Ever since his death was announced, our radio and TV Stations,
are putting out programmes about his history, they keep showing
the police following his car along the highway, they are interviewing,
people, like the pilot of the first helicopter who reported the sorry
tale of his ex-wife brutal murder and of her friend.
I thought that it was a waste of time when it all was happening, but
even more so now, it is ancient history.
Am I wrong to think this?
Mike.
It is for the younger viewers who were not alive during the "Trial of the Century", and for ratings. That is the primary reason - ratings.
Plus, it was a significant case in terms of showing how domestic violence is ignored by too many police, and how DV experts always say the most dangerous times for a DV victim is not when she/he is with the perpetrator, but after they leave.
It was also a significant case because it showed how a police force and prosecutors can really botch a case. What I mean by the prosecution is in jury selection. What I mean by how the LAPD screwed up is in their EXTREME BIAS in favor of the man in this case. I never heard of any police actually becoming an advocate for Nicole after any of the beatings. I don't know if the LAPD even had a DV Unit in 1994.
Re: jury selection - Who really are a wealthy Black man's peers? All Black people, even those living on less than $20,000 a year? Or are his peers actually other millionaires no matter what their skin shade is?
Keep in mind that the unsolved murder rate in California is about 45% overall.
I have long thought that the O.J. case was the template in CA of how criminals can get away with murder - and they have. They keep imitating O.J. and they succeed.
O.J. was very clever in that they never found the clothes he was wearing the night he killed, and they also never found the knife. The city of L.A. is enormous with 100,000+ unlocked dumpsters behind stores of all kinds. Plus, back in 1994, there was not video surveillance on every store parking lot as there is now. So he probably threw those items in the trash behind a gas station or 7-11, never to be discovered.
This is why I despise the man. His case was a template for successful murders. And I ask the Universe, is that really the point of a vigorous and zealous defense? To teach others how to get away with murder? Is that the goal of the LAW? I wish some brave reporter had had the guts to ask any of the Dream Team,
"Is this why you became a lawyer? To teach others how to get away with murder?" But you don't want to ask a lawyer that. They will sue you.
