OT- OJ Simpson Granted Parole
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After nine years in prison, OJ Simpson has been granted parole for an armed robbery in a Nevada hotel. I did not think he stood a chance after he closed his presentation with "you go ahead and stamp your form sonny, because to tell you the truth, I really don't give a shit." But I guess it worked.
Can't say I am particularly surprised. That was a really hefty sentence for this particular offense. He was rumored to be involved in something else, though, IIRC.
Was a petition signed by all the inmates and staff saying they couldn't stand one more day of him in their prison.
"*crappy* movies"????
GOOD DAY SIR!!!
me, the families don't take anything from the fact that OJ Simpson was acquited. You can't find the right word for it because there is no right word. "I do hope the families can take a little bit of [severe and unrelenting existential grief] knowing that OJ Simpson was rich enough to hire a team of brilliant lawyers to get him off scott-free for cutting off the heads of their beloved family member." No, don't think that quite works.
Most of his lawyers were very good (Shapiro was god awful), but the reality was that the case against him was very weak.
The blood evidence in the Bronco was the best thing they had, and went that went down the tubes for contamination, so did the case.
There were at least 4 prosecutors in Grand Rapids who might have won that case regardless. Marcia Clark and Oliver Darden rightly retired; if that was the best LA County had to offer, that is a sad state of affairs. A thoughtful prosecutor would not have issued so quickly against OJ, but would have taken more time to investigate and build an actual case, give OJ some rope to hang himself.
When the whole case is "OJ hit her in the past, therefore he is a bad guy, so he must have killed her", and your prosecutor actually believes that logic, you are in trouble. You cannot even argue that theory in closing; it would be grounds for reversal.
In sum, he probably did it, or knows who did it, but because law enforcement bungled the thing from start to finish, we will probably never know for sure.
Perhaps the craziest decision was to not even introduce the Bronco chase video. Everyone in America thought it showed consciousness of guilt but the prosecution team.
was not a weak case. It has some strengths and weaknesses. The physical evidence was good (but see below). OJ's erratic behavior after the murder, conflicting statements to limo driver, how he obtained the cut, etc. all helped. Motive was vaguely present but not fully developed. They showed past abuse, but thought that was a substitution for motive to murder and it completely wasn't.
None of it mattered after Furman though. When they lost the ruling as to the admissibility of those tapes, the case was over.
was brilliant at doing what OJ needed him to do. His job was front loaded, he was PR and damage control. He was never expected to be OJ's trial attorney, that isn't what he was. He was largely responsible for the involvment of Bailey, which proved vital.
Shapiro was a very good lawyer, just a different kind of lawyer than the rest of them so he became the odd man out.
"but the reality was that the case against him was very weak."
LMFAO. There was a TON of physical evidence and testimony. That said, the prosecution did a terrible job of presenting the case.
I was at UM during the trial (I saw part of the white bronco chase in the Union...)
I remember talking with him one morning after he read the paper and he thought the prosecution was doing a really shitty job keeping control. He thought that they leaked some stupid information, and that they weren't keeping a good face on the case.
When OJ hired his guys it ended up being like legal porn.
I'm always torn in this instance. He got his day in court and won. Then went on to f*ck up his life further. There are two people dead and cirumstantial evidence points strongly to him. The dead people's families are still devestated.
I guess I hope at this point he's a different person, and can do some great things with the time he has left.
pretty sure it wasn't "circumstantial" evidence. There was a crap load of physical evidence all over the place. Though I realize the defense did a good job calling into question the cops, motives, and evidence collection.
"OJ like...I'm not black I'm OJ."
"......oookay."
Epic Shawshank reference.
Now that he will be released, he can continue his search for the real killer.
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