O.J. Simpson dead at 76

[WooBadger18]

Bruh lol

Well that’s a choice. At least the pro football hall of fame just listed his stats and didn’t say anything about mourning him

 

[cymac2408]

Final judgment rendered.

He won’t be able to fool the jury he’s about to meet

 

[cycloner29]

I wonder what his last words were.

 

[JayV]

I remember my mom believing he was innocent. She has multiple PHDs and is a long-tenured professor at Iowa State so certainly incredibly smart. But some people believed him for whatever reason.

Prosecution made some big mistakes in the trial. (Hindsight and all).
OJ's defense team was the best group of lawyers that could be assembled, plus his good friend Robert Kardashian, so that he could claim attorney-client privilege's and not have to testify about the bag OJ gave him and whatever the contents were. So if someone had reasonable doubt I don't blame them.

The theory I heard, that kind of made sense if you completely discount all the evidence that it was OJ, was that OJ Simpson was wealthy and famous. People like that don't do stuff themselves. They hire others to do it for them. The theory being that OJ didn't likely do the stabbing himself, but as very probably behind it or knowledgeable of it.

 

[cydsho]

At least he died doing what he loved.
Oh wait...I guess he didn't die while murdering people......

 

[KidSilverhair]

I wonder what his last words were.

 

[KidSilverhair]

OJ Simpson the actor???

 

[Cyched]

I watched a lot of the trial and followed it pretty closely. I don't think that they proved that he did it. That is not to say that I don't think that he did it, but due to very sloppy police work, incompetent prosecution, and some good defense, the case wasn't proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

Yep... beyond a reasonable doubt is a VERY high burden to prove, and they did a terrible job of proving that.

Yep. It’s difficult to assert it wasn’t him given the circumstantial evidence and motive. But criminal prosecution requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt. There were enough mistakes made handling the evidence and during the trial (the ******* glove!) that the defense was able to create doubt.

It’s also worth noting that the average Joe without the means to hire the defense team OJ did probably gets found guilty.

 

[NorthCyd]

Bruh lol

That account better be run by AI or an 18 year old intern who has no idea who he is, otherwise WOW! Especially considering all the **** surrounding his heisman trophy.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Yep. It’s difficult to assert it wasn’t him given the circumstantial evidence and motive. But criminal prosecution requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt. There were enough mistakes made handling the evidence and during the trial (the ******* glove!) that the defense was able to create doubt.

It’s also worth noting that the average Joe without the means to hire the defense team OJ did probably gets found guilty.

Also had a judge that thought the trial was his ticket to TV stardom and his own 'People's Court' type show and interviews and book deals. It was in his best personal interest to allow it to become the circus that it did.

 

[MartyFine]

 

[HoopsTournament]

My first date with my now wife was the night OJ was was driven around in the white Ford Bronco. I'll never forget that.

He allegedly murdered his ex-wife on our 1st anniversary.

 

[Jer]

And be put on a latex glove before trying on the murder glove.

There was no chance that glove was going on

Putting rubber on ruins most things.

Sorry, I can't believe an offseason thread made it this far without some inappropriate joke.

 

[farm85]

 

[mramseyISU]

At work whenever a trial fit of a new part goes well I always say that it fit better than OJ's gloves. I'm getting old enough that when I say that the new engineers don't get the joke.

 

[jcyclonee]

Was in a local pizza place during 'the chase' and in school when they called it.

All very weird things.

I was in a bar in St. Paul. Until the "chase" I thought OJ was probably innocent. Once that occurred, there was no other explanation.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[Acylum]

just happy he can finally reunite with nicole who was tragically taken from him all these years ago

 

[NoCreativity]

He probably died of exhaustion from searching for the real killer for 30 years straight.

 

[WooBadger18]

That account better be run by AI or an 18 year old intern who has no idea who he is, otherwise WOW! Especially considering all the **** surrounding his heisman trophy.

I’m guessing they have a template they use when someone dies and some lower level employee used that or it pretty much automatically gets posted