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The "Let's crucify O.J." thread

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this thread is PREPOSTEROUS!

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#23
I'm not surprised it has come to this. At a certain level, this man has been in prison ever since his acquittal because he has been locked out of the life he knew, and there was no way to get it back. I supported the acquittal because I believed the LAPD violated his rights during the investigation, and they deserved to take a hit for years of abuse and bullying. That said, I was never a fan of OJ, and if he is guilty, he deserves the super long sentence he is likely to get.
 
#24
If I were OJ, after the acquittal, I'd be sure to come to a full stop at every stop sign, never jaywalk, etc.

It's too bad. I mean, the other guy had a bunch of signed sports memorabilia in his hotel room. This all could have been avoided if only OJ Simpson had some way to get some memorabilia signed by OJ Simpson...

Oh, wait...
 
#26
Dr. Cheese said:
I'm not surprised it has come to this. At a certain level, this man has been in prison ever since his acquittal because he has been locked out of the life he knew, and there was no way to get it back. I supported the acquittal because I believed the LAPD violated his rights during the investigation, and they deserved to take a hit for years of abuse and bullying. That said, I was never a fan of OJ, and if he is guilty, he deserves the super long sentence he is likely to get.
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The law isn't about punishing the people who enforce it. If they don't serve justice properly, then there are ways to punish them. In a murder trial, the only person who should have a verdict at the end is the plaintiff. Why would O.J.'s guilt be affected by the way he was treated? If he killed a b****, then send him to jail. If not, let him go.
 
#29
Drake Kennedy said:
The law isn't about punishing the people who enforce it. If they don't serve justice properly, then there are ways to punish them. In a murder trial, the only person who should have a verdict at the end is the plaintiff. Why would O.J.'s guilt be affected by the way he was treated? If he killed a b****, then send him to jail. If not, let him go.
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The US constitution mandates that consitutionals right be upheld. If those rights are violated, then evidence gained becomes invalidated, and a conviction cannot stand. That is a long-standing principal of American jurisprudence. That is principle much bigger than OJ or any other single defendant.

Law enforcement knows the law and procedures, to allow them to willifully violate it and not call them on it only leaves all of us vulnerable to witchhunts and persecution. It is just as easy to conduct an investigation or search the right way as it is to try to maintain a conviction will ignoring "technicalities." Those technicalities are your constitutional rights, and they need to be protected whether it is a person in jail for a civil disobediance like an anti-abortion protestor, or someone you hate like OJ.
 
#30
Dave Grossman said:
Yeah, that'll learn 'em. :eyebrow:

I think you're confusing O.J. Simpson with Rodney King. I don't recall that OJ's rights were violated.

- Dave
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I am too lazy to look over OJ murder case material again, but there were improper procedures in searches by the police and a few other areas that could predjudice the outcome of the case. Without these lapses in police work, the LAPD would not have been able to de facto free a man who is more than likely guilty of a double murder.
 
#33
I think O.J. is a nice enough guy as long as you don't mess with his "stuff". If you do, he does have a tendency to way overreact.

I wouldn't hang out with him because I would never know what he considered his "stuff" to be. My thoughts are many times with the Goldman family - nobody deserves that kind of suffering.
 

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