How did I, and virtually everyone else on the planet, know Simpson would be convicted on all counts?
The judge and jury tipped the scales on behalf of personal/populist sentiment - otherwise known as mob justice. Only this time with a semblance of decorum. Now you, suggesting there's no recourse. See you at the retrial. On Oct 5, 5:15 am, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No d.b., the spillover would have been the argument (by the co-defendant) to > sever and NOT the result of the Motion to Sever (denied). The judge made it > clear (early in trial) the verdict would be read within two hours of the > jury reaching it's decision day or night. The sentencing date is absolutely > normal. Your remaining comments show you really know nothing about the > trial and very little about the law. I didn't realize you are full of it > (probably the reason I don't bother reading your posts) or I wouldn't have > responded. IOW - Never mind! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:52 PM > Subject: Re: O.J. Simpson found Guilty on ALL COUNTS!!! > > Your reasoning is a tad conflicted, CW. You rightly suggest that the > "Motion to Sever" resulted in "spillover" - but you see no conflict > with the flood of "Juice hatred." I certainly understand judicial > expediency, but this trial was out in the open and waged against a > despised defendant. It's one thing to send Rufus Q. Brown up the river > for life, but sending him up for OJ, well, that's taking expediency > just bit too far. > > Another precedent I'll be looking for is the "midnight reading of the > verdict." Apparently the judge in this case couldn't wait for a normal > hour given the "novel" significance of the date. Not a huge point, > granted, but the cherry on a pattern. > > And we haven't even got into sustaining the piling-on-of-charges (e.g. > verdicts). > > The final tip-off is the abnormal delay in sentencing, the time the > judge needs to review her law books. For example, can she give Simpson > 15-to-life, while sentencing Mr. Spillover to 18 months? Because Mr. > Spillover represents the strongest appeal. Should she throw down a bet > on the likelihood Mr. Spillover can't afford it? Or is Alan Dershowitz > likely to come out of the woodwork? And if she gives 18 months to Mr. > Spillover, why not simply declare that she overruled California and > set Spillover free (Mandatory sentencing guidelines notwithstanding). > > Meanwhile, if Simpson had robbed a bank, took hostages, at gunpoint, > he'd be facing the same sentence. On the other hand, if he had > circumstantially robbed the same bank aided by the Las Vegas police > with a score to settle, a whole 'nother can of precedents. > > Bottom line: I believe that the lure of this continuing soap opera has > sucked in yet another Marsha Clarke into a losing position. She may > even get to hold onto him for a few years, but then it's back to the > golf course for OJ. > > On Oct 4, 3:20 pm, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The verdict will stand. The appeal will be denied. Keep in mind, if not > > for the gun(s) OJ would have been looking at six months or less (in the > > real > > world). > > The weakest part of the prosecution's case was the kidnapping charge and > > the > > jury had no problem convicting him and the co-defendant on that charge. I > > repeat: the trial was clean and OJ is going "up the river". LOL > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:46 PM > > Subject: Re: O.J. Simpson found Guilty on ALL COUNTS!!! > > > On Oct 4, 12:17 pm, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Justice delayed... > > > Bingo. Two bites at the apple. > > > I didn't follow the trial, I was convinced he'd be convicted on all > > counts. Now, how did I know that? > > > At the minimum, the verdict will be set aside - unless Nevada can > > justify two sets of laws (precedents); one for locals, the other for > > suspected, out-of-state murderers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
