This best represents my opinion about the 1994 Brentwood murder case:
| I'm Caucasian and believe OJ was guilty | |
| I'm Caucasian and believe OJ was innocent | |
| I'm African-American and believe OJ was guilty | |
| I'm African-American and believe OJ was innocent | |
| I'm of another race and believe OJ was guilty | |
| I'm of another race and believe OJ was innocent | |
| I just can't decide about his guilt or innocence |
This best represents my feelings when I heard OJ Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 Brentwood murders:
| I was very angry | |
| I was happy he was acquitted | |
| Probably guilty but created 'reasonable doubt' | |
| I was more angry with the jury than with OJ | |
| I was more angry with prosecutors than OJ |
This best represents my opinion on the sentence (9-15 years in prison) that OJ received in the Nevada robbery case:
| I thought it was a fair sentence | |
| I thought it was harsh - payback for Brentwood | |
| I thought he was innocent and should have walked | |
| I thought he should have received MORE prison time |
Members of the Goldman family were present at OJ's sentencing in the Nevada case. Should this have been allowed?
| Yes | |
| No | |
| Doesn't matter. |
Would you purchase O.J.'s book ('If I Did It') if the book suddenly became available again? (It was canceled at the last minute by the publisher)
| Yes | |
| No | |
| I would check it out at a library but not buy it | |
| I would buy it as a collector item, but that's it |
O.J. Simpson was found guilty in the Nevada case exactly 13 years to the day after his acquittal in the Brentwood case. What significance do you attach to this coincidence?
| An unlucky coincidence, that's all. | |
| Nicole Brown Simpson just spoke from her grave. |
O.J. was denied an appeal bond and sent directly to prison. Do you think he should have been granted a bond and allowed to remain free?
| Yes. He's too famous to be a flight risk. | |
| No. He should remain in jail pending his appeal. | |
| The denial of bond was payback for Brentwood |
O.J. may be eligible for release in 9 years. Do you think the Nevada Parole Board should pressure him about Brentwood at parole hearings?
| No. He was found not guilty and they should not. | |
| Yes. I think they should ask about it, at least. |
Do you think O.J. Simpson will ever admit publicly he committed the murders at Brentwood in 1994?
| Of course not. He was innocent. | |
| Yes, someday. | |
| Only on his deathbed perhaps. |
If O.J. DID commit the Brentwood murders, would you support his release from prison after 9 years if he finally admitted it, gave full and complete details, and turned over his NFL pension (currently untouchable by law) to the Goldman's?
| Yes. If he came clean and paid them, I would. | |
| No. Let him do the entire sentence. |
Try to answer the questions as honestly as you can. You know what I mean...like a bit more honestly than O.J. may have answered some questions back in 1995.
Okay, I was kidding about that. Just do the best you can.
Yes, I thought O.J. Simpson was guilty of the Brentwood murders, but not for the reasons most people talk about. For me it wasn't the glove, the blood spatters, the DNA evidence, or the Fuhrman fiasco or any of it.
It was The Glass at the Hotel.
When O.J. was questioned by police about the cuts on his hand, he claimed he had been holding a glass when he got the phone call at the hotel in Chicago telling him Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman had been murdered. He said that the shock of the call made him crush the glass in his hand. O.J. said he had cleaned up in the bathroom and tossed the broken pieces from the glass and some bloody tissues into the wastepaper basket.
But when the cleaning lady for his room was questioned, she said she didn't remember seeing any bloody paper or broken glass in Simpson's little bathroom trash can. Well, I never believed that little bit of drama by O.J. Being the owner of an upscale cleaning business myself, I can tell you that if you find bloody tissues and broken glass in a trash can - you would remember it. Strangely, the cleaning lady in Chicago was never called to testify and that's too bad.
When someone tells you a lie, always ask yourself the motivation for the lie. Sometimes that is where you will find the truth.
I don't hold it against people for not sharing my opinion about Simpson and the Brentwood case, and neither will I try to convince them O.J. was guilty. It's all moot now anyway.
In any event, here's the poll.
Great questions!
Unfortunately with OJ in jail, he won't be able to search for Nichole's murderer.
Yeah, Mark... especially those notorious hiding places -- those so-called 'sand traps' -- along the 14th fairway.
Here's the one thing that always got me about OJ killing Nicole:
He killed her within a very short distance of his children.
I believe he's a hateful vicious brutal man quite capable of slaughtering Nicole and Ron, but maybe it went through his head that his children were in the same house? Was he going to kill them too if one had woken up and seen Daddy killing Mommy? If so, he's a monster.
This has always been a nanospeck of doubt for me. I still would have found him guilty
AFRICAN-AMERICAN! Followed murder trial. Do not believe that OJ Simpson had any HANDS ON, ONE-on-ONE association with the actual murders. Always have believed that OJ either, knew something, had something done, planned something................ something! Therefore, had the correct conspiracy charges been fully developed and tied to the proceedings; quite possibly he would not have been acquitted. I have never figured out, AFTER hearing all the evidence on either side EXACTLY HOW OR WHAT he knew or did not know or arrange, but I have always believed that he was if NOTHING MORE, guilty by association or guilty by provocation, so to speak. The prosecutors simply did not prove their case. Now, if OJ had been smart......... which due his aarogance, he is not.......... and his probable sociapathic, narcisstic personality; he would have quietly sat his behind down and lived out his life out of the lime-light. But nooooooooooooooooooooooooo................. He because a self-serving, self-destructive figure contributing greatly, almost 100 percent to his current continued downfall.
Was I happy a mother and woman was killed. NO! Was I happy OJ got off? Not really and honestly, might have felt a slight vindication at the time, momentarily for past perceived wrongs in the judicial system, surely. But, his team simply out-lawyered the other team. And again, it is what it is. I am not sure those murders will ever be solved; I pray they do and I know that my opinion is far from the popular opinion of the mass public.
And any honest sane person could see that this current incident with all the evidence clearly shows OJ guilty of this offense and the weapon enhancements and taped evidence got him, making it easy to make the correct judicial decision, be the jury little green people from another planet. He make a dumb plan; his dumb friends followed and now they serve their sentences. These are two clearly difference situations; one with a questionable outcome; one with the correct outcome, plain and simple. If this current outcomes give many, most or some a feeling of vindication; then so be it. The man will either live out the remainder of his life in solitary in prision with very little retribution there due protecting his former celeb status; or he will do the time alloted and be given probation/parole (whatever it is); or have some health ailment and perhaps die while incarcerated (as God sees fits); or win his appeal and have the sentence changed, or whatever........................
He will not play golf again or at least for a long long time; He will not return to Florida any time soon; He will only visit his children and sisters from behind bars; He will not profit from any writings or the sale and distribution of his memorability; He will not.......................... And for some strange reason that I have yet to understand he will stay in the public eye and make people nuts whereas we all should be going on about our lives too. The strange OJ criminal, mental, behavioral, social saga will continue.............. I think that is called "infamous"....................
And, oh well...........................
she went for fame, "fame" killed her, he went after his fame, "fame" hung himself.
This subject is a complete waste of time. We all know there are two justice systems in America. He and others like him will always be on the other side. You can't win a case and be judged by a jury of your peers and be aquited in America unless you're affluent (must of us know what that is). There are many cases that the result was the same and the people that went on to commit more crimes did not get harsh sentences. Look at this case and the Brentwood case transcripts and anyone that knows law knows he was innocent. Look at this set up and the tapes being sold FIRST, then given to police then add that the jurors claimed he beat the brentwood case and they thought he was guilty, there you have it. there has always been two justice systems in America.
I say old bean, the booger got what he deserved.
All I know, is that justice was finally served for Ron Goldman and his friend Nicole Brown.
Not really. The only true justice would for him to have gone to jail forever for those two crimes. Or get the death penalty if they still have it in California.
Kim, you are correct.
With this verdict the Goldman's didn't get justice, they got revenge.
Kim, you are spot on! I should have phrased it...A small amount of justice.......!
Very good questions, Robert. Makes one think. I guess Simpson will occupy Americans for decades. There's a certain fascination about him.
The most famous infamous forgotten man in current history. Soon, outa sight, outa voice range, outa mind.
I usually hate surveys, but for some reason I answered all the questions.
Maybe, that means that the OJ trial is still in my psyche. The OJ murder trial is like a bad dream. It just won't go away. So it will never be over! Some newspaper reporter will dig up something to keep it in front of our noses.
Thanks for the survey, Robert
Then by those means, if you win a case and the other party says you committed the crime and a jury says you didn't, YOU DID IT ANYWAY? Makes no sence. Read the transcripts. Goldmans didn't get any justice. Those that believe in that should be judged accordingly. Don't expect anyone to let you off if the jury aquits YOU.
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