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I Remember the Oj Simpson Verdict

I did not follow the trial. I assumed he would be found guilty. When the verdict was announced, I was in the Student Union at a major university, watching the TV along with a few hundred college students. When the verdict was read, many of the students cheered. I was unprepared for how angry I was. I am angry to this day.

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Byron8by7 · M

It was a gross miscarriage of justice, but the whole thing was ludicrous in the extreme.

lasergraph · 70-79, M

Our systems always favor the defendant and it was designed that way on purpose, feeling that it is better for one guilty man to go free than for even one innocent my to be punished. Yet innocent men go to prison daily. The burden of proof is on the prosecution, all the defense has to do is create doubt.

Peaches · F

@lasergraph I find that so scary to realize how many innocent people are in prison?!😞

FLami · 31-35, M

Many of those who cheered back then regret it now.. but I guess it was a different time

walabby · 61-69, M

People cheered when Lindy Chamberlain was found guilty, too. I, too, was horrified. She was eventually found to be innocent, and released from prison. I know that this was the opposite situation, but similar inasmuch as to our reaction to popular opinion...

Coralmist · 41-45, F

I was just thirteen when they read it and I had followed it quite a bit...my teacher let us watch in class (verdict)and my class including me went ahhhhh! ...sigh...or gasps In disbelief 😢

Peaches · F

He's out of prison now.

LeopoldBloom · M

I was living in SD at the time and followed the trial closely. Once Fuhrman’s n-word scandal came out, it was over.

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