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In reply to the discussion: O J Simpson dead at 76: [View all]Disaffected
(4,911 posts)23. It was a huge prosecution blunder alright.
Last edited Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:32 PM - Edit history (1)
The biggest mistake was having him trying to put on the glove when he also had surgical gloves on (makes it much more difficult to pull the glove on even if it would normally not be a very tight fit).
I would disagree though that the entire case was built on the glove. There was also conclusive DNA evidence although the importance of that seems to have escaped the members of the jury based on after-trial interviews (eg. "So what if there was DNA found at the scene - there's DNA all over the place" and, "I felt the DNA expert was talking down to us so I didn't pay attention to her testimony" ).
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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