Not to hijack, but what is the legal rationale for not allowing pensions to be used to satisfy judgments in California, and for personal residences not to be used to satisfy judgments in Florida - both of which were mentioned up-thread as being of benefit to OJ?
Then logically he would have given up a long time ago. His relentless pursuit even when it was clear that he wasn’t going to be getting any huge payoff seems much more like someone motivated by a desire for revenge/justice than greed.
And really; being estranged from your son means you don’t invite him to parties and such; it doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t be enraged if he’s murdered. Sure, some people would go so far as to ignore even that, but plenty wouldn’t.
Right. Fred Goldman is not looking for money per se, he is looking for justice and revenge. A man who butchered two people should be allowed to walk around? C’mon!
Why did OJ commit that robbery in the first place if he was receiving a $25,000 a month pension? I mean he got to keep that, right? He didn’t have to give it to the Goldmans.
Am I being naive? The guy seriously couldn’t live with $300,000 a year in free money and wanted more?
He’s a congenital thug.
Yeah, there aren’t many mirrors on golf courses!
Because he is a stupid asshole who thought since he got away with murder he could get away with anything.
It is possible to live a lifestyle where 25k a month just doesn’t cover your “necessities”.
Many states exempt pensions from collections (in particular through garnishment, for instance), the thinking being that this is money the debtor earned through his previous work and he might have no other source of income, as many pensioners are otherwise retired. Many states, and the Feds in tax cases, have homestead exemptions because as a matter of public policy we don’t want people to be made homeless just because someone won a judgment against them.
The more generous the pension, the more ritzy the house and the more odious the debtor, of course, the harder these exemptions can be to swallow.