Las Vegas, NV—Defendants O.J. Simpson and C.J. Stewart were convicted on every count. I was not surprised that this dubious case against the football great went this far.
Simpson was convicted not for what happened in Las Vegas but a yet to be solved double murder in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles long ago.
I don’t like the arrest, trial or the verdicts. This was a subjective judgment made in an imperfect world by a jury that did not want to even stop this railroad job for meals.
Here is an AP report from inside the courtroom.
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About 13 years late but I'll take them anyway. Throw away that key.
Mark
Private Eye
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As carefully as I could examine I found no victims here, just a bunch of thugs being thugs.
Giving the majority of these goofs immunity and reduced sentences just so they could get Simpson was wrong.
This was about the Brentwood murders and a lot of anti-Simpson sentiment and hatred. That is an improper consideration for prosecution or conviction.
You know as well as any that the courts routinely give offenders the minimum; and that's a huge problem. It sends the message that there are no consequences. Hell, after OJ got off for murdering Ron Goldman and OJ's estranged wife, the black community pointed and crowed, claiming that it was an example of "real" justice. Even Tupac rapped about it in one of his songs ("free all day like OJ")
It is good that they decided to enforce the laws explicitly and as they're written. This guy deserves nothing less.
Just my 2 cents.
Rue
Go getem boys. But I'd rather have my throat cut than be raped by some homo.
From: not a sports fan
Do you think if from day one, all of this had just been ignored by the Police, anyone would have noticed what happened? (no one got hurt, some guys yelled a bit and took some old footballs and clothing).
Mark