I’m guessing that you wouldn’t feel that way if you were in that hotel room while Simpson and his buddies were doing their thing.
I believe that Simpson did the murders and that the combination of bad police work, ineffective prosecution and the money to buy a Dream Team resulted in a legitimate “not guilty” decision.
I believe that the current decision was correct and the sentence was appropriate for this crime. The law determines the punishment he received. Could he have gotten less time within the boundaries of the sentence limitations? Sure. But it’s not like he’s the only criminal in history who had the book thrown at him.
Canada has done this, creating two different offences: kidnapping, and forcible confinement:
Kidnapping charges are quite rare in Canada, but forcible confinement is fairly common. If OJ had done it up here, he would in all likelihood have been charged with forcible confinement, not kidnapping. I don’t know if that difference in Canadian law v. Nevada law is influencing **The Flying Dutchman’s ** opinion on this issue?
This pretty much sums it up for me too.
It does make you wonder about his impulse control. There’s no doubt his possessions were stolen and marketed as collectibles by the sleazeballs he chose to associate with. The interesting thing is that dodging 2 murders by a whisker did not give him a moments pause in concocting this idiotic scheme. It does give credence to the notion that he just follows his rage where ever it takes him.
I’m trying to remember why he didn’t get the police involved if he thought it was theft but choose to go the “OJ strike team” approach.
I take no pleasure in watching a person who had so much throw it away. My beagle Nordberg is sad too.
Not only is the sentence appropiate, but I wish he could be given an extra year just for that narcissistic crybaby shit he pulled in court. Hey, OJ, guess what? The rules apply to you, too!
He actually said, “I didn’t mean to steal from anybody.” Cream cheese on a pickle! How does anyone accidentally do what he did?
It’s possible that past experience has made him doubt the efficacy of the police force and the criminal justice system.
While I too believe that OJ did murder his wife and Ron Goldman, this seems like a very stiff sentence for the crime he has actually, you know, been convicted of. If I were his lawyer, I’d be appealing like crazy, comparing it to sentences for similar crimes. I can’t believe that a weird, half-assed stick-up like this would normally be punished so severely. And if not, then it is an injustice, in my book.
That’s why I was wondering about whether his attorneys ever considered subjecting him to psychiatric examination. I recall reading an article where a doctor hypothesized that Simpson may have been suffering from post-concussion syndrome. It just seems odd that a man who was a beloved athlete, actor, and television commentator would degenerate into such a scumbag. When you consider the post-NFL career of the Steelers’ Mike Webster, I think there’s a reasonable basis to believe that playing football may have negatively affected Simpson’s mental health.
Yep. You can look at some people and think “He never had a chance.” You look at some other people and think “He had all the chances in the world.”
Simpson had all the chances in the world.
Wouldn’t that be burglary?
Remember-you’re talking about the same guy who wrote the “I Didn’t Do it, But IF I Did, Here’s How I Would Have Murdered Ron and Nicole” book. Not exactly the brightest crayola in the box.
One wonders if he’ll try to appeal. If he does is it possible for him to end up with an even stricter sentence?
(I read on another board that supposedly Fred Goldman once said he hopes his prison cell looks out over a golf course.)
Ooooo, I’d like that, too.
I’m happy. I think Simpson is a menace to society, and an arrogant and contemptable one at that.
I think he must have committed those murders, regret that he was acquitted, and think he deserves prison for that. But I don’t like the idea of his being convicted today to avenge those murders.
Courts are supposed to be able to judge one crime without being preoccupied with another crime, and I am inclined to think that they typically achieve this goal. Most often, I think, judges and other agents of the courts try to do what they are supposed to.
Fondling some pretty young lady one has just met would seem to be a very charged situation, one difficult to manage without being preoccupied. But doctors seem to be able to conduct physical exams and treat patients nonetheless. They will also cut people apart with knives and do all kinds of other things that seem not to fit into any reasonable social context. Police officers walk around in public with firearms. All sorts of professionals regularly do necessary things that for most of us would be bizarre and forbidden acts, and I suppose officers of the court generally manage likewise. Maybe this doesn’t always work the way it should, but absent any specific evidence in this case, I am happy believing it worked this time.
As for the jury, well, that is harder to say - but if I were on such a jury, and I understood the goal of the court was to reach a verdict in the proper way, untainted by considerations of another case years ago, I would certainly try to do the job correctly. I think most of us here would succeed in answering the question being asked today, accurately and reliably.
I’m imagining Mr. Goldman teeing up outside the prison and knocking a bucket of balls over the wall.
In this case, however, he did it in full view, and his defense was basically, “This was my stuff!” :rolleyes:
Besides, he was not given the maximum sentence, and from what I gather, this judge is known for being a hardass.
From millions of dollars, mansions and adoring fans to a prison cell. What a long,long way down.
>…and adoring fans to a prison cell.
Hey, he’s been careful to keep in shape, looking good. I think he will still have his adorers close behind. Plus, they say his knees aren’t in such good shape, which would be a major limitation in - ah - defending himself.
>What a long,long way down.
Yes. Yes, it is.
You can commit a burglary without a weapon.