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In reply to the discussion: O J Simpson dead at 76: [View all]Johnny2X2X
(24,392 posts)17. The glove
That was the biggestr mistake a prosecutor has ever made in such a big case. The entire case was built on that glove, the prosecutor made it so. The prosecutor then created undeniable reasonable doubt by having him try it on and not having it fit. Now you and I know that gloves can shrink, or you can just flex your hand and a glove won't go on, but as a jurist, you just cannot know. The prosecutor is the one who made the glove such a big deal all trial, and then they showed you it might not even have been able to be worn by Simpson. They hear, "this is the killer's glove" like 100 times, and then saw that it might not have been possible that the glove would even fit the defendent. If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.
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When he was asked if he falsified reports of planted evidence in the case he plead the fifth.
whopis01
Apr 2024
#35
I think the expression back then was "They tried to frame a guilty man."
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2024
#43
I was in a lecture at university when the verdict came out and someone literally burst into the lecture hall
meadowlander
Apr 2024
#52