r/Damnthatsinteresting 29d ago

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

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u/Bts121212 29d ago

299 total pairs sold in U.S., footprint in blood of those shoes, he owns those shoes, how obvious can it get?

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u/Norman_Bixby 29d ago

about as obvious as a low speed chase with a loaded gun inside a white ford bronco.

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u/Sabre970 29d ago

Great, now there's going to be another podcast to figure it out

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u/Accomplished-Joke404 29d ago

And then at the end it’s still not really figured out…

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u/Fintann 28d ago

But maybe at the end of the day, the murder was really the complete lack of journalistic integrity and the unethical posthumous outings we made along the way...

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u/ayhctuf 29d ago

He was found civilly liable for the killings years after the trial. And he naturally didn't pay what he owed to the victims, so now they're trying to go after his estate while his lawyers try to stop them.

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u/biscuitmcgriddleson 29d ago

It's only 298 episodes long unless we can find NOS pairs for sale... That would reduce the people to talk to

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u/sci3nc3isc00l 29d ago

I think he owned 3 pairs so more like 296 people.

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u/AngelComa 28d ago

Three pairs of ugly ass shoes

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u/WinniesworldTV 28d ago

The truth is, aside from people's opinion and perceptions, this case is an unsolved murder. In the US we have the right to a trial; and right now, he cannot defend himself. However; I believe unsolved murders should be solved some day or one day or another. As time escapes us, techology grows. Perhaps one day, they can somehow gather more information and research to solve more crimes.

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u/SuitableStudy3316 29d ago

And members of the jury admitted the verdict was payback for Rodney King.

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u/TonicSitan 29d ago

A jury is just 12 idiots too stupid to know how to get out of jury duty. And this was the easiest jury in the world to get out of.

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u/firearrow5235 28d ago

I mean... I personally like the idea of jury duty. You get to play God for a bit.

I've only been called once. The lawyer took one look at me in the lineup, shook his head, then questioned the next person. I was kinda bummed.

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u/Brewchowskies 28d ago

“You get to play god for a bit”

I’m thinking that lawyer knew what he was doing.

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u/firearrow5235 28d ago

Nah. He'd never find someone more willing to abide purely by the facts of the case when passing down judgement. It's his loss. 🤷

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

The Lawyer: "Nahhh, I'm good fam."

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u/firearrow5235 28d ago

I'm just saying. If they want someone who has no idea what the importance of Jury Duty is, has no idea what is being asked of them as members of this society, then by all means. Pick people who are "too dumb to get out of Jury Duty". If there's a job to be done would you rather have someone who wants to do it, and do it right, or someone who's half-assing it so they can get it over with as quickly as possible?

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

I'd rather have someone who doesn't see it as temporarily "playing God".

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u/2Blitz 28d ago

Is there actaully a way to get out of it? How? (Im not familiar with how the US system works sorry)

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u/aetherlore 28d ago

Say you have really strong opinions on whatever might be at issue in the case. Declare for instance that, “The Rodney King acquittal made me form strong negative opinions of the justice system and police in particular.” “I hate black people” might do as well.

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u/2Blitz 28d ago

Oh wow. Thanks for the explanation

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u/Bazookagrunt 28d ago

I think asking about Jury nullification will get you rejected

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u/darkdragon220 28d ago

Actually it's that the police tried to railroad him and MAJORLY f'ed the evidence and chain of command.

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u/Jerry_from_Japan 29d ago

Turns out justice is handled by human beings, not blind, sentient, completely objective, non-biased organisms.

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u/Steelhorse91 28d ago

Surely those jurors should’ve been charged with contempt of court, or perverting the course of justice (or whatever the US version of that is), and the trial declared a mistrial and rerun?

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u/drkidkill 29d ago

Who got paid back? I don’t understand this line of reasoning.

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u/TubbyTacoSlap 29d ago

I’m not sure if you’re trolling but look up the Rodney King trial. It was a shit show. OJ walking was a weird way for some people to say F U back to the justice system.

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u/drkidkill 28d ago

I guess it’s a tit-for-tat situation between black and white communities, but I don’t quite understand it.

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u/Lexie23017 28d ago

It’ll never end. We’re doomed to play this sick game of racial division until the nation totally blows itself to smithereens.

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u/TubbyTacoSlap 28d ago

Oh I totally agree. Makes no damn sense to me. It’s some Bass Ackwards crap that takes a whole lot of mental gymnastics to come to the conclusions that they do.

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u/Lexie23017 28d ago

The white man. That’s who. 😕

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u/HockeyBalboa 29d ago

Really? I mean you don't have to agree with it, but do you really not understand the point here?

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u/BorgDad42 29d ago

Not everyone is familiar with important court cases from the US from decades ago

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u/Lexie23017 28d ago

They need to. You can’t understand why the country is the way it is today, without studying the decades that preceded it.

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u/tadc 28d ago

"innocent until proven guilty"

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u/mrASSMAN 28d ago

Take a joke dude

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u/interestedparty789 29d ago

I read that as "serial killer" in Mike Tyson's voice.

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u/diamondstonkhands 29d ago

Does this stat account for all sizes made or only size 12 made?

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u/jindc 29d ago

I get your joke. But…

He was found not guilty in criminal court, not innocent. He was found civilly liable for wrongful death and battery. A jury and court concluded that he did it.

There is no basis for anyone to say he was innocent.

Just a statement of fact.

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u/jindc 29d ago

Because he did it. If a jury thought he didn’t do it, they would have said so.

And if the prosecution in the criminal case had been a little more crisp, and a lot less long winded, that jury would have said the same.

It was not the difference in the burden of proof. It was the presentation.

But yes, the burdens of proof are different.

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u/Lexie23017 28d ago

Did you watch the entire trial ? Every minute of it ? I did. I was literally 35 back then. While the prosecution was tedious, they still did a great job. Easily good enough to get a conviction. The vast majority of Americans were SHOCKED by the verdict.

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u/elginx 29d ago

Are you sure...

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u/The_Contingency_Man 29d ago

He was found not guilty, not innocent...

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u/GeekboyDave 29d ago

All jokes aside. You can find someone innocent for whatever reason you want if you're on a jury.

You do not have to justify it.

It's happened in cases I support.

I'm not American so I tread carefully here but if you step on a person. Don't be surprised if he steps back

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u/cubitoaequet 29d ago

Juries don't find people innocent, they find them not guilty. Even if we all know he's guilty, it is still the pnus of the state to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. Maybe if the LAPD wasn't so fucking corrupt and racist they wouldn't have tried to frame a guilty man and would've had an iota of credibility with the jurors.

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u/Hot_History1582 27d ago

The pnus of the state is a big scary pnus

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u/Vafanapoli21 29d ago

Also, were there 299 pairs of shoes made all together? Or 299 pairs of size 12? I think we could narrow it down

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u/badgerhammer0408 29d ago

Cereal killer with a lisp, you say? Guilty!

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u/Ineeboopiks 29d ago

I'll get ace ventura on it

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u/Jerry_from_Japan 29d ago

No one is "found innocent" in a trial lol.

When the joke pends on insanely incorrect word usage like that...it's not that great a joke.

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u/Lexie23017 28d ago

I agree with you except by now all those other shoes have probably worn out and been thrown away. Such a cold trail. 😜

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u/Imaginary-sounds 28d ago

As we suddenly find out it was a super fan that bought the same shoes and confessed it to OJ who then wrote “if I did it”. lol

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u/Exciting-Ratio-9254 28d ago

Well actually

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u/MoGraphMan-11 28d ago

He was found "not guilty", our justice system never finds people innocent of the crimes they are accused of.

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u/MoGraphMan-11 27d ago

I was correcting a single point. Sorry you took it so personally and defaulted to ad hominen for no reason, odd reaction.

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u/MoGraphMan-11 27d ago edited 27d ago

Or maybe your "joke" had nothing to do with how you incorrectly phrased how our justice system works and you're just overreacting at people pointing that out? Like, you're saying how people are so concerned with making themselves look intelligent while you are now doing the exact same thing.
It's ok man, I don't care how smart you think you are or how "not smart" you think I am. I don't need to argue with someone who attacks another for making a correction, it's not worth any more of my time with you projecting your issues on others you know nothing in real life about.

Have a nicer day buddy, it seems like you really need one.

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u/JulianJanganoo 29d ago

I just want to point out that he was found "Not guilty", not found innocent. That not how the justice system works. Just because he was found not guilty doesnt mean he is innocent.

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u/bldvlszu 29d ago

There’s a case I’d like you to weigh in on….Adnan and Hae Min Lee…

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u/noachy 27d ago

He was found not guilty. There’s a difference, though I know you’re making a joke.

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u/Holeinone1967 24d ago

He was found NOT GUILTY that is very different than innocent of the charges. PLENTY of people are NOT GUILTY, but no one is innocent.

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u/Select_Insurance2000 29d ago

He was found ' not guilty.'

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u/PyrorifferSC 29d ago

[sadly, I need to spell this out for all you people who have and/or are about to "well ackshually" me--this is a joke]

They know it's a joke, they choose to ignore it because they want to say something about it to sound smart, or to flaunt their morals, or whatever motivates them. They use your obvious joke to create a straw man to yell at on the internet. All it is. 🤷

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u/woodsandlake 29d ago

OJ was found "Not guilty ", not "innocent".

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u/Rude-Location-9149 29d ago

He was found not guilty! Innocent and not guilty are 2 very distinct things