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I can't criticize OJ's lawyers. They were just doing their job. The laws of our land state that everyone is entitled to defend themselves in court and that's what they did for their client.
As far as guilt, yeah, OJ was guilty as sin. He just happened to catch several breaks:
1. His defense team was far superior to the County prosecutors
2. Detectives botched the crime scene, handling of evidence was sloppy
3. Confirmed racist as one of the lead detectives
4. A jury made up of black women p*ssed off that a hot blonde like Nicole "stole" one of their men
Actually, the legal truth says that the state couldn't prove his guilt to the satisfaction of a jury.
"Innocent until proven guilty" really isn't an accurate description of the situation.
Just slightly off topic here but I just have to say that "innocent until proven guilty" doesn't even apply in today's culture. A person is found guilty by social media long before a case has been established.
As far as guilt, yeah, OJ...just happened to catch several breaks:
4. A jury made up of black women p*ssed off that a hot blonde like Nicole "stole" one of their men.
Just slightly off topic here but I just have to say that "innocent until proven guilty" doesn't even apply in today's culture. A person is found guilty by social media long before a case has been established.
Certainly a valid point, but I see and hear the phrase being used so often that I have to think that some people feel it to be the case and don't really recognize the difference between legal acquittal and genuine innocence.
Having written that, I support the jury's decision to acquit OJ. The prosecution simply put on a poor case and didn't prove OJ's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The whole glove debacle alone (seriously, its near impossible to convince a jury that someone committed murder while wearing gloves that that person absolutely cannot fit) justified the acquittal. I feel the same way about the Casey Anthony trial; in my heart, she is guilty, but there was insufficient evidence establishing her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Yep, round and round we go, when will it stop nobody knows...
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