# "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:** 3
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/41 "2006-11-16T19:50:54Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] They can’t re-try him for these crimes if he confesses, can they? [/QUOTE] Nope. Double jeopardy and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/42 "2006-11-16T19:56:07Z")
What if he hints around at something that unearths new evidence? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/43 "2006-11-16T19:57:39Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] What if he hints around at something that unearths new evidence? [/QUOTE] OJ is off limits. However, if there was any conspiracy to cover up the crime, get rid of evidence, or whatever I believe that those other people could be prosecuted. ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/44 "2006-11-16T19:57:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] They can’t re-try him for these crimes if he confesses, can they? [/QUOTE] You’ve never heard of double jeopardy? :dubious: ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/45 "2006-11-16T19:58:34Z")
[QUOTE=Ghanima] What if he hints around at something that unearths new evidence? [/QUOTE] Nope. He was found not guilty. The prosecution gets one bite at the apple. He could take out a billboard, buy an ad during the Superbowl, tattoo it on his forehead. He will not go to jail for murdering Nicole and Ron. Now, if he were found guilty and unearthed new evidence that proves his innocence, that’s another matter. The defendents get appeals. The prosecution gets one shot. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/46 "2006-11-16T20:03:35Z")
I believe that _somewhere_ inside his twisted, murderous mind is a spark of decency trying its best to surface. Hopefully it will, sooner rather than later, meaning I don’t want a deathbed confession, or a note left after he’s gone. Q ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/47 "2006-11-16T20:38:37Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] 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? [/QUOTE] The same type of mind that could think that near-decapitation is the appropriate way to deal with an inconvenient ex-wife. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/48 "2006-11-16T20:47:06Z")
Well, there is one tiny spark of decency left in the world after all–[Bookstore owner says she will not carry the book.](http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5687328) You go, girl! If I lived in Savannah, I’d hustle down to E. Shaver Books and buy a book, just to reward her. ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/49 "2006-11-16T21:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] I believe that _somewhere_ inside his twisted, murderous mind is a spark of decency trying its best to surface. [/QUOTE] I think it’s more likely he’s going for the ego boost. “I killed my wife and got away with it ! Nyaaanyaaaanyaaa ! And there’s nothing you can do about it !” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/50 "2006-11-16T22:42:34Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] Well, there is one tiny spark of decency left in the world after all–[Bookstore owner says she will not carry the book.](http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5687328) You go, girl! If I lived in Savannah, I’d hustle down to E. Shaver Books and buy a book, just to reward her. [/QUOTE] I’m of mixed feelings about this. Though I certainly believe no self-respecting publisher should print this book, given that it is being published, I also believe that it is no part of a book-sellers job to put their beliefs between a book and a reader. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/51 "2006-11-16T22:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] I’m of mixed feelings about this. Though I certainly believe no self-respecting publisher should print this book, given that it is being published, I also believe that it is no part of a book-sellers job to put their beliefs between a book and a reader. [/QUOTE] Whoops, spoke too soon. On finishing the article, I note that she is willing to special order it if someone requests it. I’m fine with that. Mixed feelings withdrawn. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/52 "2006-11-20T20:47:16Z")
[News Corp. Cancels O.J. Simpson Book and TV Special.](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230838,00.html) > [@](#): > > NEW YORK — News Corp., the parent company of book publisher HarperCollins and the FOX network, has canceled publication of the O.J. Simpson book and television special “If I Did It.” There is a God. 😃 Albeit only the god of “The Only Bad Publicity Is Total Shitstorm How-Can-We-Continue-Pretending-to-be-Disinterested-Public-Servants-And-Serious-Journalists-After-This Publicity”. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/53 "2006-11-20T20:51:25Z")
So what happens now to all those copies of the book that have been printed and are sitting in warehouses ready to be shipped? Will they be destroyed? I bet if they are in fact ordered destroyed some number of them will be spirited away and sold as sensational rarities for big bucks. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/54 "2006-11-20T20:52:15Z")
So how long before some other publisher snaps up the right to the book? So not only no TV interview…NO BOOK! (for now) Maybe OJ will take the hint and become roommates with Michael Jackson in Bahrain. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/55 "2006-11-20T20:52:47Z")
Almost to bad. I kinda of wanted to see how this slimy bastard would actually pull this off. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/56 "2006-11-20T21:38:33Z")
Just heard on the news that publication of the book has been cancelled. The interview is cancelled too, although another network could buy it and air it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/57 "2006-11-20T21:41:27Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Just heard on the news that publication of the book has been cancelled. The interview is cancelled too, although another network could buy it and air it. [/QUOTE] [Darn it!](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15818960/) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/58 "2006-11-21T01:04:11Z")
Too bad. I was hoping this would be the transcript of the end of the interview - "And if I did it, I hope God strikes me dead in my - " Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/59 "2006-11-21T01:16:26Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] and if I did it, I hope God strikes me dead in my - " [/QUOTE] Take heart, maybe he’ll get an anchorship on the [Fox News Daily Show](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=397049). ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516/60 "2006-11-21T01:57:33Z")
OJ should stop the coy routine and drop the “If” from the title. Wanna bet he then finds a publisher? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-did-it-simpson-tell-almost-all/380516.md?page=4)