If you're really a liberal, you must applaud the Simpson parole. [View all]

[Stinky The Clown]

Let me preface my comments with this preamble: I believe there to be absolutely no doubt he killed his wife and her friend. I also have no doubt the acquittal was a miscarriage of justice. BUT . . . that miscarriage of justice was NOT Simpson's doing. Lance Ito was a terrible judge. Gil Garcetti assigned a weak prosecutorial team. Ito, Clark, and Darden were starstruck. Last, the jury was tainted by unrelated facts, as admitted years later by members; the Rodney King trial influenced them to let this murderer walk. With that, my feelings about today's hearing and decision follow.

The fact is, for the crime for which he is serving time, he was sentenced overly harsh. We can discuss the "why" of that, but the fact is, he was. Given that, he has been a model prisoner. He met the standards in place by the State of Nevada for granting parole. Again, you may not like these standards, but they are the in place regulations.

His previous trial, his murder of two people, and the injustice of that acquittal have absolutely nothing to do with the decision rendered by the Nevada Parole Board.

The laws in place in all instances - the murder trial and all proceedings up to today - were followed.

If you want to rail against someone or something, rail against the State's team in the murder trial.

We can NOT ignore laws because with think a prior event went unpunished. We CAN NOT.

For me, the biggest problem was Ito. Clark and Darden were simply over their heads, there because of the poor judgement of Gil Garcetti. All were starstruck by the media. As but one tiny, inconsequential bit of evidence was Clark's make-over during the trial. Ito's preening was a day-in, day-out occurrence. And on and on. If you want to be pissed at anyone, be pissed at this band of clowns and incompetents.