If It's OJ's Shit, You Must Acquit!
"O.J. was toxic, and he has been toxic since 1994, and this jury was just ready to clean up the mess" --Loyola University law professor Laurie LevensonIn Las Vegas, where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson crapped the hell out. He was convicted of kidnapping and an armed robbery that happened on Sept. 13 and was found guilty on the 13th anniversary of his Los Angeles murder acquittal. A Las Vegas jury deliberated for 13 hours after a 13-day trial. He'll be sentenced Dec. 5.
The 61-year-old OJ was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and 10 other charges for getting five more old geezers to go with him a year ago and do a kick-door on a room @ a hotel-casino in Las Vegas to seize his sports mementos — including game balls, plaques and photos — from two collectors. Prosecutors said two of the men with him were armed and one even said that OJ had asked him to bring a gat with him.
The case was brought about by Thomas Riccio, a collectibles broker who tried to bring in the FBI when he heard that two memorabilia 
dealers were planning to sell Simpson artifacts. He didn't get the FBI's attention so he helped set up a "sting" by promoting an anonymous buyer who turned out to be the Juice.
Riccio rented a hotel room away from the Las Vegas Strip for the meeting and planted a digital recorder in the room. Riccio then sold the recordings of the six-minute confrontation for $210,000 before turning them over to police eight days later. The recordings were sometimes inaudible but Simpson's voice came through loud and clear when he said, "Don't let nobody out of this room." and those words formed the core of the prosecution's kidnapping charge.
Kidnapping is punishable by five years to life in prison. Armed robbery carries a sentence of at least two years behind bars and could bring as much as 30.
The judge immediately ordered the Juice to go directly to jail pending sentencing which she did not have to do. Judge Glass could have let him stay free on bail until sentencing but we can all assume she will keep Simpson incarcerated through the appeal process as well. I read that the standard wait for the Nevada Supreme Court to hear and decide an appeal is about 2 years but the Nevada Supreme Court can take as long as they want to take and often takes longer. So even if OJ succeeds in appealing the jury verdict and have that verdict vacated by the Nevada Supreme Court, those two or more years will most likely be spent behind bars.
As of now, OJ is no longer a free man and will not be for quite some time. Simpson will stay in jail until sentencing in December and then he will be sent to prison in Nevada. Because of the seriousness of the charges, there is the real possibility he will be sent to Nevada's maximum security prison. Simpson could get anywhere from a few years to a possible life sentence. If a gun had not been involved in the case, probation could have been a possibility.
From the beginning of the trial, OJ and his lawyers argued that the incident was not a robbery, but an attempt to reclaim items that had been stolen from him. The defense portrayal of Simpson as a victim of shady characters who wanted to make money from his famous name,and of police officers who saw his arrest as an opportunity to "get" him and avenge his acquittal over the murder charges didn't work.
Prosecutors said Simpson's ownership of the memorabilia was irrelevant; it was still a crime to try to take things by force. Four other men charged in the case struck plea bargains that saved them from potential prison sentences in return for their testimony against Simpson and Stewart. Some of them had criminal records or were otherwise compromised in some way - for example, one was an alleged pimp who testified he had a revelation from God telling him to take a plea bargain.I truly believe that this trial was just part two of OJ's trial for allegedly murdering his former wife and that white boy , Ron Goldman 'cause when does taking back your OWN shit constitutes armed robbery? And can anyone really believe that the Juice can get a fair trial when all jury members were white and majority of them were women?
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The Arrow And The Song
(1)
I shot an arrow in the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where; ；
For so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
(2)
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?
(3)
Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, ，
I found again in the heart of a friend. 。
-----by age of conan
whad uip folk, almost 13 days after acquital in 1995 - go figure and chk this folk 10 weeks of seperation
"Cause when does taking back your own SHIT constitute armed robbery?"
Simple. If you believe that someone has your property, you CALL THE POLICE, give them the info, and LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.
You don't go busting into hotel rooms with armed thugs.
If it should be presumed that OJ was innocent until proven guilty, it should also be assumed those folks in the hotel room were innocent until proven guilty. But OJ pre-convicted them himself and took matters in his own hands, thus becoming a vigilante (at minimum) which is CRIMINAL.
This case was a sure conviction based on one thing: there was never really a question about his involvement. His main defense was his claim that he was there to take back his possessions. Unfortunately, THAT was still a crime, regardless.
If you remove emotion and star appeal from the equation, it's hard not to see that OJ deserves exactly what he earned.
And as for keeping him locked up during appeal, no intelligent person would allow otherwise. Consider the insane car chase from his previous trial where half the police department chased him down the highway and he kept on going. He has the proven capability of flight, and foolish decision. Even though he was acquitted in that case, he still ran from the law which in itself is a crime.
If OJ wasn't famous, few people would have sympathy for him given his lawless behavior.
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