OJ Simpson Found Guilty....Do You Think He Was Given A Fair Verdict?

You see that is just it, everyone is ready to say that he was not treated fairly because he is a black man in America. I don't buy that. I don't buy the argument that because the jury was all white they judged him based upon his racial make-up. I would be it if he weren't famous. If he were not OJ Simpson and did not have a history, I would buy that argument. It simply doesn't hold water in these circumstances. I am not saying that prejudice and racism don't exist in America, I know that they do. I am fully aware of the extent of racism in America. I am simply saying that in this case the argument is fallacious. The jury system is what it is, this means that the pool is taken from what is available. His attorney has just as much opportunity as the District Attorney to waive members of the pool as unsuitable or suitable. If it was an all white jury than his attorney failed to provision for a suitable jury from the pool and should have worked harder to ensure a mixed jury. But again, I don't believe that this is a valid argument. Am I biased against OJ Simpson? Yes I admit that I am. I believe that he had something to do with the deaths of his wife Nicole and her friend Ron. I don't know that he personally killed them, I wasn't there. But I believe that he had something to do with there deaths, I believe he was there. I know that he beat his wife Nicole. I know that he beat other women in his life before and after Nicole. I know that he is a bully. There is plenty of proof of this. Plenty of police intervention. Plenty of hospital records. I don't like men who beat up on women. I was married to a man like this and I know what it is like to live in fear. So do I have a natural inclination to be biased againsted OJ Simpson, yes I do and it has nothing to do with him being Black and everything to do with him being a bully and a wife beater. Do I think he should serve time for the crimes he has been convicted of? Yes I do. I think just like any other convicted criminal he should serve time. He is not above the law although thus far he has been. Thus far he has flaunted the law at every turn. Thus far his celeb status has provided him with a shield. Again this is not about the color of his skin this is about the character of the man. He is not a convicted criminal and needs to be treated as such.

I agree, he definitely should be punished for handling this situation the way that he did, I just don't think that life in prison is a fair verdict but then I'm no lawyer or judge but just a bystander... I too have been married to a man that mistreated me and I definitely agree that no man has the right to treat women or anyone that is weaker than them in that way, however, I also know that that has nothing to do with the current case and so, I find it irrelevant. I know I wouldn't want to be judged now for what I may have done in the past... This should have nothing to do with color and maybe in a perfect world it wouldn't but we certainly don't live in a perfect world. I don't feel like he should be treated diffrent because everyone knows him and supposedly loves him, whether it's treated fairly or unfairly, he should be treated like everyone else and thus get the same opportunities as everyone else. You're right though, his lawyer could have pushed to have more of a mixed jury, I'm not sure why he didn't but I think it was a stupid move on his part.... In any case, this is all my opinion and no one has to agree with it. I don't think for one second that OJ is an angel, not in the least but I certainly think that he should be given the same treatment and opportunities as everyone else and I think that in this trial, he was perhaps judged based on his suppose previous offense and I don't find that very fair...

First, I'm not one to cry prejudice because I feel that it is cried way too often these days but to say that he's not entitled to pull the race card because he's famous and liked by what I believe to be less people than you actually think, well, that's just completely bogus. Someone on here commented that his jury was an all white jury, that doesn't come about just by coincidence if you ask me. He should have been given a mixed jury, period. Now that, would have been fair.... I don't know whether or not he killed his wife. I wasn't there. I some what suspect that he may have been in on it or had help. However, he was given a "Not Guilty" verdict at that trial and I don't think that that verdict should have had anything to do with this current trial and I can't believe for a second that it didn't have anything to do with it. No way... As far as him abusing his wife, well, I just think that is completely wrong. No man should hit a women, there's no excuse for it. However, once again, I don't think that that should have anything to do with this.... All this is just my personal opinion, everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I respect your honest one. Thanks for your comment!

Agreed. It's hard to imagine that anyone hasn't heard of him unless they're new to the planet. There are, however, many who are able to be objective, and let's not forget the evidence. I know how totally unfair the so-called justice system is in many cases. In this case, though the evidence was compelling.

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it but I highly doubt that there were people on that jury that hadn't heard of him. Though I'm not saying that it is impossibly, just highly unlikely in my opinion...

Sorry, I meant impossible and not impossibly LOL...Man, they really need an edit button this site ha...

I completely agree with you that how he handled the situation was wrong and as I said, I think that he should have to be punished for that. I just don't think life in prison is fair. That's my opinion.... As for him supposedly killing his wife, I wasn't there and neither were you, when those murders took place. My husband said that the evidence they presented at the Nicole Brown's trial showed that OJ Simpson couldn't have done. Now, whether he had someone did it for him or he was working with someone, I don't know. No one knows that. So, how can we say he did it??? Besides that, that case was already dealt with and should have nothing to do with this case and that's all I was trying to say. I would expect the same if I or anyone I knew were on trial.... Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate your honesty on the matter!

The above responce was meant for the person above you sorry but in any case, like I have said numerous times in this discussion, he was definitely wrong for how he handled the whole thing and I definitely think he should have to do time. However, I just think that life in prison is a bit much for these crimes and I feel that it stems from those who wanted to see him get that for the Nicole Brown case. No one could convince me otherwise...

Oh, so you were there then when the murders took place. Why didn't you say so... In any case, I don't think that trial should have anything to do with this one and I think what he got this time around was unfair and based on what he didn't get the last time. That's just my opinion...

Yes Exactly ... anyway i read in the newspaper yesterday that hes in jail waiting his appeal ... and that one juror said he thought he was guilty of killing his wife but he didnt let that factor into his decision on this case .... but honestly i dont believe that it didnt factor in .... do you?

Yes, thank you, that's all I was trying to bring out, that we shouldn't judge because we just don't know. The evidence in the last case did not prove that he did it, though some try to say that it does. I think that's just what they want to believe because people like to judge and they like to see people hanged, so to speak anyway...Thanks for your comment! I'm marking it as the best responce because it best explained what I'm trying to bring out here and that is how can we condemn when we were not there and we just don't know if he killed Nicole and her lover. Plus, that case should not have anything to do with this current one but sadly, I think it has everything to do with it to some....

Well, I think that that was wrong in itself, he should have at least had a mixed jury. Though, just the same it wouldn't have been right if the jurors were all black. I definitely think that what he did was stupid, especially based on his passed. However, I also think that he was judged on his past trial and I just feel that that's unfair. Thanks for your comment!

Honestly, I didn't follow that trial very much and if that was the case, then I agree, they certainly didn't get a fair trial at all...

Yes, the jury was all white but let's not forget....the murder trial. Weren't they all black or at the very least, 90% of them black? If you're saying that he didn't get a fair trial because of the race card, then Nicole and Ron didn't get a fair shot at justice during the murder trial now did they?

I agree, I really don't think that the verdict he was given was fair in the least. I wouldn't be surprised if he was set up because I just find it hard to believe that after all he went through with the Nicole Brown case, that he would go and do something so stupid as this. Though, I have to say that he is part of Hollywood, so who knows...In any case, I can't believe, not even for a second, that his verdict was one made with no thoughts in mind in regards to the Nicole Brown trial... Also, though I'm not one to cry prejudice right away, I think it was highly unfair that he had an all white jury. If anything, it should have been a mixed jury. I definitely think that he was dealt an unfair hand here, definitely...

I completely agree, it just doesn't seem fair. I just can't believe for a second that his verdict wasn't made from people who knew they hadn't got him the first time and so they set out to get him this time around but that's the judging system for you, sometimes it works and sometimes it bites you in the butt...Thanks!

Oh, I agree, I don't think the he is an angel, not in the least but are any of us. According to my husband who watched the trial, he said that the evidence they had for the last trial just did not lead to him doing it. He said that he could have been working with others and perhaps that's why. In any case, I wasn't there when the murders happen and I try not to judge him on that. This case should not have anything to do with that case, regardless...I think he should bare some form of punishment in this last crime but life in prison? Whether it's not exactly life or whatever, I just think it's a really long time....

I personally don't think it's far but that's just my personal opinion. Maybe this will teach him not to do stupid things, especially if you're in the public eye...Thanks for your comment!

Sorry, I don't agree that the verdict of life in prison, is a fair verdict for the crimes that he committed. Whether life in prison actually means that or not. It just seems harsh and I don't doubt that that verdict stemmed from the backlash of his last "Not Guilty" verdict at the Nicole Brown trial...