O.J. Simpson Book Cancelled
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AinuLainour
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Good.
It\'s too bad to hear that he hasn\'t had to pay the damages yet
It\'s too bad to hear that he hasn\'t had to pay the damages yet
darthfoley
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Huge difference between criminal and civil courts.
Shawn R. L.
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Originally posted by darthfoley
Huge difference between criminal and civil courts.
Never quite got that one.....either your guilty or your not.
Braveheart712
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Criminal court burden of proof - Beyond a reasonanble doubt (meaning 99.99% guilty)
Civil court burden of proof - Prepoderance of evidence (meaning 50.1% guilty)
Due to some slick and off track arguements, as well as some inept prosecution, OJ was let off the hook in the criminal case but not in the civil case. Anyone resonable individual who has studies the evidence surrounding this case would conclude he committed these murders long before the veiled confession he wrote in his book. Remember, he was never found innocent, the jury just stated that they could not find him guilty in the criminal case to the standard demanded by the law. With the lower standard of proof required in civil court, it was a easyto try and to find him guilty of both deaths. A huge problem in the US justice system is the quality of prosecussion compared to the defence attorneys. District attorneys and prosecutors are public employees and make far less that private defense attorneys, consequently the most \"talented\" tend to be employed by defendant who are often guilty and seek better legal representation in efforts to get away with their crimes. Money does talk in the US justice system and this case was a prime example.
In regards to the book and interview by Mr. Simpson, I am shocked that good taste was actually used here and both deal cancelled. It is rare it seems that anyone in this day and age does the right thing, but I do applaude the powers that be for cancelling a sick, twisted and exploitive idea.
paintingploddy
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Given your recent court experience MPJ how would you react if they had found the defendant in your recent case not guilty. You know he did it, but it is entirely possible for a court to find he didn\'t do it.
All the civil trial did was say he probably did it and should pay, the criminal trial just said he may not have done it.
All the civil trial did was say he probably did it and should pay, the criminal trial just said he may not have done it.
vincegamer
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It\'s funny that you should make this comment since most of the time it\'s the other way around.
The Prosecutor doesn\'t have budget restraints in prosecuting a case. The Defense has only what the defendant can pay, so in most cases the complaint is the other way around - the state has the advantage because it won\'t run out of money. Now if the defendant also won\'t run out of money, the tables may turn, but that\'s not a common thing.
Another point: a study recently done of capital cases (death penalty) showed that people defended by a Public Defender (the low paid and by your logic therefore less skilled) had a far more likely chance of getting out of the death penalty - something like three times more likely to avoid the death penalty - than people defended by a private lawyer.
Well all I can say in regard to this book is that someone in Rupert Murdock\'s organisation had a \"sensible moment\".
I have no doubt that the book would have actually sold quite a few copies out of morbid sensation seeking.
It\'s a bit like the memoirs of the former MI5 Operative Peter Wright \"Spycatcher\"). If it hadn\'t been for the furor around the Security services trying to shut him up, the book wouldn\'t have sold as many copies as it did. (It was dull as dishwater anyway).
I have no doubt that the book would have actually sold quite a few copies out of morbid sensation seeking.
It\'s a bit like the memoirs of the former MI5 Operative Peter Wright \"Spycatcher\"). If it hadn\'t been for the furor around the Security services trying to shut him up, the book wouldn\'t have sold as many copies as it did. (It was dull as dishwater anyway).
Thats the whole thing....We all condemn this kind of trash, yet SOMEONE does buy it. We need to heap shame onto those that help support this kind of idiocy.
The same kind of shame we need to heap on people that keep the celebrities on the front page, as opposed to what is really important in the world.
