# O.J. jurors feelings today?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 21, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-jurors-feelings-today/381341 "2006-11-21T21:11:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-jurors-feelings-today/381341/41 "2006-11-22T17:18:57Z")

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[QUOTE=ralph124c]  
Has anyone considered that jurors are human, and cannot cope with information overload? I remember the trial, and the defence’s MO was to dredge up all kinds of irrlevant information-they even succeeded in putting LA Police captain Mark Furman on trial. The mere fact that these poor people had to sit through hundreds of hours on mostly irrelevant nonsense meant that the oputcome would be in doubt. Why can’t judges enforce some time limits? After I’ve heard the defence’s DNA expert, and the prosecution’s DNA expert, and the rebuttals, and the counter-claims, it all starts to get VERY difficult. if you add in the fact that most of the jurors were of limited intellectual capabilities, then you have some serious problems. would such a farce been allowed in a German or French courtroom?  
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IANAL but I don’t think the O.J. trial reflects the typical court proceeding in the U.S. What you’re referring to is Judge Ito’s failure to control this particular trial.

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**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-jurors-feelings-today/381341/42 "2006-11-22T17:21:42Z")

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In fairness I should have noted that Ito was aware of the racial tension in the L.A. area at that time. This obviously affected many of his decisions during the trial.

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