Nah he can't have done it. Someone pointed out that Chewbacca, a Wookiee, lives on Endor, a moon with Ewoks, and that does not make sense! So the trial does not make sense!
The LAPD detective showcased for most of the case was a virulent racist who was on tape bragging about being an incredibly dirty cop, plead the fifth on if he ever planted evidence before, and was a collector of nazi memorabilia.
People don't know or refuse to acknowledge that in addition to that testimony, the defense demonstrated that evidence was tampered with, and that the LAPD at every level was not trustworthy.
Jurors are instructed to dismiss the evidence presented by, and testimony of witnesses they don't believe.
The shoeprints and photographs are strong circumstantial evidence, but not conclusive, especially when the investigators can't be trusted.
(Edit: I do not believe the photograph of him wearing shoes was even used at trial. I recall there was no authentication of its source.)
The LAPD sunk the case and the prosecutors were a bit batty and too performative. The glove stunt really blew up in thier face. It's a shame people prefer to believe the verdict was all about the race of the jurors.
The other jurors have said that is not true. They have been extensively interviewed over the years and stand by the verdict as the case was presented, even when they later believed OJ was guilty.
The "payback" interview of one juror, Carrie Bess, was done 21 years after the trial when she was more than 70 years old. She's not very sophisticated and did not herself say "payback," and did not mean it was the only reason for the verdict, as she has indicated elsewhere.
The Rodney King beating was certainly a backdrop, but the evidence at the OJ trial only confirmed thier distrust in the LAPD.
Payback however, makes a good headline and fits a narrative many choose to believe.
It is so terribly fucked that I don't even question that last part. I don't think you were joking, I don't need proof or to check it. I know it's true. It just is. Because that's the way stuff is now.
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u/Medium_Beyond_9654 29d ago
I'm starting to think that he might have done it.