Apparently, OJ Simpson either has brain cancer or he is trying to get the Pres to believe he has brain cancer.
In the story above, he is said to “beg the President” to give him a pardon so that he won’t have to die of brain cancer in jail.
What do you think? Should he be considered for some kind of humane treatment? Or should OBama let him die in jail?
My initial response is that there is just too much of a chance that he is trying to run yet another scam. How many crimes and scams should the state allow him to commit?
On the other hand, if he is telling the truth, does it make sense to give him some kind of clemency so that he can be transferred to a hospice? I hate to think of anyone dying of cancer in jail and if it’s a question of a year or less, I can’t see it being too much harm to let him die in a hospice.
I think there are probably lots of people who die of cancer or whatever in prison, but who aren’t OJ Simpson and don’t have the opportunity to ask the president anything. Of course there should be a medical part of the prison so sick prisoners can be taken care of with compassion and relieved of pain, but it’s not fair for the famous guy to get special treatment.
Assuming that whatever prison he’s in doesn’t have sick prisoners sprawled out across the dungeon floor, dying a slow painful death, he should have access to whatever basic medical care is provided by the prison. Anyway, I highly doubt Obama is going to bother pardoning him, as it would create pointless anger.
People should only be let out of prison if they are exonerated on an appeal or something of that sort or have served their term (or rather whatever ridiculously minuscule portion is required because the poor prisoners are too crowded). Get diagnosed with some dread disease while serving your term? Tough. Go to a prison ward or something. No going free.
Compassion? Letting someone out early because they’re sick isn’t very compassionate to the victims.
Maybe this might be an opportunity to give the families of his victims some small measure of happiness?
What if OBama tells OJ’s lawyer that he will leave the decision up to Ron Goldman’s family and Nichole’s family. That might serve two birds with one stone.
It might give the families something they would never have before expected.
And it might make OJ reflect on the notion that what goes around comes around.
I don’t know. As long as it wouldn’t do anyone any harm, it might actually do some good for the families of OJ’s victims.
