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Kevin M. (RPCV) On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 7:56 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is fascinating that after three decades it is still hard to have a > reasonable discussion about this case. FWIW, my view is he probably did > kill his wife. I just hate how the criminal jury has been maligned over the > years as either too stupid to understand the DNA evidence, or to biased to > convict a black man of murder (a ridiculous claim given how many black men > get convicted of murder in Los Angeles). The fact is that jury knew > something about LAPD behavior that made the Simpson defense more plausible > than it seemed to many white people who only casually watched the trial. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 at 7:45 PM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There’s no reason to try and relitigate the case. It stands, and is >> meaningful, that in the almost 30 years after the case no exonerating >> evidence or even an alternate theory of how the murders happened. >> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:17 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, the Civil Jury found him liable for the deaths. >>> >>> But, to my point, that jury was quite different than the LA criminal >>> jury. The criminal jury knew things about the LAPD that made the >>> accusations of planting evidence and covering up even the most extreme >>> police wrongdoing reasonable, though not necessarily true. >>> >>> Kevin is not a legal expert, but he is an expert on the OJ trial. >>> >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 at 7:08 PM Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> A civil jury found he caused the deaths. >>>> Who is the legal expert? >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 6:59 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> From Prostate Cancer. >>>>> >>>>> We have an OJ trial expert on the list, so I will not attempt to sum >>>>> up or draw conclusions, though I too watched a lot of that trial. >>>>> >>>>> I will just say this: while I do not object to obituary stories saying >>>>> evidence presented at the criminal trial appeared to indicate he was >>>>> guilty, it does outrage me when that observation action is not paired (as >>>>> it rarely is) with some allusion to the Ramparts scandal, which at least >>>>> should explain to most white people why that jury found the claims of >>>>> Simpson’s lawyers reasonable >>>>> >>>>> https://apnews.com/article/5f2e659775684544b3034c380157cac9 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJc4Li3Jph55rUSTW7oKu1vG9mseNjeinP0kr%3DuGpmXPg%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJc4Li3Jph55rUSTW7oKu1vG9mseNjeinP0kr%3DuGpmXPg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzaAc4eHStkOuQ9VnEYHTx0_xCpC6db_xMct94oJHhooA%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzaAc4eHStkOuQ9VnEYHTx0_xCpC6db_xMct94oJHhooA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJBfCRSsSp%2B%3DSmPhtksXXkraz%2B_GhWWmYdRA8REVXg_6A%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJBfCRSsSp%2B%3DSmPhtksXXkraz%2B_GhWWmYdRA8REVXg_6A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF13j4bVv7Dc-G7T6c8GMnTgtHfHgoK1Sn1bmcPZfGq4Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF13j4bVv7Dc-G7T6c8GMnTgtHfHgoK1Sn1bmcPZfGq4Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLfNmpz880-pzXsESynANijo2%2BjrEh64f6dS%3DxCiuhHbQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLfNmpz880-pzXsESynANijo2%2BjrEh64f6dS%3DxCiuhHbQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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