BREAKING: Simpson wins release
Source: CNN
The parole board members who voted for Simpson's release cited his support in the community and stable plans after life in prison.
The decision was unanimous: Four out of four voted for release.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/us/oj-simpson-parole-hearing-live/index.html
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I've got nothing else to say.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)Yavin4
(35,443 posts)Instead of saying, "You're Fired", he'll....
whopis01
(3,514 posts)MurderMittenLiberal
(92 posts)Not happy, but still not surprised.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)But you know what crowd is going to devour this like fresh meat. The OJ trial was where a lot of the "angry white" people came out, with mark Fuhrman being one of their first martyrs. I just hope OJ does not once again become his own worst enemy.
IronLionZion
(45,464 posts)louis-t
(23,295 posts)I think that's why he was disbarred..
IronLionZion
(45,464 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)calimary
(81,335 posts)I cannot look at OJ Simpson without seeing a slasher murderer and wife-beater.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)Paladin
(28,266 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)louis-t
(23,295 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)Renew Deal
(81,866 posts)He did a lot of time for this.
FakeNoose
(32,656 posts)...for the 2 murders he committed.
Most of us don't even care about the other stuff.
metalbot
(1,058 posts)Not for things that aren't related.
OJ Simpson got away with murder. No doubt in my mind. Furthermore, he got away with it because he had money to throw a dream legal team at it, effectively buying a level of "justice" that is unattainable for most people.
But I still wouldn't want society to subvert our justice system by using an unrelated case to mete out punishment for something he's been tried for. That fact that OJ was able to subvert justice to get his outcome doesn't make it ok for us to subvert it to punish him.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Armed robbery/assault. Nobody died in this situation.
FakeNoose
(32,656 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Or just spend time golfing with tRump?
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)than Trump. He hit a lot of balls and looked all over those courses for years for the "real" killer.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)FakeNoose
(32,656 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)They seem similar in some ways.
onenote
(42,715 posts)for the robbery conviction.
The attitude of some people seems to be that he should have been sentenced to life in prison for the robbery. Not because the robbery was so egregious as to warrant a sentence never given out for robbery, but as a substitute for the sentence he avoided when he won acquittal.
Yes, OJ probably is a guilty person who won acquittal. But that's how our system of justice is designed -- to make it hard to convict. Progressives defended Supreme Court decisions that, in the words of the tough on crime crowd, allowed criminals to get off on a "technicality" even when the evidence of guilt was overwhelming. Well, you can't have it both ways. If OJ beat the rap, then its fine to tip your hat to his lawyers and to complain about the prosecutors, judge and jury. But you can't say that OJ's acquittal is worth less than other acquittals.
My dad used to talk about a case he was involved in as a young man - a guy was charged with murder and my dad's firm was appointed to defend him. According to my dad, the guy was a psychopath and my dad was convinced he was guilty. But they won him an acquittal, as it was their sworn duty to try to do. And then the guy was arrested again in a case that, according to my dad, the guy almost certainly was not guilty, but was the victim of a police frame-up (in retaliation for his having beaten the earlier charge). It may have been rough justice, but unless you're willing to stand up and applaud police fraud, it was a miscarriage of justice, too.
While he most likely got away with murder, this is the way our system is supposed to work. He did the time for the crime he committed, which was a lot more than someone with no notoriety likely would have done. I'm not a fan of the guy, but in this particular case, I feel like the system worked. Now I hope he goes away quietly.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)his hearing on the radio.
One of the commissioners stated that they received letters both for and against his parole and the majority of those against his parole, according to this commissioner, cited Nicole Brown's murder as why. The commissioner quickly said that they could not and would not consider Brown's death in deciding on Simpson's parole.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)Figures.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)He is a fat old man who has lost credibility with everyone but the dullest of dullards.
And I don't see the Trump people giving him much of a welcoming embrace.
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)He's rededicated his time inside to getting in better shape and cleaning up in that regard.
2014:
2017:
I have no use for all the publicity and attention that this got but i'm not surprise it has considering the way the 90's event took everyone over like pod people. But at this stage I have some empathy for the man who is likely dealing with a lot of issues because of age and the toll of what football put on him all those years ago. Hopefully he'll be smart enough to just go live quietly away from things.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)It's just a matter of time before he's driving around Washington in a white Ford Bronco
townie
(38 posts)Nm
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Unbelievable this shIt should have been a BLURB in the news round up.
Maggot must be incensed OJ is a bigger celebrity than him.
calimary
(81,335 posts)After a very short time, I switched away. The joking, the casual attitude throughout the courtroom, just a fun ol' chatty time, 'eh? I couldn't stay with it.
"Cupcake Wars" on the Food Network was FAR more engaging.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)he can rot in hell
sinkingfeeling
(51,461 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)so he won't have to for some ridiculous legal reason.
Even in jail he used his celebrity and money to pay the other prisoners to clean and do his jobs.
I am sure that where ever he goes and whatever he does he'll be harassed yet he'll make millions so who care if he is guilty of double murder (ask 45...if you're a celebrity , you can do anything).