. One of the african americans inside seems to have a gun...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]
WTF?? What ever you believe about the murders their was obviously no kidnapping involved, those people died literally ware they stood and thats not in dispute at all from the first trial? This is clearly in spirit a de-facto second trial by people who didn't like the result of the first one and I find it both ridiculous and illegal.

Um, no one died at all in the situation that went to trial. Simpson and his cohort held someone against his will at gun point. Kidnapping is a legitimate statute for a conviction in this case.

[SlowwHand]

See?

[Impaler[WrG]]

I just did some googling and found an interesting and very plausible alternative scenario, OJ's son commits the murder in a rage, calls his father who comes to the scene, OJ decides to cover up the crime completely while attracting and focusing media attention on himself in such a way that he will be investigated to the exclusion of all else, a practice he has continued to follow for the last decade. Though its still possible that the police were tampering with evidence this ironically played right into OJ's plans by undermining a case that might otherwise have been won against him with the small amount of real evidence against him such as shoe prints he left when at the scene.

Here the documentary that was made about this alternate theory

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7905933759946122795&q=o+j+not+guilty&total=55&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

I think its only major flaw is that it hints at evidence tampering by the L.A.P.D. but doesn't actually work those details into the alternative scenario and actually make an outright accusation of the police. Its likely that the detective involved doesn't want to offend the L.A.P.D. and shut off his access to the data which is a shame. Their are other inconsistencies as were possibly looking at two completely separate and uncoordinated cover-ups here which each tried to produce different evidence which is mismatched. I personally find the whole idea of a pair of gloves being separated with one at the crime screen and the other at OJ's house so incriminating that they must be planted either by OJ himself or by the police, no criminal is that stupid.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Um, no one died at all in the situation that went to trial. Simpson and his cohort held someone against his will at gun point. Kidnapping is a legitimate statute for a conviction in this case.

Wouldn't false imprisonment be more appropriate since there was no transportation here?[/nitpick]

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Darius871
Wouldn't false imprisonment be more appropriate since there was no transportation here?[/nitpick]

Depends on the state. Some states don't require asportation for the kidnapping charge to be applicable.

[Wiglaf]

This is clearly in spirit a de-facto second trial by people who didn't like the result of the first one and I find it both ridiculous and illegal.

He butchered his smoking wife and her hot boyfriend in hot blood. Would you find it ridiculous if he got hit by a bus? No, it'd be awesome. So this is like that except he is going to get it anally for the next 20 years of his life.

[SlowwHand]

Some people will go to extreme lengths to make excuses for criminals. It's absolutely retarded.

[chequita guevara]

If he had committed this crime in Texas, he'd be a hero. After all, he was defending his property from a thief.

[Wiglaf]

He's black.