Actual article title: O.J. Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76.

  • @[email protected]
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    259 months ago

    I personally think he was guilty and that the jury made the right decision. Such a fucking mess.

    • @[email protected]
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      479 months ago

      Yeah, the lawyer did a great job creating “reasonable doubt.” I think if we want a justice system that defaults toward innocence, we have to be willing to let a murderer out on the streets for every 100 innocents who also walk. I’d rather have that result than jailing 100 innocents so we can catch the one murderer.

      • @[email protected]
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        159 months ago

        I really don’t think the doubt was reasonable. At least I’m 100% certain he was guilty and was ever since I watched the car chase. The cops fucking up the investigation has no impact on what I saw with my own eyes.

        An innocent rich man doesn’t fucking run away from the cops and have to be talked out of suicide to face trial. No fucking way.

          • @[email protected]
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            139 months ago

            Reasonable doubt is a question for the jury, which requires no legal experience at all. Don’t you feel silly?

            • @Hawk
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              29 months ago

              You may need to retake criminal law.

              • @[email protected]
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                59 months ago

                I like to smoke whatever it is you’re smoking, cause you’re dense. A jury requires no criminal law expertise to come to that conclusion.

    • @[email protected]
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      199 months ago

      You think so? I don’t know… I mean, he did publish a book that detailed exactly how the crime happened and why but the title is called “If I Did It” not “I Did It” so we can’t be sure…

    • Chainweasel
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      129 months ago

      I personally think he was guilty.

      So do the rest of us, there’s mountains of evidence to prove that he was guilty.

      and that the jury made the right decision. Such a fucking mess.

      So you think he was guilty, and that it was appropriate for the jury to acquit him for the murder?

      Explain to me please, why you think deaths were justified and that OJ deserved to walk free if he’s guilty?

      • @[email protected]
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        509 months ago

        Because the prosecution failed to make their case, mishandled the evidence, and were torn apart by a well funded defense.

        Nothing justifies the deaths, and I would not try to. But being able to mount a defense against charges made on you by the government is a cornerstone of our justice system.

        Thus I do feel comfortable saying that I think he was guilty and that the jury acted properly. The case was NOT well presented at all, even with all the evidence they had.

          • FaceDeer
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            129 months ago

            The prosecution shit the bed so I can kill people.

            OJ was the villain when it comes to the murdering, the prosecution team was the villain when it comes to bringing him to justice.

            • @[email protected]
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              19 months ago

              Ok, now, listen to me very carefully. It doesn’t matter, how shitty the prosecution is, You still can’t kill people. You realise that, right?

              • @[email protected]
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                29 months ago

                Are you intentionally missing the point that someone still has to prove you did it? Or do you just want random people to be convicted of murder since murder isn’t allowed?

              • FaceDeer
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                19 months ago

                And you realize that when someone explains why X happened, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they want X to happen?

                I thought I was being excessively cautious when I threw in the statement that “OJ was the villain”, I figured that went without saying but that I should put it in anyway just in case someone thought I was justifying his actions. But I guess I had to be even more explicit than that, there are folks who are really eager to have a fight here.