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CNN Special Report

sophiamarie — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:09:10 GMT

The O.J. Verdict. In case anyone is interested. It will be repeated at 12 midnight Eastern.

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DoneTryin — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:18:37 GMT

Watching now. Hard to believe it's been 20 years

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italia8140 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:28:54 GMT

The jury on the case were a bunch of MORONS. He was so GUILTY. I watched 2 episodes recently of tapes. He OBVIOUSLY butchered his wife and RG. Hope he NEVER gets out of jail and rots in H**L.

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SydneyH — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:30:56 GMT

@italia8140 wrote:
The jury on the case were a bunch of MORONS. He was so GUILTY. I watched 2 episodes recently of tapes. He OBVIOUSLY butchered his wife and RG. Hope he NEVER gets out of jail and rots in H**L.

He's not serving a life sentence. There's a reason why the jury decided they way they did back then, imo it has little to do with one's intelligence.

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Plaid Pants2 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:32:25 GMT

I thought he was guilty 20 years ago, and I still think that he's guilty today.

By the way, how is that "hunt" for the "real killers" goin' OJ?

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missy1 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:36:10 GMT

I am glad he is behind bars, now.

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Beth-QVC — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:39:05 GMT

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RainCityWoman — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:02:34 GMT

I won't be watching it. I watched the whole trial in real time when it happened. The man had already had incidents of domestic violence where police were called to their home. He fit the profile perfectly. Didn't want her himself; didn't want anyone else to have her. When they were married he was physically and verbally abusive to her. After the divorce, it got worse and culminated in her death and in the death of an innocent guy who was just returning what she left at the restaurant where he worked. There is really no doubt in anyone's minds is there that OJ murdered those two people. It was simply the case of an ignorant, uninformed post Rodney King jury, a racist detective and bumbled police investigation, and a very clever, high priced team of lawyers with a judge who was star struck. Who on earth didn't think OJ was headed to Mexico in that Ford Bronco after the murder?

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italia8140 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:05:35 GMT

@SydneyH wrote:
@italia8140 wrote:
The jury on the case were a bunch of MORONS. He was so GUILTY. I watched 2 episodes recently of tapes. He OBVIOUSLY butchered his wife and RG. Hope he NEVER gets out of jail and rots in H**L.
He's not serving a life sentence. There's a reason why the jury decided they way they did back then, imo it has little to do with one's intelligence.

The jury's lack of INTELLIGENCE is why he got off.

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SydneyH — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:18:49 GMT

@italia8140 wrote:
The jury's lack of INTELLIGENCE is why he got off.

I know you may believe that, but exit interviews are very telling.

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birkin baby — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:56:22 GMT

It really was a combination of things that resulted in the not guilty verdict. The jury were not interested in the truth. The prosecution definitely made some blunders (having him try on the gloves ,for one) and the judge was so caught up with the cameras and his own brief fame. Some jurors would never have voted guilty even if there was a security tape showing the actual murders being committed. I prosecuted that case in my mind every day it was shown,LOL. Of course I got a guilty verdict.

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Venezia — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 03:45:06 GMT

O.J. made such a show of trying on the "gloves". Have you ever tried to put on a pair of properly-fitting leather gloves over those latex medical gloves (that he wore to supposedly not contaminate the "evidence")? Unbelievable cheap ploy. "If the gloves don't fit, you must acquit!"

One woman juror said after the trial that some of them thought he was guilty but they didn't dare convict. What kind of justice is that? She felt guilty afterwards - what good does that do? Two people were murdered in cold blood and the murderer got away with it.

I wonder how some of those people sleep at night.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 03:53:49 GMT

I think it would have made a difference in the verdict if the jury had been more racially diverse.

I do recall one juror interviewed briefly afterwards .... and they "thought the prosecutors were just trying to confuse them with those dumb initials: DNA ..... "

I rest my case.

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 04:27:49 GMT

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151949 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 09:56:11 GMT

IMO this was just a total failure on the part of the prosecution. They had the DNA evidence needed but presented it in a manner that the jury did not understand.

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June222 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:48:32 GMT

I am SO DONE with OJ. May he ROT IN PRISON.

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maestra — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:50:52 GMT

The jury pool was tainted in the sense that info about the trial was being transmitted to them, even though the jury was sequestered. They still had weekend visitations permitted by family.

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colliegirls — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:14:27 GMT

The jury did not understand the difference between blood type and DNA. Yes, I also consider that jury to be a bunch of idiots.

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italia8140 — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:09:48 GMT

@colliegirls wrote:
The jury did not understand the difference between blood type and DNA. Yes, I also consider that jury to be a bunch of idiots.

It's HARD to believe that those jurors could be so ignorant. They were a bunch of MORONS!

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BellaCarro — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:22:45 GMT

Have any of you ever sat as a juror in a murder trial? I have. Two weeks of intensity I had not anticipated or experienced before or after. It is difficult and burdening to feel that the life of a defendant is in your collective and singular hands. The evidence presented in this case was beyond reasonable doubt of guilt. Even so after the trial several of us were sobbing after reaching a verdict and being dismissed. I believe we would have grasped at even a shred of evidence in the defendants favor. Based on my experience I don't blame the jurors. The fault lies in the evidence and how it was presented.