On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Kevin M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OJ Simpson sentenced to at least 15 years. > > But how will he be able to search for the real killer when he's behind > bars? I thought his method of scoping out golf courses was a winner. > > http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={DAE1F37C-9E7B-4E37-AD48-6EAB96854E23} > > Personally, I think he was given an overly harsh sentence for this (by > comparison) minor offense because everyone and their mother knows he > skated on the murder charges. Still, I'm not going to cry crocodile > tears for the guy. (SNIP)
I think I have pretty much resisted the periodic temptations to engage in OJ talk on this channel over the years - mostly because I know from experience how excruciating and interminable those discussions can be. For the record though, I will dispute on this day Kevin's assertion that everyone knows OJ skated on the murder charges. I can validly dispute that because I do not know he skated, and so at minimum it would have to be everyone - 1. The Simpson case illustrated the weaknesses, but also the strength of the US criminal justice system. Despite the media circus and overlapping cults of celebrity, the outcomes of both the criminal and civil trial were reasonable and justified by the evidence presented in court. Had the LAPD and LA DAs each done their jobs better a guilty verdict in the criminal trial would have been likely, but given the case presented in court, the criminal jury returned a fair verdict, and I don't think the result can be described as OJ skating. Having said that, the Vegas sentence is overly harsh. On the list of injustices in the American criminal justice system it does not crack the top 500, so I too will not be shedding many tears, but this is not the way to fix the problems that people have with the previous Simpson murder case. I always think that if even a tenth of the energy that Americans have wasted bitching about OJ getting away with murder was invested in fixing the systematic problems in big city police and county prosecutors offices we would all be a lot better off. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
