matryx81
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Post by matryx81 on Apr 11, 2024 10:33:10 GMT -5
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Post by Vibroluxer on Apr 11, 2024 10:46:49 GMT -5
Ya, they CBS interrupted the show for breaking news. Yawn.
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Vman
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Post by Vman on Apr 11, 2024 10:56:13 GMT -5
No Lawyers/Jurors this time.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Apr 11, 2024 11:24:42 GMT -5
It's just sad that he never was able to find the real killer in his lifetime.
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Vman
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Post by Vman on Apr 11, 2024 11:35:33 GMT -5
I'll never understand how certain people appear to have no conscious at all. I go back to pay for something I forgot to scan at checkout.
SMH
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 11, 2024 11:38:27 GMT -5
He lived much longer than he deserved.
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Post by LTB on Apr 11, 2024 13:47:59 GMT -5
What a waste of the Life he could have had! Tragic but brought it on himself
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Apr 11, 2024 15:25:40 GMT -5
It would be sweet if his hearse was a white Bronco.
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 11, 2024 18:14:32 GMT -5
*sniff...*
"not"
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Post by jazzguy on Apr 11, 2024 18:17:55 GMT -5
If the glove does not fit....something's rotten in the state of Denmark.
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Tequila Rob
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Post by Tequila Rob on Apr 11, 2024 18:48:04 GMT -5
Guess I'll be crying in my pillow tonight...
Oh why dear lord!!
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 11, 2024 18:59:16 GMT -5
When I was in high school (1963-1966) they showed us a "motivational" film once during P.E.. It was called something like "The Extra Effort" and was centered around O.J. Simpson's extraordinary gridiron accomplishments as a USC Trojan player. My guess is they don't show that film to high school students anymore...
Edited to add: that's odd...I just looked it up: he didn't transfer to USC til 1967, so the short film referred to above must've been made while he was still playing at CCSF.
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matryx81
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Post by matryx81 on Apr 11, 2024 20:23:41 GMT -5
When I was in high school (1963-1966) they showed us a "motivational" film once during P.E.. It was called something like "The Extra Effort" and was centered around O.J. Simpson's extraordinary gridiron accomplishments as a USC Trojan player. My guess is they don't show that film to high school students anymore...
Edited to add: that's odd...I just looked it up: he didn't transfer to USC til 1967, so the short film referred to above must've been made while he was still playing at CCSF.
I have a suspicion that most current high school students didn't even know who he was at this point.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Apr 11, 2024 20:52:25 GMT -5
I hope he suffered first.
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 11, 2024 21:17:12 GMT -5
I'll never forget Johnny Cochrane's famous soliloquy:
"Since the gloves have shrunk,
Release the punk!"
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Post by K4 on Apr 11, 2024 22:53:11 GMT -5
I hope he suffered first. It wasn't for the murders but he did some prison time. He didn't get off scott free. If it doesn't fit, you must acquit......... Sorry but the prosecutors were idiots, can I say that?? So many mistakes....
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Post by reverendrob on Apr 12, 2024 1:06:49 GMT -5
Even the worms gotta eat.
That's all the good I gotta say about that one.
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Post by Ragtop on Apr 12, 2024 6:09:07 GMT -5
OJ can finally rest, knowing his wife's killer is dead.
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Post by bassngtr on Apr 12, 2024 10:25:25 GMT -5
Don't forget that OJ's infamy is the reason we know about the Kardashians at all. Their dad was one of the culprits representing him.
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Post by markfromhawaii on Apr 12, 2024 12:34:28 GMT -5
OJ had everything going for him. I’ve known a handful of people who were intelligent enough and could have put their efforts into doing things the right way to become successful. Instead they insisted on looking for “the angle” to get ahead and would inevitably get caught. You would think they learned their lesson, but no, get back at the hustle. I guess it’s pathological. Almost pitiful. Almost.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Apr 12, 2024 18:52:49 GMT -5
I hope he suffered first. It wasn't for the murders but he did some prison time. He didn't get off scott free. If it doesn't fit, you must acquit......... Sorry but the prosecutors were idiots, can I say that?? So many mistakes.... Between the police and the prosecutors, maybe the worst attempt at a criminal prosecution I’ve ever seen. Had no chance at a conviction despite his obvious guilt.
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Post by Lesterstrat on Apr 12, 2024 19:11:17 GMT -5
It wasn't for the murders but he did some prison time. He didn't get off scott free. If it doesn't fit, you must acquit......... Sorry but the prosecutors were idiots, can I say that?? So many mistakes.... Between the police and the prosecutors, maybe the worst attempt at a criminal prosecution I’ve ever seen. Had no chance at a conviction despite his obvious guilt. It wouldn’t have mattered if the greatest legal minds and criminal prosecutors in the world handled the case. There was not a snowballs chance in hell he was getting convicted. It was payback for Rodney King. And, FTR, each and every one of those cops should’ve been hung from the highest tree, AFAIC.
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 13, 2024 6:55:46 GMT -5
It wouldn’t have mattered if the greatest legal minds and criminal prosecutors in the world handled the case. There was not a snowballs chance in hell he was getting convicted. It was payback for Rodney King. Yep. Jurors feared for their lives and the subsequent rioting that would've dwarfed the King riots. FWIW, King was not innocent either, but didn't deserve to be beaten like that.
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Post by K4 on Apr 13, 2024 7:18:25 GMT -5
It wouldn’t have mattered if the greatest legal minds and criminal prosecutors in the world handled the case. There was not a snowballs chance in hell he was getting convicted. The prosecutors chose the location for the trial.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 13, 2024 8:40:00 GMT -5
Of all the things we could remember him for, his actual legacy is very sad.
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matryx81
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Post by matryx81 on Apr 13, 2024 12:51:11 GMT -5
Of all the things we could remember him for, his actual legacy is very sad. Yep. I still remember where I was when I read about it. I also suspect that he lived in a sort of personal purgatory once the murders happened.
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matryx81
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Post by matryx81 on Apr 13, 2024 12:52:36 GMT -5
Between the police and the prosecutors, maybe the worst attempt at a criminal prosecution I’ve ever seen. Had no chance at a conviction despite his obvious guilt. Given what you do professionally, I'd like to read your take on this from a legal standpoint.
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Post by Lesterstrat on Apr 13, 2024 22:47:51 GMT -5
Of all the things we could remember him for, his actual legacy is very sad. All I ever remembered him for, before, were commercials of him scampering around airports like a madman for some rental car outfit, IIRC.
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Post by Opie on Apr 14, 2024 6:48:08 GMT -5
I have a couple OJ stories I've gotten from friends. One before the murders, one after. One friend is a well known Olympian who became a sportscaster for years. He knew OJ and his wife well enough that he'd had dinner with them at their house, and played tennis with him regularly. He told me he got a hint of OJ's temper when playing tennis. Apparently OJ was vulnerable at lobbed balls which they knew and took advantage of, which caused OJ to lose it and accused them of cheating. Another was recent times in Miami where a friend of mine owns a sports bar frequented by OJ. One day he allowed his church group to meet there to discuss some event his church was putting together and OJ was at his usual spot with some friend. He couldn't keep the group from craning their heads to get a better glimpse of a "celebrity" to the point he couldn't carry on the meeting. He finally walks up to OJ and tells him to scam, he's being a distraction. He understood and left. I thought it was hilarious, and if you knew the guy you'd understand. Same guy was leaving a studio in LA as he knew the owner and as he was leaving to get in a cab and a musician who'd been recording that day ran out and wanted to share the cab. My buddy says ok, the dude gets in smoking a cigarettes which my friend snatched out of his mouth and threw out the window. Guy goes why'd you do that. He said I hate cigarette smoke. Guy goes "but it was just a clove cig mate" to which he replied he didn't care. The musician? None other than Jeff Beck. He said Jeff was actually pretty amused by it.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Apr 14, 2024 13:11:45 GMT -5
Between the police and the prosecutors, maybe the worst attempt at a criminal prosecution I’ve ever seen. Had no chance at a conviction despite his obvious guilt. Given what you do professionally, I'd like to read your take on this from a legal standpoint. Not really a professional opinion more than just analysis of the evidence. He had a documented history of assaulting his wife. His blood was found at the scene, he had mysterious cuts on his hand, his glove was found at the scene, the wounds were consistent with a knife he was known to own, his footprints in shoes he was known to own were found at the scene, his clothes he had been wearing that night, an possibly the murder weapon, disappeared (Robert Kardashian took his bag and it was never seen again). Then he had someone drive him in the Bronco with cash, a disguise, and when he was found out, he threatened to kill himself. It’s just too much for him to not have been guilty; all of those things could not have coincidentally happened. The prosecution, for their part, had to deal with a masterful defense which demonstrated one of the main detectives had made racist statements, that evidence may have been planted, and the blood evidence at the scene was never recovered. Relying on the racial tension that existed from the Rodney King incident, and the public perception of OJ being a lovable, non-objectionable guy, they got him cleared despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt.
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