Brian, the system is not about almost pregnant...despite public opinion...Not being able to prove guilty is what...almost guilty, almost innocent, partly guilty, should have been guilty??...no such legal concepts exist...nor does a legal difference exist between "not guilty" and "innocent".

The jury said "not guilty" in 3 hours...three hours! ...and theirs is the ONLY opinion that counts. Your opinion and mine, and the public's can be bandied about and hoist up a flagpole but means zilch.

But what did the jury see and hear?
1) the primary investigator was a proven racist and perjurer who may have planted the glove
2) there were no eyewitnesses and there was no uncontrevertable evidence tying him to the scene
3) there was contradicting testimony as to OJs actions, appearance and behaviour just after the murders
4) great video and a better tag line surrounding the infamous glove...if it does not fit, you must acquit...
5) DNA evidence that was at that time an infant science and taken from a blood sample that was mishandled.

Did this make him not guilty? Nope, but it gave the jurors reasonable doubt. Add this to a predominantly black jury who were tired of the LA police's treatment of blacks, and it pushed SOME of them over the edge...yeah, SOME, not THE jurors...were sending a message.

Did OJ kill Ron and Nicole? I do not know. He did have motive, and probably opportunity, and there was certainly evidence...but we do nor know for sure, and "I think so" carries no legal standing.

Did he get off "lightly" this time? IMO 33 years is not "lightly" but if it is what anyone else would have gotten for this crime with his "attitude" and "not guilty stance" then justice is served. If others with his "attitude" and "not guilty stance" generally get 9 years, and so does he, again, justice served.

And I'll say it again, because you don't seem to want to hear this...if he is being punished this time for what happened to Ron and Nicole, that is wrong. That is my only point.


If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop