Topic : 07/02 The O.J. Book Battle

Frankly, as a person who turned to our legal system, and got NO WHERE, I cannot support it as it stands.  I think as Americans, we ought to fight to change it.  My situation was not comparable in brutality, nor was anyone killed.  It WAS however, pretty bad. 

Prosecuters have very low budgets, while the high profile criminal defense attorneys have unlimited resources at hand...which is wonderful if the system allows the victims to be put on trial.  It does, so it is wonderful for wealthy criminals with high profile defense attorneys, not so wonderful for victims and for their families!

I wonder who killed Bonnie Lee Blake? Certainly not ROBERT BLAKE, her disgruntled husband who stood trial and got off.  The man gave these interviews that were soooo sincere...the guy's an ACTOR...so was O.J.  It is almost as if people feel they KNOW celebrities, while all they know is the roles they play, or the games they play.  THE JUICE...he wouldn't do that!  Neither would Baretta!  It's FANTSY confused with who these people really are, and we DON'T KNOW THEM!

I agree in O.J.'s case, the police were the worst enemy to the prosecution.  WHY LIE?  The lies were so stupid, yet they were proven to be as such, and THERE was reasonable doubt...wonder who got paid off?  No cop (I hope) could be that dumb!

Until we stop allowing the victims, their families, and their social network to be put on trial, our legal system is flawed.  The trial was NOT about Nicole's sex life, not about her relationship with Ron Goldman...if there was one, you can't ask them.  It was about a horrific murder for which I believe O.J. to have had some responsibility.  I do not think he acted alone..not sure if he wasn't looking out for his henchmen...but I do believe he was at the root of it all.

My D.A. took one look at the name of the defense attorney representing the accused in a case with my children, told me and my husband she would NOT put children through HIM...and hoped for a plea that, like in the O.J. case, never came. 

O.J. doesn't seem to be in misery to me, nor from all accounts, does the man who got off in our case.  Sociopathy is great for the conscience...those who have the disorder, don't have a conscience.

I am a Spiritual person, but I don't think that rape or murder has the Lord's blessing.

If the system were equal and just, if the case were heard on FACTS, not slanderous accusations against anyone and everyone...just the facts, maybe we'd have justice.  A janitor would have been jailed for murder in that case, rape in mine...money influences the legal system.  I cannot support it as it stands!

perhaps the Goldmans could use some advice from the many Amish families whose children were murdered in PA not so long ago -- forgive, and move on.  Their faith causes them to forgive, not forget or send a message that it's "o.k. what you did" but rather "we are here for God's purposes, and living day-to-day with hatred, revenge-seeking thoughts would not allow us to do God's work."  The only people suffering every single day are not the killers or the killed, but rather the families who were harmed.  They'd all be better off to move on with productive lives rather than live their lives being hateful.

Lady Tinou,

Great post and thanks for responding to mine.  Touche...we JEWS will never FORGET.  My heartfelt wishes and utmost respect also goes out to both the Brown and Goldman families.  If I were in the Goldmans' position, I would do the exact same thing, I would ensure that O.J. Simpson hears from me daily forever.

This is a horrid travesty of injustice, my heart truly bleeds for them all and their daily pain. 

To those of you posting, trying to make this a racial war, you need to look deep within yourselves and question why YOU ARE SO FULL OF HATE.

That's all it is complete and total HATE.

I will be brief and simply say that Marcia Clark and Chris Darden were completely out performed by O. J's dream team.  They presented a week of stupefying DNA evidence that was impossible to follow even if you were university educated.

The glove didn't fit because it was wet and shrunk.  The real motive was Nicole's rejection and determination to be rid of him.  He was mad about not being invited to dinner after his daughters dance recital.  He spied upon her and saw that she brought guys back to his townhouse and she let Ron Goldman drive his Ferrari. 

This was a blow to his huge ego.  He had been a revered Super Star all of his adult life.  He experienced a red hot rage when he saw Goldman and Nicole and he attacked with unbelievable fury. No one else could have been paid any amount to do that kind of butchery.

Marcia Clark missed the boat, she should have hammered away on his motive.  That is something that a jury of his peers could have understood

I get so frustrated at times on these boards also Jewels and why, because of exactly what you indicated in your above post.  Harpo...you posted you wouldn't have responded or called the post by Jewels "brilliant", well guess what?  You're not me, to each his own.  You are fully entitled to your opinion and beliefs, just as we all are, but seriously what part of Jewels post do you NOT understand. 

Grieving is absolutely PRIVATE and different for us all.  NO ONE has the right to tell someone how they should grieve, when they should grieve, when they shouldn't grieve, when they should stop grieving......grieving is a PART OF LIFE; albeit not a joyful one, but still it is a part of LIFE, and it's also a part of carrying on with ones life, thus the process of every single human being grieving in their very own way.  Everyone has their own dividual stories, everyone shares pain from their past, we all walk a different path in this world, but that's the point we all have a path to follow, are we to now determine who gets to grieve for what and when and how?  This is not a competition (a twisted/sick one mind you) about who's gone through more trauma and horror and tradgedy, this is about a person's individual right to GRIEVE peacefully without the likes of many people on these boards, telling them to GET OVER IT.  If anyone ever told me to get over the loss of one of my loved ones, well for one second I can quite honestly say, I would definitely forget that I'm a lady.

It's very trying at times because it doesn't take rocket science to KNOW he's GUILTY as SIN.  He'll get his one day, what goes 'round comes 'round.