oj simpson is innocent. otherwise, why would he be free? & why do people keep saying he's guilty?

Question

if he's guilty, he should be in jail. isn't it? if he's guilty, why is he free?

Answer 1

Because Johnny Cochran threatened the jury that if OJ were convicted there were be a riot and blood would be on their hands. And the stupid jury believed him.

Answer 2

Our justice system is predicated on the notion that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to imprison an innocent person. Hence, we have the "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" principle.

OJ was not convicted because the jurors were not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the killer. The defence lawyers were able to create reasonable doubt as to OJ's guilt. This is (seemingly) why they did not vote guilty, though perhaps some of them veiwed OJ favorably because of his celebrity status, or saw the trial as a race issue, etc. The individual jurors could have had any number of reasons for having voted not guilty. I'm guessing that some of them may have written books; if you are interested in this topic, go see if your library has any of them.

Answer 3

OJ paid some serious money to hire good (?) lawyers for his criminal trial... they put forth insane conspiracy theories that gave a TERRIFIED jury an excuse to acquit the murderer.

Interestingly, OJ was then convicted QUICKLY in the civil trial of being responsible for the deaths.

Note that OJ has never found the "real-killer" as he promised following the criminal trial... in fact the idiot actually tried to publish his book describing how the murders took place "if he did it".

I was IN Southern California in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating trail, and was WELL aware of the fear of new riots if OJ was convicted.

Answer 4

This is a country where you can be tried in a court of law and found not guilty yet still have to pay for the crime after being found guilty in the court of public opinion.
It will be most unfortunate if years later we find that Mr. Goldman's homosexuality was the reason for the attack and poor Nicole was the innocent bystander

Answer 5

O.J. was not guilty,some people still think he is guilty,His case was the big distraction that started the rest of the distractions.Now we have a public and Media that takes focus off of everything,to view trashy soap opera like trials and celebrity stories.Whatever the reason,the tide has not turned since his trial.As long as their is doubt,he makes news,people get distracted,and all the Corporations,who own the press and airwaves,tromp on our rights,our democracy,our World,unnoticed,and happily ignored.

Answer 6

Not everyone in jail is guilty. Not every free man is innocent. So, I guess legally, he is innocent, but that doesn't change the fact that he most likely did it.

Answer 7

Over the years I have learned many things and one is that there are three things you do not talk about with strangers

Religion
Politics
and
The OJ Trial

But if your goal was to start a frenzy of ANTI OJ (or PRO OJ) emails then you have succeeded.

Answer 8

The jury ruled that the evidence and the prosecution did not prove OJ to be guilty.

That doesn't preclude him from being guilty, nor does it mean the jury came to the right decision.

Answer 9

Legally, he is innocent. He was tried and found innocent.

Publicly, it doesn't mean he didn't do it.

And good, really good lawyers, crooked cops, and a bad prosection, are a few of the reasons "guilty" men go free.

Answer 10

Oh, come on, OJ! You know the answer to this one!

Now go play golf and see if you find a restaurant to eat at!
Ha!