Las Vegas, NV -- Okay, you forgot about the Juice didn’t you? You thought you’d heard the last when Judge Jackie Glass slammed a cell door closed on him for some nine to 33 years, didn’t you. Well the there were some serious appeal issues surrounding that case where Simpson and some others went to get stolen property back. The problem was they called it armed robbery and kidnapping. But was it really? Thugs, thieves and liars mistreating other thugs, thieves and liars just did not seem so serious. Judge Glass and a jury may well have gotten it all wrong. That’s why our judicial system allows for appeals. Simpson had asked to remain free pending that appeal expected to take years and Judge Glass said, no. On August 3, 2009 the Nevada Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the appeal of the order to deny bail. Simpson’s co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart , is serving 7 1/2 to 27 years and has been granted a bail hearing too. I can’t give an educated guess as to the out...

Las Vegas, NV —This Sunday morning O.J. Simpson faces what may be the rest of his life in a Nevada prison. Odds are that without divine intervention the 61 year-old may not live long enough to make parole. He must serve at least nine years and parole is far from guaranteed after serving that minimum portion of the 9 to 33 year sentence. There is however a somewhat recent case that reversed a kidnapping conviction on a much more egregious case. This suggests that Simpson was over-charged and over-convicted for what should have been a simple armed robbery. An appeal citing this November 2006 case, may well get Simpson a second chance at a much lighter sentence. Appeals move very slowly and Simpson will be sitting in prison for as long as a couple of years before the Nevada Supreme Court hears and decides his case. In case you were wondering Nevada has no Court of Appeals so his case goes directly to the Nevada Supreme Court. Simpson’s co-defendant, Stewart will get the same benefi...

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.

Las Vegas, NV —You can never guess what a jury will do. Jury’s logic is nearly always beyond predictions. That Las Vegas Armed Robbery/Kidnapping case against footbal great, O.J. Simpson that should never have been filed in the first place will enter the phase of Jury Instructions and Closing Arguments. There may be a verdict as early as Friday. The jury will be charged with sorting out the stories given by a wide assortment of thugs, thieves, liars and even a pimp, most have which have been given get out of jail free cards by prosecutors. Watching televised trials cheats viewers of one very important insight to help predict the outcome. The faces, interaction and reaction to the accused and various witnesses with jury members provide loads of tell tale information. Televised trials never show jury members unless they agree to give interviews when the trials are over and the verdicts have been returned. Even with the ability to observe the jury, their verdicts often still defy pre...

Las Vegas, NV —Some star struck prosecutors and cops want to take credit for putting O.J. Simpson behind bars. Instead of justice it’s about status and bragging rights. They want to brag that they could do what Los Angeles authorities couldn’t do, and that's convicting the former sports hero. I say former sports hero because Simpson no longer has that special admiration. Today the public treats him with suspicion at best and many believe he somehow got away with double murder. Today and for always, Simpson is a kind of a dark celebrity, more famous for his perceived connection to a despicable and brutal crime than his outstanding achievements on the gridiron. Now Simpson is on trial as a jury has to figure out just which group of thugs, thieves and liars robbed the other of Simpson’s personal memorabilia. The stories have changed despite sporadic surreptitious recordings by ringleader and convicted arsonist, Thomas Riccio . Riccio has profited by more than $200 K for arranging the...

Las Vegas, NV—Judge Jackie Glass must have come right out of Central Casting to hear the O.J. Simpson case. Glass is an excitable, drama queen who loves to yell at lawyers like an angry mother dealing with really bad children. It’s hard to tell if she is simply playing to the cameras or she’s this way all the time. In a single day, Glass has proven herself to be better suited for a low-budget Hollywood film rather than a real trial. Yesterday state’s witness and sports memorabilia dealer Bruce Fromong was wincing in pain and grabbing his chest during his testimony. I was suffering a similar reaction to Judge Glass’ emotional tantrums in her zealous efforts to keep order in the court. I can’t help but see a prejudicial effect that would defeat a fair trial for any defendant in Judge Glass’ courtroom. Judges automatically gain huge respect from jurors who are emotionally programmed by society to except and believe judges are infallible leaders who must be obeyed. Judges’ powers ext...

Las Vegas, NV —The Circus starts this morning in Las Vegas. It will be the greatest show on earth watched by millions. Where you ask? Why it inside the Clark County Court ! It’s the O.J. Simpson trial. Opening statements are set to begin barring last minute diversions. The street outside will be filled with genuine clowns and publicity hounds. Reporters from everywhere will have crews loitering until the court takes their recesses and they swing into action. Live coverage of the trial is promised by a new start up TV business called The Legal Edge who promised to broadcast to any media outlets willing to pay their fees. This is the chance for an all White jury to return a new verdict on the double-murder trial in which Simpson was acquitted. Nobody cares about the sports memorabilia thieves who claim to be robbery and kidnapping victims. This trial will really be about the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Prosecutors can be counted upon to beat the Goldman civil ...

Court TV showed promise to open the veils of seeming secrecy of America’s courtrooms. Trials are public but seating is limited and the logistics of sitting in courtrooms is difficult or impossible for working Americans. Court TV was there to save the day, at least in the several states that allow for broadcasting of their proceedings. Most states and the federal courts have declined the idea of TV coverage. Court TV began with the gavel to gavel concept but that was not working because viewers became bored with most testimony. Court TV countered by turning the proceedings into pundit fueled gossip-fests. The liberal use of outspoken harpies to slant the video they did elect to show the public got out-of-control. Trials became sporting events even beyond Jerry Springer proportions. No better example of televised legal horror existed than the Scott Peterson Murder Trial . I’m convinced he was convicted not by a fair trial but by Court TV, aided by a very TV camera- happy defense la...

The larger than life O.J. Simpson was made for all manner of journalists. Sex, murder, rumors, lawyers, profiteers and Fred Goldman follow Simpson wherever he goes. We can only speculate who murdered Nicolle Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The public made their guess and jury verdicts notwithstanding, Simpson is standing alone as the killer. The ongoing Las Vegas Palace Station robbery case is nothing but garbage. This sordid mess is not worthy of the tax dollars it will burn trying to sort out which group of thieves, thugs and liars robbed the other. Another fortune will be made by writers and pundits who cover the saga. Simpson has made many careers and millions of dollars for so many writers and television personalities already. They include disgraced, former LAPD Detective and convicted felon, Mark Fuhrman. Now comes yet another profiteer who is putting a new book up for sale, "How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regr...

Miguel Pereira, the owner of You Ring We Spring bail bonds arranged to get O.J. Simpson released for bragging rights and to see himself on TV. Pereira also waived Simpson’s premium payment of $18,000.00. When Pereira’s publicity ran out he saw the opportunity to personally take Simpson into custody and grace TV sets worldwide with his own image. Pereira saved Simpson’s November rambling recorded telephone message for a second wave of publicity where he could be the star. Plain and simple, Miguel Pereira is a big fat rat who sought fame at Simpson’s expense. Did Simpson’s phone call really amount to an attempt to influence or intimidate a witness? The answer is clearly, no. Had that been the case prosecutors would have convened a grand Jury and Indicted Simpson on new charges before sundown. Bail is our Sixth Amendment Constitutional right should we ever be accused of a crime. The purpose of bail is to insure the appearance of the suspect in court. Courts have later ruled that in additi...

Tomorrow Simpson and his lawyer will be in court as the prosecution lays out much of their case for Armed Robbery Kidnapping and the rest of the charges related to that little get together at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino. The prosecution’s burden is an easy one. They will put on just enough evidence to get this mess bound over for trial. There may be some limited cross-examination of suspects turned snitches and the victims. Hearsay evidence is admissible in this legal arena. It’s a given that there will be a finding that there is Probable Cause to allow this case to go forward to a full-blown criminal trial that won’t happen anytime soon. I just don’t expect this thug against thug mess to amount to much. The dark side of this case is that Simpson may get convicted not because of any other reason that people think he got away with a double murder over a decade in the past. The truth here is that if the Juice was not involved this trashy case would have been dumped out with t...

Okay, I told you so! That O.J. Simpson’s would hear his own words said to police and press out of presence of a lawyer read back to him in a desert courtroom. Las Vegas Metropolitan police have arrested Simpson for armed robbery. The Simpson arrest followed the arrest of the babbling, co-conspirator, Walter Alexander. Click on photo for his personal information. Unlike his last scrape, Simpson will be out on bail in short order. Bail will be very steep and any money or property posted may well be seized to satisfy Simpson's civil judgment. This case is far from a slam-dunk and may take more than a year or even two to play out. I would not be surprised to see the entire Simpson posse including involved off-duty cops behind bars very soon.

An unidentified man was arrested by La Vegas Metropolitan police in connection with the private “sting” engineered by Simpson. Was this a case of O.J Simpson taking the law into his own hands in the form of an armed robbery? The law always allows a private person to make an arrest but that did not happen. There are way too many questions and conflicting statements concerning whether the property was turned over voluntarily or as a result of the threat of force. Of course in the end you need a victim willing to testify to facts that established a crime. That too is in serious doubt according to a news story containing an interview by Associated Press reporters. Now that alleged victim, Alfred Beardsley is singing yet another tune claiming what he told the AP reporters was, “off the record” Add to the mess the participation of any off duty police officers, who Simpson may have relied on to lawfully regain his property. The problem here may not be O.J. Simpson’s but that of the off...