do you think the verdict would have been the same?
Of course this is all speculation but only ONE person (the judge) would need to believe his guilt or innocence rather than the jury of his peers.
2006-07-04 16:00:42 · 10 answers · asked by Pretty_Trini_Rican 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I don't know. If he had Ito as the judge, who knows? I thought he was as incompetent as the prosecution during that trial.
2006-07-04 16:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends on the judge. Now remember OJ was aquitted because the police did not do thier job correctly. Jury or no jury, LAPD still messed the case up. A judge would be even more likely to aquit under these circumstances.
2006-07-04 16:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If O.J. Simpson had a bench trial, he would have been found Guilty, which I believe, he truly was. O.J. and his lawyers would have never gone for this option. The Judge, and I don't mean Ito, might have had a drop of commonsense, and convicted him of murder. It is much easier to convince jurors of anything, as O.J.'s defense team was so adeptly able to do. I still don't know what those jurors were thinking about. O.J. was clearly the only one, who had the means, opportunity and motive to murder his ex wife.
2006-07-04 16:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by Kipper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess that an ordinary judge would have convicted him, but, as I recall, the trial judge (Ito?) was a complete idiot who was unable to manage his courtroom, control the lawyers, and so on. There is no telling what that numbnut might have done.
2006-07-04 16:04:53 · answer #4 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simpson was as guilty as they come. His lawyers knew that and they knew the judge would believe it too.
The prosecution's case was blown by the dishonest cop who tampered with evidence.
Some of the Black jurors admitted that they just wanted payback for all the Black men who have been wrongly convicted over the years.
2015-06-18 05:33:44 · answer #5 · answered by John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If OJ had a bench trial then he and Bubba would be good friends by now.
2006-07-04 16:03:41 · answer #6 · answered by papricka w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The outcome would have been the same. the prosecutor did not make his case. there was reasonable doubt. not that I think he was innocent .but because the cops made so many stupid mistakes as well as the prosecutor. they did not even show the bronco chase. ( flight implies guilt)
2006-07-04 16:06:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the man is guilty !!! I am still even shcoked he was given legal custody of his kids after all the evidence was against him ...we woudl hop a bench trial would of made a better decision
2006-07-04 16:07:34 · answer #8 · answered by HAPA CHIC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know, but if I was the Judge, he would definitely be guilty, but so would Michael for that matter.
2006-07-04 16:15:47 · answer #9 · answered by jensarquist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he is guilty, so he would have been voted guilty.
2006-07-04 16:02:01 · answer #10 · answered by Ludwig Wittgenstein 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋