Did O.J. get off because he had better legal help?
600991
Perhaps he got off because the prosecution presented too much technical evidence that the jury didn't understand.
532118
I think the sentence was fair.  Guilt cannot be judges on a sliding scale.  And for the record, OJ didn't get off because he was innocent or because the evidence was circumstantial.  He got of because of his race.
730903
quick break down\n\nOJ might have killed his wife\n\nit made a D-list celebrity out of some actor that lived in OJ guesthouse\n\nPolice detective on the case was found to be a racist.\n\nit was overly covered by the media.  They tried to split the country along racial lines.  mix up over questions was OJ guilty with is it possible a racist police officer would plant evidence.\n\nPolls show most Whites felt OJ did\nMost Black think he could have been framed or something.\n\nJury couldn't come up with an answer to if he was or wasn't guilty\n\n\npeople still pissed about it to this day.  but instead of making sure their are less racist cops (which would call into question any evidence they have against some of a race they hate) they complain about OJ getting away because he is Black and a smaller number over the fact that he is rich.
998516
He broke the rules. He had it comming. I am a convicted felon myself. And now I realize that the cops would have never bothered me or even come in contact with me if I had not been braking the law. There comes a point in time where a person has to own up to their own stupid behavior, be responsible and quit crying like a little baby when the law finally does get them.\nI caused my own demise, and I blame nobody but myself. I grew up. I guess some people will always blame all their mishaps on everyone else. He is just mad because he got caught, he pissed them off, and he got a huge spanking....probably a long overdue man-handling that he should have gotten from his momma or somebody else who should have whooped his butt.\nI am not a hypocrite. I believe the same for myself. He should have been given the same treatment as me-and I got it too. I just ain't crying over it and blaming everyone else for the fact that I was a scum-bag screw up. I was then, but I ain't now.\nI changed my life around, and so can he...He just had to grow up, and so did I.\nI HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE WHO PUTS THEMSELVES IN THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS.\n\nMY ADVICE: GROW UP, SUCK IT UP AND BE A MAN. YOU DID WHAT YOU DID, NOW TAKE YOUR CONSEQUENCES LIKE A GROWN ADULT. THEN MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE. IT IS YOUR DECISION--EITHER STAY WHERE YOU ARE AT...OR PICK YOURSELF OFF AND DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE.   IT IS ALL UP TO YOU.
835385
He got away with it for racial reasons.  One of the jurists stated on television that she knew he killed "that white woman" but that she wanted to teach the city a lesson after the Rodney King verdict.  For anyone else, that should have disqualified the verdict.\n\nWhat is he doing now?  Making money and flaunting his dirty laundry.  It's pretty close to a confession, but he's safe and he knows it.  He's got all his money locked up so that even the civil verdict that was decided against him cannot be enforced or collected upon.\n\nOJ Simpson is one of the most sordid, craven and worthless human beings we have the misfortune to share the planet with.  We can only wish something painful and horrid happens to him.
972598
That's wonderful. So OJ found out what a "cut throat" world it can be. Poor baby.
449256
Well one of the Rams major players killed a woman while driving drunk and he got off. A couple years later, cops pulled him over for appearing to be under the influence, but he refused to take a breathalyzer test or do the road side sobriety test. In court when the officers testified he smelled strongly of alcohol and was driving in the usual DUI way, since he had refused to do any of the drunk tests, the judge let him off. If he had been regular non celebrity, do you think the system would have went as lightly?
771752
Sure,happens all the time. Thats why good defense attorneys make the big bucks, he knows how to manipulate the system to circumvent any guilt and cause doubt in the jurys minds. Look at OJ Simpson and others. Basically it comes down to the more money you have the less guilty you are. Client-attorney privledge prevents any true fact between them from being known to anyone else. Another one of the fine perks of our legal system.
294739
Criminal court is where OJ gets off the hook. Civil court is where they side-stepped double jeopardy and sued him for violating Nichol's rights, by killing her.
284500
oj getting off for murdering nicole/goldman
648477
What is wrong with the mom?  Or, did the dad have a better lawyer?
744037
well until you posted the question a good lawyer could have probably saved you stupid pot head but now you are f***ed.  You better hope he's not a rat!
267057
he did.  all the evidence proves it.  the only reason he's not in prison is b/c of a stupid legal technicality.  if he's innocent...why was he found guilty in a civil wrongful death suit?????\n\nread this..\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.j._simpson
465649
Well, let's see. He went from nothing, to rap star, to clothing designer, lost J.Lo, back to rapper, back to clothing and is basically a multi millionaire. He's no Russell Simmons, but not bad so far...Oprah still has more money and more respect!
859200
No! If you pay attention you will understand we are a country of laws not justice. I would rather see 100 guilty go free then 1 innocent be imprisoned. But today it is win at all cost and the people don't seem to care. O.J. is a good example I watched the entire trial and I would have voted not guilty too. Dr. Lee is the leading forensic scientist in the world, and he pointed out people don't bleed blood preservative. Most people in this country talk as if O.J. was found guilty even though the prosecution had no real evidence against him, only tainted evidence. Why didn't anyone follow through with the evidence Dr. Lee presented that said there were other people at that crime scene other then police, and the footprints were much too small to be O.J.? It is a spin of a wheel when you walk into an American court.
458330
No, but I think he was a better president that his predecessor and his incumbent.  \n\nPushing that website, aren't you?
836977
I've worked with Joe on a tax case, as part of a legal defense team for someone else. He seemed like a reasonable and intelligent person.\n\nBTW, the news story is incorrect when it says the govt "unable to cite any U.S. law that required Banister to pay income taxes". That wasn't the legal issue in the case, and it is a mis-statement of the law. \n\nThe actual issue was that the govt couldn't prove that Banister did anything wrong in his interactions with the IRS, and that he was acting reasonably given his understanding of the laws.