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I gotta disagree on the OJ thing. I started out believing he was probably guilty. He is a prick, he was an abuser, and he was used to getting away with shit because he used to be able to carry a football.
He was a perfect fit for a sonofabitch that would do that.
However, I watched or listened to the whole case and I was convinced that he did not kill those people. Ironically, his defense team had nothing to do with turning my opinion, but the prosecution and the cops did.
The prosecution not only convinced me he didn't do it, they convinced me they didn't really believe he did it. How's that for ineffective prosecution?
However, the jury had no choice in that trial. When the prosecution cheats,and they did, when the cops perjure, and they did, when evidence is manufactured, and it was, the jury must acquit the defendant.
They don't do that because they are fans,or because he was famous, they do that to protect all the rest of us who don't have the money to mount a defense capable of exposing the chicanery of the prosecution. That was their duty. They had proof of perjury, manufactured evidence and prosecutorial misconduct.
They, therefore, had no choice but to acquit. Even if they thought OJ might have done it, they could not convict and preserve their honor or duty.
They did this nation a great service. I do not for a minute believe they let him go because he was a "brother". They simply had no choice, and that was the fault of the cops and DA.
May 17, 2007, 1:52:00 AM
Posted to Parker and "the Final Word"