No, MSNBC and CNN....

[ShazzieB]

54. Oh, come on, people do that all the time.

Predicting the outcome of a case or just having strong feelings about it are both extremely common and quite norrmal.

As a person who has followed a number of high profile criminal cases (including OJ), I always have an opinion, and I'm always rooting for the side I believe to be in the right, because I'm passionate about justice. I don't necessarily try to predict the outcome, but I sure as hell know what outcome I'm hoping for.

When the verdict comes down, it can result in disappointment or elation, depending on whether I think the jury got it right, but I have never regretted being passionate about a case. I am quite capable of managing my emotions, as all of us have to do whenever we root for someone in any kind of contest. (And in the U.S. judicial system, a trial is always meant to be a contest; rightly or wrongly, it's designed that way.)

There is nothing wrong with watching justice unfold dispassionately, and there is also nothing wrong with having strong feelings about a case and being emotionally invested in the outcome. Different strokes for different folks.