Innocent people run. Innocent people even confess to things they didn’t do. Stress and panic and adrenaline take over. The arbiter of guilt is the evidence, and the lead detective on this case was a racist who couldn’t say under testimony that he didn’t stage any evidence . The prosecution visibly grimaced when Furhman testified and Cochran and the crew celebrated that day. The states case was dead and gone that day . The problem was the media does what it always does and lied and falsely reported the cases progress and made the public seem like OJ was just days away from conviction. Something similar happened with the MJ case. The defense was just lucky and kept getting win after win but the media kept making it seem like they were losing |
I just want to throw a word in for the sake of Barry Scheck - a lot of Americans only know him as part of the OJ dream team and thus don’t think highly of him - but his book Actually Innocence shows his deep commitment to the rule of law and the rights of individuals and his Innocence Project has freed close to 400 wrongfully convicted actually innocent people using DNA evidence on appeal. It was the model for many other such organizations which have also freed many more wrongly convicted actually innocent people nationwide.
The introduction of DNA evidence into criminal law has been a blessing - it has helped us catch some of the worst criminals, and also helped us see how broken the system has been and how many totally innocent people have been convicted over the years, often by coerced false confessions. We must accept that we have long and far too commonly railroaded innocent people into prison. Our system is flawed and we should be working on reforms far more quickly than we are. |
Ummm you know that OJ infamously said he wasn’t black, he was OJ, and was chummy with the police before the murders, right? OJ absolutely was not in fear the police would kill him. FFS, they let him lead them on a never ending slow speed chase and return to his home unharmed. Whatever larger point you’re trying to make about the relationship between the Black community and the police really can’t be made with OJ as your example. |
Who said I was not? I look around here in DCUM and I can't tell who is or who isn't. |
I believe STRONGLY that he had CTE. I also believe he's a murderer, but how long are we going to condone football as a pastime when we know what it does to player's brains? It's unconscionable. |
I meant to say, the car chase had him running from the SCENE OF THE CRIME. Literally. ![]() |
OJ was on the cover of Jet Magazine with his first black wife and kids. That’s an all black publication and he did this at his peak. He also donated and was very philanthropic to black causes. He was an athlete not a politician. What does his one dumb comment “I’m not black, I’m OJ”, which really means he wanted to be seen as a person not a color , and being chummy with police have to do with the fact that he probably was spooked and scared that day of the chase? The drive and the suicide note was one of someone who thought his life was over . Frantic behavior like this doesn’t mean he killed anybody . It could just mean he was terrified and knew he’d be a suspect |
The only tell we have is the crime scene and the closest witnesses. We aren’t sure the crime scene wasn’t tampered with because the lead detective couldn’t confirm nor deny under oath, and the closest witnesses are his kids and weren’t asked to testify . They still are close to OJ which is strange . |
They seem very protective of him and private which is not what you’d expect from two kids who lost their mother from a brutal homicide |
You’re moving the goalposts. Sure we can agree OJ was freaked out, but it was not because he thought the police were going to kill him. He was freaked out because he killed 2 people and knew that his life as he knew it, beloved sports icon who had also transcended sports, was over. |
Okay? The police came out several times. An officer testified she came out in a bra and sweatpants, they arrested him, he pled no contest and did community service by hosting a golf tournament. She had photos of herself beaten up. I guess that meant she wasn't in danger? |
This is speculation and can’t be used in a court of law however. The evidence is all that matters and the detective botched things. Ron’s defensive wounds imply he fought a very very strong fight with his attacker . No leather gloves would survive such a vicious defensive fight and stab attack. The scene leads me to believe multiple killers. Arthritic OJ with bad hands and knees fighting off a martial artist in a death match wouldve led to a pool of his DNA on Ron. |
OJ was still fit and strong at 46, plenty strong in a rageful state to blitz attack Ron Goldman and take him out, especially with a knife.
Do people forget OJ was seen stuffing a gym bag into the garbage at LAX? That he had cuts on his hands when he flew back from Chicago to be interviewed? He did it. But he convinced Nicole’s kids Sydney and Justin that he didn’t. Only people who grew up in the orbit of a narcissistic parent will understand how that happened. |
I’m sure she did take photos. She used to hit him and throw vases and say racial epithets as well. All that Coke rage. She needed evidence of mistreatment for more spousal support . He was already dating a woman named Paula at the time of this murder . He didn’t care about her and Ron. She had slept with plenty people after OJ, why just take it out on Ron? In fact, Nicole was the one wanting to get back together with him and angry at his girlfriends and confronting them. Nicole was also an anti Semite and berated a Jewish woman who was an assistant to OJ and made her cry. The more one reads on Nicole, the more your perspective on the situation will change. She maybe was bipolar or something . She was a drug addict out of control and OJ was only concerned that his kids would be exposed to her reckless behavior |
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Remember Johnnie Cochran trying on the hat? |