From the way the old lady sounded there would have needed to be about ZERO circumstantial evidence where they literally had no choice but to convict. Even then I'm not sure the black members of the jury would have voted guilty.
Nothing earth-breaking. Netflix documentary shows how bad Prosecution was in OJ case
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They said in the documentary it was the DA's decision. They moved the Rodney King trial out of LA to a white suburb so they wanted to keep this in LA to not look bad.
I think he was wearing the exact style of gloves doing a sideline report during an NFL game. Pretty sure there's pictures of that online.
Hilariously, several of the jurors admitted it was obvious the gloves would no longer fit. They were dried out, he had to wear latex gloves underneath, etc.
Darden got Jedi mind-tricked bad on that one.
And like the shoes, the gloves aren’t that common. OJ liked fine things.
I think the judges decisions played a big roll too. He allowed it to become a circus. A different judge may have made the difference.
I’ve never heard him speak, or give interviews since then. Genuinely curious if he’d do anything differently now, his thoughts on how the trial unfolded.
To an extent I feel for him cuz the trial took on a life of its own, and I think a lot of judges would have struggled as well.
I was right again on who is and would turn it political. Seriously, get a clue it's embarrassing at this point.
There was so much damaging evidence and witnesses not produced.
Even given the racial tensions, he was guilty. Both direct and circumstantial evidence was not presented.
I used to feel bad for Clark and Deardon. Not anymore. A classic f up. I feel bad for the victim's families
Even given the racial tensions, he was guilty. Both direct and circumstantial evidence was not presented.
I used to feel bad for Clark and Deardon. Not anymore. A classic f up. I feel bad for the victim's families
Main thing I’ll give them is that I think they could have done everything right and it wouldn’t have mattered.
Perhaps, but I'm not letting them off the hook with that argument.
Two things can be true. Mark Furman is a racist and OJ is a murderer.
That said prosecution probably should have found a way to avoid putting him on the stand or maybe in closing apologized and admitted he's a racist but that doesn't change the facts and there is clear evidence tying OJ to the murders that couldn't possibly have been planted by Furman.
I think Furman has done some growing up. Maybe not. But he doesn't come across like a jackass so far in his interviews. I find it hard to believe someone just becomes non-racist. But there are more episodes to watch. We'll see
I think they said it would have been really difficult to get in the DNA and other evidence without having Furman testify. But furman botched in when he got caught in the stupid lie about never saying the n-word and they had him. If he’d admitted that year, he’d used that word in the past, but he regretted it now and tried to be better, and so on.
I don’t have a feel for whether he was actually racist or if he was emblematic of the times.
New one on Netflix. Just came out. A lot of information that I did not know.
My grandfather was a former prosecutor and watched the whole trial religiously. He was in disbelief over how poorly the prosecution handled the case. In all phases. They were emotional. They let the defense absolutely run the courtroom. It was such a shit show.
They f'd up so bad. So did Ito. I don't think that I'm a great attorney. But watching this, I could have gotten OJ off for a fraction of the money of his dream team.
Myself and some other HBOT attorneys could have won the case.
Me too if I could stay at a holiday inn express first 🤪
Just so long as your Holiday Inn Express has netflix app
I remember the biggest thing my Dad and these other battle-hardened trial attorneys really went apeshit over was how they could have, and should have, stopped the embarrassing glove try-on in front of the jury. From their point of view, as criminal trial lawyers, it was a "gift" from the Heavens for OJ's team.
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Right, but even several of the jurors basically conceded that it wasn’t uncommon still to hear it from cops, especially in LA with the poor history the cops had at the time.
Had he admitted it, I think it would have made his testimony for trustworthy. As it is, he started off with a lie, and then proceeded to plead the 5th for however many questions it was and he was done.
This is my point. Apparently, that viewpoint is not shared by some of the geniuses on here. Jury nullification is a concept that is alien to these legal eagles.
There was one damning bit of evidence that I heard early on in the case, long before it went to trial. And then I never heard it again, so maybe it was a false report. Supposedly when OJ arrived in Chicago and checked into his hotel he proceeded to make three phone calls to his attorney in LA within a half hour. This was sometime around 6:00am in Chicago, which would be 4:00am in LA. Who the hell calls their attorney at that hour unless it’s an emergency?
