Do you think that oj simpson was guilty or not guilty

Specialun

One for the oldies

I always thought he was guilty but got away with it because of the LAPD fookup

NotASheeple

Guilty.

Duckworth_Luas

Innocent

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

--LOS--

He barely tries to hide the guilt himself, look at his book cover..... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/If_I_did_It_2.png

if I did it

Mackas_view

I'm a 90's kid, so I know nothing about O.Js case but on 10-15 years time I'll probably post this same thing about Oscar pistorious. :-)

"And the circle keeps on turning".


Watch this space...... For a year or two maybe ten.... Fifteen?!

IvaBigWun

Thread needs poll.

I always thought he was 100% guilty till I watched a couple of documentaries last year (links not to hand), so now Im at 75% certainty.

I havent seen a better law team put together before or since. Johnnie Cochran was superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBobchfpiVM

Did I read that Johnnie has told people after the trial that he wasnt sure of OJs innocence? Im sure I did

Nodin

Mackas_view wrote: »

I'm a 90's kid, so I know nothing about O.Js case but on 10-15 years time I'll probably post this same thing about Oscar pistorious. :-)

"And the circle keeps on turning".


Watch this space...... For a year or two maybe ten.... Fifteen?!

"Man with good lawyers gets found innocent of something he did"

You could replace "good lawyers" with "money" there as the latter led to the former anyway.

Menas

He was found liable for the deaths in the subsequent civil suit. Some small justice.

Gongoozler

I'd be interested in watching those documentaries if anybody has the name, but will search myself.

Can't remember much about the thing myself, but yeah I think most people think he's guilty.

Tail Docker

The trial was huuge, and massively dull. The whole world was on tenterhooks awaiting the verdict. Me, not so much.

I'm too young to have followed the trial at the time, but from what I know of it all, I think he did it. What I think doesn't count though.

The verdict was correct, as the evidence was either tainted or insufficient to convict.

RFOLEY1990

wasn't he named the killer in civil court?

Fr_Dougal

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Innocent

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

Ha ha! Used the same defence in DRP once...didn't work! :pac:

Buzz Killington the third

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Johnnie Cochran was superb.

Christ those speeches are cringe worthy now. So America centric and as for the whole "god will judge you" stuff... Pass a bucket!

Buzz Killington the third

Also, for anyone interested there's a documentary here: http://youtu.be/hVCOeL6bu_Y

Awkward Badger

Yeah he did it all right.

Clandestine

Vincent Bugliosi wrote about the case and did a documentary on it for TV which i'd recommend. He basically put the case to rest, there was no doubt OJ was guilty.

CPSW

Just finished watching the show on More 4 about it. Seems like yesterday getting in from school and it would be on constantly on Sky News. Remember the hype for the verdict was huge.

Goes to show the character of the man getting arrested and locked up for armed robbery and kidnapping in 2008, guilty of the murders without a doubt!

c_man

He's innocent of being not guilty.

TGJD

--LOS-- wrote: »

He barely tries to hide the guilt himself, look at his book cover..... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/If_I_did_It_2.png

if I did it

He didnt write the book to be fair.

IvaBigWun

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

Christ those speeches are cringe worthy now. So America centric and as for the whole "god will judge you" stuff... Pass a bucket!

It was that tour de force performance, the tainted evidence and the army of lawyers Simpson put together that got him off. Also, this was the first big name trial I can remember running live on TV (Sky News here) so the lawyers no doubt kept that in mind

RayM

He confessed on The Friday Night Armistice back in 1998...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKfEtYYqSl4

IvaBigWun

Clandestine wrote: »

Vincent Bugliosi wrote about the case and did a documentary on it for TV which i'd recommend. He basically put the case to rest, there was no doubt OJ was guilty.

Part one of a two part 7 hour documentary below. For the purists only, dont think Id manage the whole thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9F90DHsOdg

leeroybrown

Trigger Happy wrote: »

He was found liable for the deaths in the subsequent civil suit. Some small justice.

RFOLEY1990 wrote: »

wasn't he named the killer in civil court?

In the US it's a completely different burden of proof. The criminal trial required proof beyond reasonable doubt. The civil suit only required a preponderance of evidence against him which sets the bar far lower. A civil court verdict there really means nothing in the context of a criminal trial.

Personally, I believe that he either committed the crime or knowingly took the blame for it (which also renders him guilty).

kiffer

Candie wrote: »

I'm too young to have followed the trial at the time, but from what I know of it all, I think he did it. What I think doesn't count though.

The verdict was correct, as the evidence was either tainted or insufficient to convict.

After my time on a murder trial jury I have a great sympathy for the people on OJs Jury... they had to sit for soooo long, I'm sure they did the best they could...
on the otherhand...

OJ Simpson, Duping delight...

--LOS--

TGJD wrote: »

He didnt write the book to be fair.

He did?

strobe

TGJD wrote: »

He didnt write the book to be fair.

He did though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Did_It

leeroybrown

The most important thing to remember is that if OJ never murdered (or didn't) Nicole Brown South Park would never have been able to give us the wonderful Chewbacca Defense.

Capt'n Midnight

leeroybrown wrote: »

In the US it's a completely different burden of proof. The criminal trial required proof beyond reasonable doubt. The civil suit only required a preponderance of evidence against him which sets the bar far lower. A civil court verdict there really means nothing in the context of a criminal trial.

So he's not 100% guilty , he's whatever % of guilty that works out to $33.5M

pablo128

Of topic slightly, but some of the lads in work call me O.J. They reckon I get away with murder!

The car chase along the LA highway was the best bit.

Gongoozler

--LOS-- wrote: »

He barely tries to hide the guilt himself, look at his book cover..... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/If_I_did_It_2.png

if I did it

The families changed the cover of the book to that, he didn't make it.