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

Yes, I agree he brought different clothes, and yes, I saw kardashian's face as well as Dominick Dunne's and the Goldmans..when the verdict was read.

The cops may have made a few mistakes but that'snot why he was aquitted. He was aquitted because he was not tried by a jury of his "peers" which would have been people in the  wealthy white community in which he lived. They moved the trial to get a jury who would not find him guilty.

The defense used Mark Furhman as a bad cop..the prosecution let them do it and a jury not of his peers bought it like a life raft thrown to a group of 12 sinking swimmers.

The sad thing is now Mark Furhman, a dedicated cop who found the evidence, can't hunt or own a firearm because he committed "perjury", and O.J. Simpson walks with more freedom than Mark Furhman.

Right before the OJ trial, I had been on a Federal Grand Jury, what you learn is amazing! When this trial started, I told my husband & anyone around me talking about the trial, I would not watch it, I would go with the jury's decision. The reason??? The jury only hears the evidence. They do not read papers, see newscasts, hear opinions from everyone who has a voice nor talk about the trial. They only hear what the court says is legal evidence in the trial so they only make a decision based on the evidence.

Consider if you had not heard from any family members, they are emotional position. They want & need a guilty person to focus on. If one is readily available, they will cling to this person & tell the world. Of course we feel for them, how can we not, but if we didin't hear what they say, would it make a difference? 

Consider if you had not seen, over & over again, all the things shown on tv, papers, radios, interviews the opinions of experts much less those just talking, how would that have influenced your opinion if you had never heard any of it before or during the trial?

I know that OJ is not guilty because of the jury. That is all I can base my decision on. I know people wondered why the jury voted inoccent, maybe that is the reason, based on what they heard & saw... the facts only.

In my opinion, I think his civil rights were trampled on. He was tried by public opinion & will never be anything but guilty to the majority of people.

Please do not assume I am a liberal thinker, I'm not. I am not in my general thinking or opinions. But I look at the Jury System & pray, if I am ever in a situation where I am judged by that system & an inoccent person, that I can live my life inoccent if judged that way by my peers.

I always wondered what they heard....they were upstairs asleep. Or maybe not asleep..the murders happened after a very eventful day for them and apparently they weren't home very long, maybe a couple of hours, before the killings. I never heard if the police talked to them; I'm sure they did; but I never heard what they said they knew or didn't know. It was a small space; between two people being killed and a dog barking.....did they wake up?

Anyone know about that?

Since the very beginning of this trial I have thought that OJ was innocent but covering for the real killer (his own son). The reason for this is that I refuse to believe that OJ would have done something like this with his own children in the house that could wake up and see him doing this at any time. He would NEVER want his children to see their mother in this manner.

Throughout the trial, I watched all the evidence and heard all the theories. But the one thing I didn't hear was that OJ's oldest son could have done it. He had always had a crush on Nicole and she just basically laughed it off as a childs imagination. For him it was real and deep and he was upset that she didn't take him seriously. The amount of passion that went into this murder was horrendous. It shows that someone that loved Nicole deeply had felt betrayed. OJ was not betrayed. they were divorced and had a good repore between themselves. It was his oldest son that carried the anger.

For all of you people that think OJ did it, think about the other possibilities. As for Ron Goldman's dad collecting the proceeds from this book or anything else of OJ's it is just plain WRONG!!!! He is cashing in on his sons death and he is collecting blood money. He does not deserve this nor does he deserve the other personal belongings of OJ's. The fact that he made changes to the book tells me this man is out for one thing and one thing only. To get rich offf someone else. He is a poor excuse for a human being and someone needs to stop him. The judges ruling in his favor really are not looking at the real story behind all his motions to collect even more profit from his son's death. He was a nobody until his son died. Now he thinks he is a real celebrity. Stop giving him what he wants. He deserves to remain a NOBODY!!!

Pam In Ohio

Anyone who watched that court proceedings on TV would have seen that OJ was guilty as sin! I think that the fact that he was acquitted only proves that if you throw enough money at the law you can get away with murder!!!!!