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In reply to the discussion: O J Simpson dead at 76: [View all]Johnny2X2X
(24,187 posts)Either way, this was a driving glove, the type of glove that you have to wriggle your hand into to get on and then probably have to take time to pull the loose spots between the fingers to make sure your fingers are all the way into it. And this was a former professional athlete who made his living holding onto a football, you don't think that person had big and really muscular hands?
I have big and strong hands, it takes me a minute to get into work gloves before I do yard work. If I want to make it look like they won't even go over the palm of my hand all I have to do is flex. To not know all of this was complete idiocy. The defense barely had to do anything to get an acquital after the prosecutors torpedoed their entire case with that glove stunt. It was not needed, they had a strong case, what if the glove had fit easily, thenwhat? Would their case be any stronger? All it could do was hurt their case.
I can imagine the jurors talking, "Well, the prosecutor wouldn't shut up about that glove for all these weeks, all we heard about was the glove, the glove, the glove. We know for a fact the murderer wore that glove if we believe the prosecutors at all. Is anyone here sure that OJ could get into that glove? If not, then I don't see how we can know for sure he's the murdere since the prosecutor was so adament the murdere wore those gloves. Everything else is moot."