O.J. Simpson

bk400 · #1 04-15-2024, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't remember all the details now, but I think a good argument could have been made that his flight was suggestive of guilt.

The United States Supreme Court has long held that evidence of flight after committing a crime is relevant to establish a defendant's consciousness of guilt, even though not sufficient in and of itself to sustain a conviction. See, e.g., Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492, 499, 17 S.Ct. 154, 41 L.Ed. 528 (1896); Alberty v. United States, 162 U.S. 499, 510-11, 16 S.Ct. 864, 40 L.Ed. 1051 (1896); Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119, 124-25, 120 S.Ct. 673, 145 L.Ed.2d 570 (2000).

I don't think we will find any other post in the history of online sports forums where there is even one, much less three, perfectly composed Supreme Court case citations. (And two of them are from the 19th century!)

Seven · #2 04-15-2024, 09:37 AM

Deplorable person. One of the greatest rushing seasons ever, in all of NFL history. Though it's hard to separate the player from the man, when he was an "alleged" murderer.

Not sure how true this story is but I do remember something along the lines of OJ being considered for the role of the Terminator but James Cameron thought OJ was too nice of a person to ever kill someone.

nolemmings · #3 04-15-2024, 11:44 AM

May God have mercy on his soul.
I wonder how people would feel today if OJ had been convicted of the murders.
The crime was no doubt despicable, but I believe much of the anger towards him is directed at the fact that he was found not guilty. Had he done his time for those killings or if he was still doing the time, would there be much movement toward forgiveness?

Peter_Spaeth · #4 04-15-2024, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bk400

I don't think we will find any other post in the history of online sports forums where there is even one, much less three, perfectly composed Supreme Court case citations. (And two of them are from the 19th century!)

Well, in fairness I cut and paste this from another case.

clydepepper · #5 04-15-2024, 01:07 PM

I never understood why they didn't 'lean into' A.C. Cowlings. He had been tight with Simpson since the Community College days - before USC. I seem to recall reading about some trouble they had even back then. You know he knew everything.

To this day, athletes are still getting away with serious crimes (see UGA), though a few have been made accountable.

Simpson lived his life as a white man, but used his skin color as a defense.

The prosecution was a joke...totally inept.

That trial changed a lot of things in American life.
One of the worst things was that the cameras first fell on a Kardasian.

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1952boyntoncollector · #6 04-15-2024, 04:00 PM

I was with a friend in miami beach and OJ was there at a restaurant holding a butter knife and i tried to sneak in a picture .. this was before the las vegas incident..

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