I think that he will remain in prison, and serve the full sentence. It is what he deserves, and I don’t think he will come out alive. The Hawaii jury indicted him, and no one wants a…
The O. J. Simpson robbery case (officially called the State of Nevada v. Orenthal James Simpson, et al.) was a criminal case prosecuted in 2007-2008 in the U.S. state of Nevada, primarily involving the retired American football player O. J. Simpson.…
Every key player in the system should be held accountable for their decisions in regards to the accused. For example, judges should not be exempt from consequences when their rulings are inappropriate and result in social upheaval. A system of standards should be in place and after a certain number of infractions, they should be reprimanded or fired depending on the severity of the infraction. In order to avoid poor decision making due to lack of background inquiry, more interns from law schools should be employed to assist in researching the accused. Judges could then make better-informed…
I think O.J.Simpson is guilty. I think he was lucky and everyone knew him for football but people that are known should not be treated any differently or in anyway that can benefit them. I think he was lucky to have the defense team that he had who tried to prove he was innocent when everyone knew what hew did I think that everyone knew it was him because during the videos he acted emotionless.…
Scott Lee Peterson was born October 24, 1972 in San Diego, California to Jacqueline Helen Latham and Lee Arthur Peterson. His family was big and athletic and he was raised on strict guidelines set by his father. As a kid, Scott loved to hunt and fish and played golf in high school. He attended the University of San Diego High School and graduated from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo (A.K.A. Cal Poly) with a B.A. in agricultural business in 1997. While attending Cal Poly, he worked as a waiter in a café, when he met his future wife, Laci Denise Rocha. Those who knew him described Scott as gentle and generous and very reserved when it came to expressing emotion. His father always told him to keep his feelings in check but every once in a while something would push him over the edge and he would snap. Scott Peterson would soon be under fire for the disappearance and murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner.…
I have a huge issue with the sentencing of Brock Turner, a former student of Stanford University. Turner was charged and convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault. He sexually assaulted a 22 year-old-woman who was unconscious and intoxicated behind a dumpster on the college campus. At the end, the judge sentenced turner to six months in a county jail and three years of probation. He also must register as a sex offender, and participate in a sex-offender treatment program. Turner is scheduled to be released tomorrow from a county jail – three months early for good behavior.…
However the jury did find him not guilty meaning the defense lawyers had to have instilled enough doubt into their minds to make them unable to say without a reasonable doubt. As I mentioned one of the biggest moments of the trial is Simpson trying on the glove and it not fitting. This was huge for instilling doubt in the jurors’ minds. A big theme throughout this case was racism. This is mentioned in an article titled 20 years after the killings: How O.J. Simpson got off, according to local legal pros. He interviewed a veteran lawyer named Bob Beyer who believed the case basically turned into a racial case. The jury had nine African Americans on it and if they were on Simpson’s side, the glove not fitting would be a perfect point for them. The Rodney King case three years earlier is mentioned and how the LAPD was a racist police department. This is a big point because the defense claimed that Detective Mark Fuhrman planted the glove to frame Simpson and if the jury thinks that the police could be racist they are going to believe this. Another big piece of evidence pointing towards Simpson was the sock with Nicole’s blood on it found at his house. However, the defense argued that this too was planted. Stating that the blood was smeared on the socks in the lab. This is a big deal because blood had soaked through to the other side. This would not be possible if there was a foot in it. Later on Fuhrman was charged for perjury because of his testimony on how he collected evidence. This would really hurt the prosecution because now it shows they had a bad witness and could make them think other evidence was tampered with. Simpson was also a huge star and loved by the people of LA and this could have also had a big impact on their decision. The trial probably should not have been done in LA due to a possible bias of Simpson’s fame there. Another big thing is that the prosecutors…
Famous football star and actor O.J Simpson was charged and arrested to stand trial after his ex-wife and her friend Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman were found murdered outside Nicole’s apartment. MAny would say it was a clean cut case. But with a systemic rasicism problem with the L.A.P.D. Many believed the beloved football star with over 3,000 many loved may or may not have been guilty.…
Although more than most of the evidence could have put Mr. Simpson in prison for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman if it had been found to be creditable, the fact that the investigation and collection were so splotchy and unorganized, with evidence being misplaced or lost and entered months later, notes that didn’t match up, and blood evidence that wasn’t properly packaged and secured by procedure. Just because Common sense tells us by looking at the abundance of evidence brought forward otherwise, for…
Simpson was an African American male who was acquitted. That doesn’t happen too often. The…
This should never have gone to a grand jury, as with Zimmerman, the screaming for justice (ie trial and sentencing) was due to mob rule and not to adherence to the legal system.…
For starters, the only real punishments that Lewis had received for the murders were probation and a fine given by the NFL. The only way that the legal system attempted to respond to his crimes was the give him a whole twelve months…
This prestige student was convicted of raping an unconscious girl behind a dumpster and with several pleadings from the mother and father they had convinced the judge along with the courthouse to let Brock walk free after only serving three months out of the six months given. Although there is no universal sentence for the crime of rape, the average time a convict is sent to prison for the crime of rape is around nine years and even so, most of the inmates get out after an average of five to six years. This is no-where near as much time as what the Student Brock did for his crime. This was most likely the result of the judge and the court agreeing on how being in jail for a white middle-class college student would set a bad reputation not only for the student, but also the impression in addition with the stereotypes of the social class therefore they let him free after such a short amount of time. This is an effect of the own-race bias, helping and noticing more on a psychological level the same race. This form of corruption must end, one solution to this is to have a certified punishment for a specific crime since there is no ‘universal sentence’ for a crime, at least but a minimum barrier. For example, if the crime committed was rape, the defense system could have a law where the minimum rule is five years and depending…
Star athletes have a role in our society that many never asked for or hoped to obtain. They are seen as heroes in the eyes of many and in hopes to shed this image they do crimes most perceive unthinkable. They are the highlight of the American society and can do absolutely no wrong. Despite the offense and level of intensity of the crime the athlete will not be punished based on his crime; ironically, he will gain the lack of punishment from his star status. Whether professional athletes like it or not they are role models and should act as such.…
A wealthy man rarely has face the consequences of his wrongdoings because he can pay someone off. For example, the OJ Simpson case. He was a famous American football player who was believed to be in the involved in the murdering of his wife and another man whom she was with. Simpson had enough money to buy the best lawyer for his case and was able to walk free despite all the obvious evidence that pointed to him being…
