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[Puppy Lips]

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@Love to Run wrote:

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

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@lynnie61 wrote:

No words......we were at work when they announced the verdict.  Some cheered, some were mad, most of us cried.  It was a sad day.  Ron and Nicole had no final good bye.  

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@lynnie61 Even the closest people to him thought he did it.  It is too bad that not everyone could be color blind and look at the evidence, instead of making it about something else.

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@Puppy Lips Imagine that the jury looked at the evidence, found reasonable doubt and voted for acquittal. Perhaps you should turn your admonishment to the detective that made a career of "making it about something else" at the expense of those he was paid to protect and serve.

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@Love to Run Yes, well hindsight and all, as I think looking back on it, more people thought he did it than did not do it.   As far as I know, OJ never did anything to find the "real" killer like he vowed to, and then wrote a book about how he would kill them.  How sick was that?  I just find it sad that anyone would be cheering at the verdict just because there was one not so stand up detective.

[Love to Run]

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

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@Love to Run wrote:

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

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@lynnie61 wrote:

No words......we were at work when they announced the verdict.  Some cheered, some were mad, most of us cried.  It was a sad day.  Ron and Nicole had no final good bye.  

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@lynnie61 Even the closest people to him thought he did it.  It is too bad that not everyone could be color blind and look at the evidence, instead of making it about something else.

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@Puppy Lips Imagine that the jury looked at the evidence, found reasonable doubt and voted for acquittal. Perhaps you should turn your admonishment to the detective that made a career of "making it about something else" at the expense of those he was paid to protect and serve.

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@Love to Run Yes, well hindsight and all, as I think looking back on it, more people thought he did it than did not do it.   As far as I know, OJ never did anything to find the "real" killer like he vowed to, and then wrote a book about how he would kill them.  How sick was that?  I just find it sad that anyone would be cheering at the verdict just because there was one not so stand up detective.

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@Puppy Lips I was born and raised in South Central LA. I don't know anybody who defends OJ Simpson. The Rodney King verdict was handed down in 1992, three years before the OJ verdict. That's why SOME people were cheering, they saw this as a referendum against cops like Mark Furman. Actually Rodney King wasn't on trial, but we have long forgotten the names of the four cops acquitted in his brutal beating. Cops just like Furman. 

[Puppy Lips]

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@Love to Run wrote:

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

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@Love to Run wrote:

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

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@lynnie61 wrote:

No words......we were at work when they announced the verdict.  Some cheered, some were mad, most of us cried.  It was a sad day.  Ron and Nicole had no final good bye.  

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@lynnie61 Even the closest people to him thought he did it.  It is too bad that not everyone could be color blind and look at the evidence, instead of making it about something else.

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@Puppy Lips Imagine that the jury looked at the evidence, found reasonable doubt and voted for acquittal. Perhaps you should turn your admonishment to the detective that made a career of "making it about something else" at the expense of those he was paid to protect and serve.

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@Love to Run Yes, well hindsight and all, as I think looking back on it, more people thought he did it than did not do it.   As far as I know, OJ never did anything to find the "real" killer like he vowed to, and then wrote a book about how he would kill them.  How sick was that?  I just find it sad that anyone would be cheering at the verdict just because there was one not so stand up detective.

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@Puppy Lips I was born and raised in South Central LA. I don't know anybody who defends OJ Simpson. The Rodney King verdict was handed down in 1992, three years before the OJ verdict. That's why SOME people were cheering, they saw this as a referendum against cops like Mark Furman. Actually Rodney King wasn't on trial, but we have long forgotten the names of the four cops acquitted in his brutal beating. Cops just like Furman. 

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@Love to Run I understand that.  But people were cheering when a killer went free because they were still mad about a completely different case.

[bohogypsy]

I hope he suffered

[Venezia]

One of the things I remember is that, after the trial and the "not guilty" verdict, a female jury member admitted to a reporter that she (and others) thought he was probably guilty.  And she felt bad about that.

But she said they were also worried about what would happen, if they found him guilty.  Would it unleash riots?  Reprisals against the jurors?

There was nothing to be proud of in that "not guilty" verdict.

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As for the incredibly pathetic stunt of having him try on a new pair of gloves - over a pair of latex gloves!  Anyone with half a brain would know that the resistance caused between the two pairs of gloves would make it very difficult to prove that they did or did not fit.

If you looked at them against his hands, he could easily have put the gloves on, but it was all for show; a farce.  Just another smirking "gotcha" by O.J. and his team.

There was no need to search for another possible killer; he was already in the courtroom.

[Steffdoggy10]

The jury was at fault for the not guilty verdict. That evidence was beyond overwhelming. All I will say is that the jury should have been a variety of races, backgrounds and education.

[tansy]

I think the beating of Rodney King a few years before could have played a factor in the trial's verdict as well as the racist Fuhrman, poor prosecution, and the dream team defense.  

[layla2450]

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@Stray wrote:
It was during OJ’s trial & subsequent verdict that I questioned our justice system. Most of us could not afford “The Dream Team” to get us off. The public did not see the brutal photos of the victims but the jury did & I don’t understand how the members of the jury could acquit him. He was very charismatic as most sociopaths are.

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The jury was mostly Black. 

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The OBVIOUS reason for the NOT GUILTY verdict.

[Trailrun23]

I hope Mr. Goldman is able to collect the money he is owed from the estate. He was never paid a dime from the civil case Goldman won against him for the murder of his son.That poor man has suffered from the loss of his son so horribly...he has never recovered. 

[Love to Run]

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@layla2450 wrote:

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@CJC wrote:

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@Stray wrote:
It was during OJ’s trial & subsequent verdict that I questioned our justice system. Most of us could not afford “The Dream Team” to get us off. The public did videnvnot see the brutal photos of the victims but the jury did & I don’t understand how the members of the jury could acquit him. He was very charismatic as most sociopaths are.

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The jury was mostly Black. 

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The OBVIOUS reason for the NOT GUILTY verdict.

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@layla2450 Maybe you're right. Maybe a white jury would have just ignored the evidence all together, there's a very long and sordid history of that. 
The mostly back and brown jury listened to the sworn testimony of the lead detective who testified to the location and collection of the blood evidence. He also swore to never using racial slurs. He was caught perjuring himself before the world. If he lied about one thing why wouldn't he lie about anything else? That is a strong basis for reasonable doubt. Furman later pled guilty to that perjury. Maybe you should blame him for the verdict. I do.