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O.J. Found Guilty

Posted by beinki • 10/04/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Guilty, o.j, simpson

The Hall of Fame football star was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and 10 other charges for gathering up five men a year ago and storming into a room at a hotel-casino, where the group seized several game balls, plaques and photos.
Is this just payback for getting off murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles 13 years ago?

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10/04/08

kellybax

'Bout damned time! Should have happened 13 years ago!

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1. 10/04/08
  
  poisonapplesauce
  
  my sentiments exactly
10/04/08

gosmelltheflowers

Agreed Kellybax

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10/04/08

ThriftShopRomantic

Yes and no. Nobody made OJ go in there with big guys with guns and try to seize the memorabilia. But I'm sure many see it as poetic justice. Given his road range incidents, and this, and his general open attitude that he's above the law-- he really did seem to be a ticking timebomb where SOMETHING illegal was bound to stick eventually.

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10/04/08

jdlusan

I don't think it is payback at all. However, he is a criminal and at some point they all get caught.

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10/04/08

beinki

mmm I wonder if he will be doing a commercial where he runs through a prison?

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10/04/08

Theresa111

Even if I were in complete agreement with all of you, I have decided not to mock him. In this particular instance I believe the adage about 'glass houses' is applicable. Karma.

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10/04/08

TheBigRuski

13 years to the EXACT day!

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10/04/08

TheBigRuski

If you grew up in Southern Calif when OJ was at USC, you know that OJ was adored as a hero as much as any prolific athlete today. Most every boy wore his No. 32, wanting to be like him when they grew up.

By most accounts, at least publicly, there was no indication that he would go criminal/murderer (proven in civil case).

The rise and fall of OJ is probably the most dramatic sports hero story ever.

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10/04/08

gingerbeer25

When I first heard about the verdict, I could not help but wonder how much of this was payback. I don't think that we will ever really know.

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10/04/08

ElectricMermaid
He was pretty much set up for this. Now I know he's an idiot with some serious emotional/mental issues, but the people who 'helped' him with this robbery had ulterior motives and the victim even declares he is going to profit from this:
It doesn't matter whether he was guilty of murder and got off or not, because he wouldn't have had a fair trial no matter what.

I can completely understand his frame of mind. He's desperate to get his stuff back, he's angry about his life and probably embarrassed, maybe he even feels guilty because maybe he did murder ron and nicole. But the guy is just not mentally stable and I think that should be taken into consideration.

I feel really bad for him, not him personally, but because of his children. Can you imagine what those poor kids go through every day? That is the part that saddens me the most about OJ - he'll never be able to hold his head high with dignity, he'll never be a hero to his kids again.

Maybe if he goes to jail, the public will be appeased, he'll have time to 'rehabilitate' himself and can eventually return to society with quiet dignity.
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1. 10/04/08
  
  mitch972
  
  I totally agree with you. Double jeopardy protects him from the murders... but Karma is vicious. This whole event had the smell of something foul. It truly should make us all weary of the legal and justice system that we all consider to be fair.
  
  I think this was a sympathy conviction. And the book didn't help!
  
  I feel bad for the other guy that had to go on trial with OJ, because the judge didn't want to give have a separate trial. That's crazy. Go to a wedding, hang out with OJ and get convicted of a crime. WOW!
  
  what happens in vegas stays in VEGAS?? NOT!!!
10/04/08

mssusangale

I agree with thriftshopromantic, it's poetic justice!

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10/04/08

TheBigRuski

The good news is that maybe he can now find the real killers of his wife and Goldman while in prison.

His search on the golf courses did not prove fruitful.

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10/04/08

psychosolodiver

So, everyone thinks this is pay back for what happened 13 years ago?

The man was found not guilty of murder - we shouldn't convict him based on "trial by media" and just assume he did it.

This Vegas trial was a joke, it was a set up and a very poor one. Cut a deal with the "accomplices" and have them testify for the prosecution, edit a secret audio tape that was made during the incident and just say the word "gun."

Even one of the victims said this trial was BS and a set up.

Regardless what happened 13 years ago, OJ got a raw deal on this one.

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  poisonapplesauce
  
  karma
2. 10/04/08
  
  ElectricMermaid
  
  I am in total agreement.
  
  He was convicted before he even stepped foot in that hotel room.
  
  And it doesn't matter whether he was innocent or guilty of murder. That shouldn't matter in this trial.
  
  Personally, I have never been 100% sure of his guilt or his innocence in the murder case. I was younger and felt like it was a race/celebrity trial that went too far. That's not to say I think he was innocent either. I don't know. But he wasn't convicted.
  
  And that's why so many people were itching to see him convicted this time. I think its really sad because his name alone made him guilty.
3. 10/04/08
  
  EXZombie
  
  Great point guys. At most they would of given him a couple of years max if even on the way courts deal with celebs.
  
  This was really about getting payback. Yes he did what he did but any other celeb they would of just toned down the charges. On this one though, The whole nation (Ok, Maybe not the whole nation) was watching to make sure he didn't get a slap on the wrist this time.
  
  OJ really dug a hole for himself on this one though. Rather than staying his ass quiet he spent the last decade attacking people, Getting attacked by girlfriends and just getting the cops called on him all the time. The whipped cream on this dessert was that he's been jabbing people about the murder this last decade. From websites to that dumb "What if I really did it *wink* *wink*" book he really didn't do a good job at being downlow.
10/04/08

1lear1

A real thought-

If O.J. (The Juice) had never been in trouble before and still retained his sports hero status what would have happened yesterday?

HE WOULD HAVE WALKED OUT A FREE MAN

No Matter What and No Truer Statement Has Ever Been Spoken.

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10/04/08

RecycleCindy

I hadn't heard the news yet until I just read it here. Wow I'm surprised that he was finally found guilty of something.

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