# O.J. can walk on water! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667 "2001-10-25T23:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/1 "2001-10-25T23:56:00Z")
what does this guy have to do to get sent to jail? (i know this is a general question, but i get so worked up about it that, to me, its really a rant!) jury acquits him for bitch slapping some dude! man, i figured they would convict him just for general purpose reasons! if i ever need a partner in crime, i’m gonna look this dude up! shit, he’s insurance in Bruno Maglis! AND THATS ANOTHER THING! what the hell happened to Robert Blake? is he just gonna skate away? ah, thinking about it hurts my head… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/2 "2001-10-25T23:58:32Z")
[http://www.satirewire.com/briefs/simpson.shtml](http://www.satirewire.com/briefs/simpson.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/3 "2001-10-26T00:01:52Z")
You know what they say in Hollywood: if you’re in enough bad movies, pretty soon you can’t even get arrested. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/4 "2001-10-26T00:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\* > AND THATS ANOTHER THING! what the hell happened to Robert Blake? is he just gonna skate away? > \*\* I question how much of a real news story the Robert Blake thing really was? Sure, what happened was real but do we really care as much as the media wants us to? That is the problem with the media. When they don’t have any real news to report, they hype the shit out of something trivial just so they can appear to be doing their job. Of course, now they have Anthrax. That’ll keep them busy for a long time. CNN “All Anthrax, All the time” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/5 "2001-10-26T01:15:39Z")
I heard OJ has vowed to hunt for the rest of his life for the guy who really snatched the glasses off the other driver’s head… ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/6 "2001-10-26T01:17:05Z")
OJ is practically invincible. America doesn’t like to imprison its icons. It’s simply impossible to empanel a non-biased jury in an OJ case. And those that are willing to convict won’t be in the majority. The lawyers will see to that. I was certain that OJ would walk, or get a hung jury. I said the same during his murder trial. Do I get a cookie or something? ---
**Author:** ![Read\_Icculus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Read\_Icculus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Icculus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/7 "2001-10-26T01:38:30Z")
There was not enough DNA evidence to convict Orenthal on this particular case. If they had only had some solid DNA evidence in that murder trial… ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/8 "2001-10-26T01:49:17Z")
If the glasses don’t fit, you must aquit!!! Zette ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/9 "2001-10-26T01:55:52Z")
In my experience, juries take their duties quite seriously. They were asked to determine whether the defendant snatched this man’s glasses off while he was in his car and after he admitted chasing the defendant down. The evidence on whether he was in his car was conflicting. They undoubtedly knew from the press that the defendant could get 16 years if convicted. Unlike the murder charges, snatching someone’s sunglasses is a frivolous charge, even if you do think he did it. The result does not surprise me one bit, nor does it seem unjust under the circumstances the jury was allowed to consider. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/10 "2001-10-26T03:18:28Z")
Heh. O.J. - The Teflon Con ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/11 "2001-10-26T03:39:22Z")
Yeah, but only if the water’s as shallow as he is… ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/12 "2001-10-26T04:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Read Icculus \* > \*\*There was not enough DNA evidence to convict Orenthal on this particular case. If they had only had some solid DNA evidence in that murder trial… \*\* I believe that there was enough evidence to convict. Unfortunately, Marcia Clark was just about the stupidest prosecutor I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen a few. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/13 "2001-10-26T04:21:47Z")
Just wait for the civil trial where, though acquitted, he will be found “likely liable” and hit with a $43 million judgment for the plaintiff. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/14 "2001-10-26T05:40:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by obfusciatrist \* > \*\*Just wait for the civil trial where, though acquitted, he will be found “likely liable” and hit with a $43 million judgment for the plaintiff. \*\* My understandidng is that the plaintiffs won’t be able to collect. OJ’s pension is protected from litigation, and I think that’s all he has left. No need to start a collection for the poor dear. The pension is quite adequate to allow him to live very well. ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/15 "2001-10-26T06:20:45Z")
There seems to be some confusion that the Florida jury should have banged him away for the Los Angeles crime. I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/16 "2001-10-26T06:29:35Z")
I have been on a few juries, and yes, juries do take their duties very seriously. I don’t believe justice is always perfect, but that’s all we have; otherwise we’re no better than the animals. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/17 "2001-10-26T06:38:25Z")
I think a lot of people are missing the big picture here. The prosecutor went completely goofy with this case. O.J. fucked up and as far as I am concerned he went after the guy with the glasses here. I mean, come on, the guy does have a temper, and I’m not about to deny that. But… _but_… the prosecutor in this case went completely goofy and went for all of it… she charged the guy with felony burglary and assualt. Come on, it was far… but not _that_ far. Again, as far as I’m concerned, O.J. is a creap, but about the only people you can blame this on is the people charging him with more crimes than he’s really done. In that sense, the guy is innocent. In the sense that he’s fucked up, he’s guilty… let’s just hope these prosecutors get their sense of reality with them with he performs the next crime… which, I believe, he will. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/18 "2001-10-26T06:42:21Z")
Whatever the facts of this case, I admit I was desperately hoping they would exploit the opportunity to send that murderous fuck to jail for as long as possible. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/19 "2001-10-26T06:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Whatever the facts of this case, I admit I was desperately hoping they would exploit the opportunity to send that murderous fuck to jail for as long as possible. \*\* Do I detect a note of frustration, there? Also a bit of judgement, also? ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667/20 "2001-10-26T06:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*Whatever the facts of this case, I admit I was desperately hoping they would exploit the opportunity to send that murderous fuck to jail for as long as possible. \*\* So would I **Stoid** , so would I. But, you can’t go after this guy for things he didn’t do to get to the result you want. No matter how you look at it, the guy didn’t commit a felony. Had they prosecuted the guy for something smaller, and built it to his list, they’d have gone further in their pursuit to get this guy. But what they did, going after this guy for the worst possible crime, is incredulous… It reminds me of Marsha Clark… go for it all at the risk of it all. Should we really be surprised at the result? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-can-walk-on-water/89667.md?page=2)