OJ Simpson guilty on all counts

[LikaNui]

Verdict was just announced. Read about it at this link (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/04/oj.simpson.verdict/index.html) or at a ton of other news outlets.
Better late than never. Rest in peace, Nicole.

[Walkoff Balk]

He did it.
The Juice is Goose.

[TATTRAT]

ya know, you "get away with murder", at that point ya just don't be an ass or act like a douche...

karma is a bitch. He should not of been so, I dunno...dumb?

[LikaNui]

Sentencing is set for December 5. Fifteen years to life.
Surely he'll appeal today's verdict, but appeals take a loooooooong time and he'll be in the pokey waiting for it.
Heh.

Disclaimer: 20+ years ago I stepped onto an elevator and discovered OJ was in it already. He was going up.
Now he's going down. :p

[timkona]

The jig is finally up.

I revere him from a football perspective, but I hope the jury brings a sense of karmic justice to the sentencing phase.

RIP Nicole & Ron

[Frankie's Market]

ya know, you "get away with murder", at that point ya just don't be an ass or act like a douche...

karma is a bitch. He should not of been so, I dunno...dumb?

You're asking why O.J. didn't keep his nose clean after getting off scott free with a double murder?

He's a psychopath. Pure and simple.

People should start a petition demanding his expulsion from any hall of fame he is a member of (NCAA, NFL, USC Trojans, Buffalo Bills, etc). The man (and I use that term loosely) is a disgrace as a human being and does not deserved to be honored and admired by anyone, both now and future generations.

[tutusue]

[...]
He's a psychopath. Pure and simple.[...]
I have to agree with you, FM. I've had the misfortune to cross paths with 2 psycho or sociopaths in my lifetime; one in the recent past. They are definitely not cut from a normal bolt of cloth. That lack of conscience is just so bizarre.

My dad met O.J. decades ago. Can't remember if he directed him in a commercial or ran across him at a studio. The former, I think. Pop said O.J. was a charming guy. That's also a sign of a psychopath. Actually, now that I think about it, isn't that more a symptom of a sociopath than a psychopath? Not that one is better than the other...

[Seeking Penance]

I thought ojay died last month.

[Vanguard]

OJ was found guilty in Nevada exactly 13 years after being found not guilty of murder.

But don't you see? He's just infiltrating the jail to find the real killers! It's a brilliant daring plan that was on an episode of SVU! :p

[Ron Whitfield]

I don't buy into Karma at all. 13 years of justice denied. But I knew eventually this creep, whom I adored in the 60s, would let his cockiness get the better of him and something like this would be his final downfall, and thankfully with no one else getting hurt. But it was a close call, as he had the guns, beef, and an exercised bad attitude to let it end up bad again.

He can face up to life in prison just for the kidnapping charge alone.
Hopefully, we'll never see him out of prison any more except in a pine box.
The judge correctly had him taken away in cuffs to a cell to await sentencing.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[buzz1941]

The jig is finally up.



Did you mean to use that phrase?

[Walkoff Balk]

But don't you see? He's just infiltrating the jail to find the real killers! It's a brilliant daring plan that was on an episode of SVU! :p
The Colbert Report just did a joke using your idea.

[Mike_Lowery]

interesting. a jury of his peers had no Blacks.

[sinjin]

interesting. a jury of his peers had no Blacks.No former pro-footballers either.

[matapule]

interesting. a jury of his peers had no Blacks.

What does that have to do with anything? Simpson's attorney help select that jury. Are you saying that all jury members in this trial were racists?

[timkona]

I hate racism.

[Mike_Lowery]

What does that have to do with anything? Simpson's attorney help select that jury. Are you saying that all jury members in this trial were racists?

racist? who knows. prejudiced? yes.

[matapule]

racist? who knows. prejudiced? yes.

Wow, 12 out of 12 white people are prejudiced! That's quite a statistic! Simpson should sue his attorney for malpractice for selecting that jury. I guess you are saying that only a black person can be un-prejudiced. I have a problem with that.

[Vanguard]

No former pro-footballers either.

Not even very wealthy people drawing a nice pension, most likely.

[Random]

But don't you see? He's just infiltrating the jail to find the real killers! It's a brilliant daring plan that was on an episode of SVU! :p
Or the first episode of Prison Break.

[Random]

What does that have to do with anything? Simpson's attorney help select that jury.
That was one dumb attorney, or is actually helping to put OJ in jail anyway.

[Random]

My dad met O.J. decades ago. Can't remember if he directed him in a commercial or ran across him at a studio. The former, I think. Pop said O.J. was a charming guy. That's also a sign of a psychopath.
Then I'll have to be less charming. ;)

[tutusue]

Then I'll have to be less charming. ;)
As long as you have a conscience, you won't have to alter your charm factor! :D

[Vanguard]

My dad met O.J. decades ago. Can't remember if he directed him in a commercial or ran across him at a studio. The former, I think. Pop said O.J. was a charming guy. That's also a sign of a psychopath.

Or the first episode of Prison Break.

He was charming and funny in Naked Gun, but I think T-Bag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_%22T-Bag%22_Bagwell) is more entertaining :p

[Random]

As long as you have a conscience, you won't have to alter your charm factor! :D
My conscience is the only firewall or filter that keeps my violent, murderous thoughts from being carried out. And I have MANY murderous thoughts.

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[Peshkwe]

My conscience is the only firewall or filter that keeps my violent, murderous thoughts from being carried out. And I have MANY murderous thoughts.

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That internal manic two year old REALLY wants out don't he?

[Random]

That internal manic two year old REALLY wants out don't he?
Oh, yeah. All the time.

[Frankie's Market]

racist? who knows. prejudiced? yes.

Who or what are you referring to when you say "prejudiced." The jury members? The legal system? The judge?

[Frankie's Market]

interesting. a jury of his peers had no Blacks.

So what are you saying? That every trial by jury has to have jurors that are Black in order for it to be fair? Or just for trials where one or more of the parties involved happen to be Black?

What about trials involving Hispanics, Asians, Indians, Polynesians, etc. Wouldn't they also be entitled to jurors from their own ethnic background if Blacks are accorded that right?

I can imagine it now. In addition to finding jurors that are fair, the courts would also have to make sure that every jury will resemble a United Colors of Benetton ad. :rolleyes:

[Mike_Lowery]

So what are you saying? That every trial by jury has to have jurors that are Black in order for it to be fair? Or just for trials where one or more of the parties involved happen to be Black?

What about trials involving Hispanics, Asians, Indians, Polynesians, etc. Wouldn't they also be entitled to jurors from their own ethnic background if Blacks are accorded that right?

I can imagine it now. In addition to finding jurors that are fair, the courts would also have to make sure that every jury will resemble a United Colors of Benetton ad. :rolleyes:
I guarantee you less wrongful convictions.

I think a jury should have the gender and ethnic make-up of the district in which the court presides. Prosecutors successfully removed all black jurors during the selection process.

OJ could have avoided this whole mess by behaving in the first place, but OJ was lynched from the beginning to the end of this trial.

Who or what are you referring to when you say "prejudiced." The jury members? The legal system? The judge?
The jurors.

[Frankie's Market]

Who or what are you referring to when you say "prejudiced." The jury members? The legal system? The judge?

The jurors.

Ironic that you label the jury in the O.J. Simpson trial as being prejudiced. Webster's online dictionary defines prejudice as a "preconceived judgment or opinion; an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge."

Besides their ethnic background and gender, do you know what kind of person each of the jurors were and what their attitudes were?

If not, on what grounds can you state definitively that the jurors were prejudiced against Simpson? Just because they all happened to be White?

There's more than one kind of prejudice.

[timkona]

I totally agree with Random.

Damn the Church. Damn the Gummint. Damn the Police.

Without them, YOU would be toast.

[Mike_Lowery]

Ironic that you label the jury in the O.J. Simpson trial as being prejudiced. Webster's online dictionary defines prejudice as a "preconceived judgment or opinion; an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge."

Besides their ethnic background and gender, do you know what kind of person each of the jurors were and what their attitudes were?

If not, on what grounds can you state definitively that the jurors were prejudiced against Simpson? Just because they all happened to be White?

There's more than one kind of prejudice.
I stand by what I said. There's no way that the jurors didn't "know" about OJ unless they lived under a rock for the last 20 years.

The jury was not all white. There was one Hispanic juror. You'd be lying to yourself if you think that had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome.

I'm rooting for OJ and an appeal.

[Frankie's Market]

The jury was not all white. There was one Hispanic juror. You'd be lying to yourself if you think that had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome.

Lying to myself? Nope. :rolleyes:

I'm rooting for OJ and an appeal.

I would root for O.J. in an appeal too.... if the evidence dictated it.

[matapule]

You'd be lying to yourself if you think that had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome.


So, are you saying the jurors, who found him innocent in the murder trial, were prejudiced too?

I do not tolerate racism.

[Random]

I can imagine it now. In addition to finding jurors that are fair, the courts would also have to make sure that every jury will resemble a United Colors of Benetton ad. :rolleyes:
Why not?

No, I don't think there should be a law. The term "jury of his peer" is hard to meet. Can a rich man actually be a peer of a poor man?