# "If" He Did It?? Simpson Tell-(almost)All **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516 "2006-11-15T13:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/21 "2006-11-15T22:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/15/simpsoninterview.ap/index.html): . [/QUOTE] I read that article too. It also states: > [@](#): > > Representatives for CBS and ABC did not immediately return calls for comment. [QUOTE=Frank] I’d be amazed too. But, lacking a time machine, the decision they made at the time, with the information they had at the time, with quite possibly the most incompetent prosecution I’ve ever seen, was probably the decision they _had_ to make. At the time. [/QUOTE] I seem to remember some jurors and other apologists for OJ on the anniversary of the verdict still proclaiming his innocence. I don’t have a cite but will look for it. I think there was too much fear of another racial upheaval similar to what happened after the Rodney King police trial verdict. Cochran beautifully played the race card, found the perfect fall guy in Mark “The Fuhrer” Fuhrman, and didn’t just plant a seed but sank a whole freaking garden of doubt with the BS about planted gloves, aerosolizing blood in the lab, chain of custody (which was sloppy, to say the least) and, of course, the infamous, “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit!” He did everything a defense attorney is supposed to do in order to get reasonable doubt. If he was alive today, he would be a consultant for _Boston Legal_. [QUOTE=Frank] With any luck, something Simpson reveals in the book or interview will open him up to a new prosecution for something. [/QUOTE] I doubt that. The other quote: > [@](#): > > “He can write pretty much whatever he wants,” said Laurie Levenson, a Loyola University law school professor and former federal prosecutor who has followed the case closely. “Unless he’s confessing to killing somebody else, he can probably do this with impunity.” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/22 "2006-11-16T01:36:10Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] I seem to remember some jurors and other apologists for OJ on the anniversary of the verdict still proclaiming his innocence. I don’t have a cite but will look for it. [/QUOTE] I don’t remember that at all. I remember a juror saying something like, “He _probably_ did it; but the prosecution didn’t prove _beyond reasonable doubt_ that he did it, so we had to acquit.” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/23 "2006-11-16T01:40:42Z")
I beg you all not to watch this tawdry shit. Judith Regan is scum. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/24 "2006-11-16T02:12:33Z")
[QUOTE=erie774] Don’t single out Fox because of this. Any network executive would have sold his mother and blown OJ to land the interview. [/QUOTE] But they haven’t, for the last ten years. When Simpson was first acquitted, I was certain he was going to do a vomit-inducing victory lap of all the talk shows–Oprah, Larry King, Sally Jessy Raphael. But somehow, some way, there was enough outrage that the networks wouldn’t touch him. They’ll touch anybody and anything else that can draw an audience, but not him. They’ve left him severely alone for 11 years. Until now. Fox is scum, and Judith Regan is scum, and any corporation that sponsors this horse-shit is worse than scum. And I’m not a liberal, so I’m not drawing any unrelated political baggage in against Fox. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/25 "2006-11-16T03:18:34Z")
I saw the rough draft of the OJ book. It goes something like this: Step 1: Off the wife (and anyone else who happens to be with her at the time) Step 2: Leave a trail of blood at the crime scene Step 3: Drop a bloody glove at my house Step 4: Ensure that the arresting officer is a racist idiot Step 5: Attempt to flee LA in the slowest getaway ever Step 6: Hire an expensive lawyer to play the race card Step 7: Hire an expert who makes DNA evidence seem unreliable Step 8: Ensure that the lead prosecutor is incompetant Step 9: Ensure that the judge is a media whore who loves being on TV Step 10: Get acquitted and then brag 10 years later how I got away with it Step 11: Play a lot of golf for the rest of my life ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/26 "2006-11-16T03:31:25Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] There is a possiblity that something in either of them will invite a perjury charge. [/QUOTE] He didn’t testify at the criminal trial, so he can’t be charged with perjury there. Did he testify at the civil trial? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/27 "2006-11-16T04:39:29Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] He didn’t testify at the criminal trial, so he can’t be charged with perjury there. Did he testify at the civil trial? [/QUOTE] Maybe he’ll admit in the book that the glove, in fact, fit just fine. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/28 "2006-11-16T05:00:11Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] He didn’t testify at the criminal trial, so he can’t be charged with perjury there. Did he testify at the civil trial? [/QUOTE] Yes, he had to, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/29 "2006-11-16T12:28:32Z")
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/30 "2006-11-16T13:24:55Z")
My mind is boggled. He was acquited of a heinous crime while every SANE person knows his hands are dripping with blood, and now he’s writing a book that “I didn’t do it, but if I did, this is how I would do it” wink wink nudge nudge. Why doesn’t he just go over and crap in the Browns and Goldmans’ living room, while he’s at it? What mind could possibly conceive that this is a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/31 "2006-11-16T15:25:31Z")
Going on the talk shows has been mentioned. I doubt he could do Leno. It was Jay who, after OJ said he couldn’t afford to go on searching for the real killer, who said “C’mon, how much does a mirror cost?” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/32 "2006-11-16T15:34:06Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] Going on the talk shows has been mentioned. I doubt he could do Leno. It was Jay who, after OJ said he couldn’t afford to go on searching for the real killer, who said “C’mon, how much does a mirror cost?” [/QUOTE] I’d like to see O.J. go on _The Daily Show_. If Jon Stewart has the cajones to lead off to a foreign head of state with, “So where is Osama bin Laden?”…imagine what he’d do to Simpson. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/33 "2006-11-16T17:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] What mind could possibly conceive that this is a good idea? [/QUOTE] One critic I heard believes he’s testing the waters to see how a well a confession would be received. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/34 "2006-11-16T18:14:48Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] He didn’t testify at the criminal trial, so he can’t be charged with perjury there. Did he testify at the civil trial? [/QUOTE] He did testify at the civil trial. However, the statute of limitations for perjury in California is only three years. He can’t go to jail for anything said at either trial. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/35 "2006-11-16T18:46:43Z")
Well, isn’t that conveeeeeenient. :rolleyes: I am convinced that OJ has gone round the bend. No sane person, after ranting about his innocence, would write a book about “If I _had_ done it.” I truly believe he’s pissed off at the Browns and the Goldmans and this is how he’s getting back at them. Do Nicole’s parents and sister ever get to see the kids? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/36 "2006-11-16T18:55:16Z")
[http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/11/bill-oreilly-quite-naturally-got.php](http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/11/bill-oreilly-quite-naturally-got.php) Fox is showing it but is blameless too. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/37 "2006-11-16T18:59:45Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Well, isn’t that conveeeeeenient. :rolleyes: I am convinced that OJ has gone round the bend. No sane person, after ranting about his innocence, would write a book about “If I _had_ done it.” I truly believe he’s pissed off at the Browns and the Goldmans and this is how he’s getting back at them. Do Nicole’s parents and sister ever get to see the kids? [/QUOTE] He never struck me as being all that bright-quite the opposite, instead. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/38 "2006-11-16T19:17:18Z")
I heard him described by someone recently as a “child who is unable to keep a secret.” The guy is a psychiatrist’s dream. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/39 "2006-11-16T19:19:04Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Do Nicole’s parents and sister ever get to see the kids? [/QUOTE] I think they are adults now, so I assume so. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/40 "2006-11-16T19:39:54Z")
They can’t re-try him for these crimes if he confesses, can they? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516.md?page=3)