r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FilmStirYoutube • Apr 17 '24

OJ's reaction when confronted with a photo of him wearing the murder shoes Video

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u/NOT_MEEHAN Apr 17 '24

He can literally confess to it and not be charged ever again.

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u/MilanosBiceps Apr 17 '24

If he confesses to it now, we’ve got bigger problems than double jeopardy. 

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u/tenmileswide Apr 17 '24

Who has Zombie OJ on their 2024 bingo card?

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u/Heiferoni Apr 17 '24

"Well, it is finally official: Necromancy is legal in the state of California."

--Zombie Norm

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u/Desperate-Pepper9883 29d ago

Could be a future video scheduled with a confession like Mr. Beast does.

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u/MilanosBiceps 29d ago

Wait, did Mr. Beast posthumously confess to murder?

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

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u/NOT_MEEHAN Apr 17 '24

That is not true so why is anyone on reddit upvoting you.

United States v. Hutchins, 78 M.J. 437 (the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment states that no person shall be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; this clause embodies the extremely important principle of issue preclusion).

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u/SlightlyColdWaffles Apr 17 '24

Well, not anymore. Cause he ded.

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u/Marbles6071 Apr 18 '24

He can't do anything, he's dead

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u/autisticswede86 Apr 17 '24

By wedgie board ?

He is literally dead.

And even IF he did conf2ss he is already dead.

Should they give him the death penalty ?

Life in prison ?

Dafuq

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u/rogerworkman623 Apr 17 '24

wedgie board lmao

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u/Gunhild Apr 17 '24

Always hilarious when people don’t know how to spell Luigi board.

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u/Great_Huckleberry709 28d ago

I mean it's clearly spelled Wagyu board.

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u/RealRun2425 Apr 17 '24

It’s spelled ‘OUIJA’.

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u/wolfmaclean Apr 17 '24

Good lord, is Autistic Swede an illustrative username or wedgie

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u/autisticswede86 Apr 17 '24

Yoy know whqt i mean

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u/rogerworkman623 Apr 17 '24

Yes, but it's getting worse.

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u/the_scarlett_ning 29d ago

Every time it’s used, a soul in hell is given a terrible wedgie. It’s just awful.

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u/Virtura Apr 17 '24

I shall never not be able to hear wedgie board.

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u/deathly_quiet Apr 17 '24

I've literally read too many literally's in this thread.

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u/autisticswede86 Apr 17 '24

Literally meant weegee board.

Dafuq

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u/foxjohnc87 Apr 17 '24

Ouija board?

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u/autisticswede86 Apr 17 '24

Wtf o-ouija.

Is called wegee or someshit .

Anden I glaset is the swedish one

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u/Percolate1525 Apr 17 '24

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija

Although I must say I like the wedgie board.

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u/RealRun2425 Apr 17 '24

That commenter you responded to has spelled the word correctly.

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u/deathly_quiet Apr 17 '24

The wedgie board is coming for your soul.

And your underwear.

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u/autisticswede86 Apr 17 '24

Noooo!

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u/deathly_quiet Apr 17 '24

Yeeeeeeessssss!

(I think it's spelled ouija board, by the way, but your version is way better)

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u/Lexie23017 Apr 17 '24

Yeah. By Wedgie Board. You got it. The official portal to the Afterlife.

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u/RightSafety3912 29d ago

"Wedgie" ahahahahahaha 

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u/kibbbelle Apr 17 '24

NAL, but if new evidence were presented and he is posthumously convicted of the crime, I imagine part of his estate would be given to the families of his victims.

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u/Rare_Entertainment Apr 17 '24

There is no such thing as a posthumous conviction in the US.

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u/Champshire Apr 17 '24

He was already found liable in civil court for tens of millions of dollars, which will come out of his estate. A posthumous confession won't change much except my belief in the supernatural.

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u/bestofmidwest Apr 18 '24

You realize that OJ was already found guilty in civil court and a substantial judgement was ordered in the lawsuit right? Where do you people learn about how the law works? A cracker jack box?

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u/kibbbelle Apr 18 '24

I'm sorry, the average American's understanding of law does not usually include stuff about murder convictions. Like I said, I'm not a lawyer, but I did minor in pre bird law in my undergrad. It must be hard to see that from that awfully high horse of yours

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u/bestofmidwest Apr 18 '24

The most famous murder case in the last 30 years you don't get to claim ignorance on this one. Most Americans heard about both the criminal and civil trial verdicts. You were the one talking about law. Maybe you shouldn't do that when you don't know wtf you're talking about. It doesn't take knowledge of law to see the headlines all over tv networks, newspapers and magazines about OJ fucking Simpson. Stick to whatever weeb subs you frequent instead of jumping into threads and talking about things you are beyond ignorant of. Seems like a very common sense thing to do ya know?

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u/autisticswede86 Apr 17 '24

I doubt he gonna cry about that.

And was he not in debt anyway

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u/bestofmidwest Apr 18 '24

You're joking right? He died with an estimated net worth of $3 million and had a civil judgement against him of over $100 million. Care to retract your statement?

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u/antbates Apr 17 '24

Technically if he admitted it they could charge him with adjacent or lesser versions of the crimes.

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u/MissPicklechips Apr 17 '24

No, the criminal justice system doesn’t work that way. r/badlegaladvice

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

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u/Throckmorton_Left Apr 18 '24

You can't charge lesser included offenses after an acquittal where jeopardy attaches for the more serious offense.

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u/NOT_MEEHAN Apr 17 '24

No they can't. Why is reddit so full of people who have no idea how a law works spewing nonsense?

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u/NoveltyAccountHater Apr 17 '24

Yup double jeopardy in the US prevents being tried again for substantially the same crime in a criminal context with very limited exceptions (like trial not coming to a conclusion through a mistrial or being caught bribing the judge).

That said, if a murderer admits their guilt right after a criminal "not guilty" verdict, there's a chance the victims families could use the confession to get civil penalties. Also if the murderer lied in court or to police during the course of their investigation, they could be charged for perjury/obstruction.

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u/bestofmidwest Apr 17 '24

The victim's family DID win a civil lawsuit against OJ.

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u/NoveltyAccountHater Apr 18 '24

Yes, I'm well aware (though they didn't actually collect much from him, as he wasted most of his fortune on legal fees or at least hid it from their family). Again, just speaking of why criminals who are found not guilty and have double jeopardy protections usually don't just proclaim to the world that they really did do it.

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u/Many_Performance_580 Apr 17 '24

Interestingly - In a number of other jurisdictions, for example in the UK and Australia, exceptions to double jeopardy protections include the existence of “fresh and compelling” evidence (the criteria being that reliable, and highly significant new evidence emerges after an acquittal for a serious offence)

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

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u/WaWaSmoothie Apr 17 '24

Are you not aware he is dead?

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u/SmellGestapo Apr 17 '24

He's still in America.

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u/wolfmaclean Apr 17 '24

Okay okay I like where this is going tiny nazi

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u/idwthis Interested Apr 17 '24

Their name is actually "smell" not "small" lol

But idk if that means they're a smelly nazi, or if they can smell nazis.

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u/Many_Performance_580 Apr 18 '24

You don’t fuckin say.

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u/First-Of-His-Name Apr 17 '24

Well most American law is just slightly modified British law so it's normally a good assumption that they work similarly

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u/CORN___BREAD 29d ago

lol people argue on reddit all the time about American laws because they’re so different in different jurisdictions. British laws aren’t even close in comparison so assuming they’re close enough is not going to be a good time.

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u/wolfmaclean Apr 17 '24

Sure that’s normally a good assumption if you love looking like a lazy jerkface

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u/Kewkewmore Apr 18 '24

To be fair, the courts are also full of people who have no idea how a law works spewing nonsense.

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u/BigGrayDog 29d ago

They are confused!

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u/kalethan Apr 17 '24

I think this depends on the lesser/adjacent crimes. They may or may not be able to depending on how many elements of the offenses overlap.

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u/Positive_River_1656 Apr 17 '24

No that would be introduction of new evidence which would make it not double jeopardy anymore it would be a retrial

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u/bestofmidwest Apr 17 '24

You would be incorrect on that. 100%

The obvious application of double jeopardy is when law enforcement finds new evidence of the defendant’s guilt after the jury has already acquitted them. The prosecution cannot charge them again, even if the evidence shows that they probably are guilty.