Was OJ Guilty?

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GasX

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Originally posted by: 6000SUX
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: 6000SUX
Originally posted by: Kanalua
OJ is not guilty of killing his wife or her boyfriend.

You're retarded and a racist if you believe that.

well i think you might want to rethink that.

he is not guilty of killing his wife and her boyfrien that is fact and really can't be denied.

Sure it can. Just because he was acquitted by a jury doesn't change reality. Just because words have a certain meaning in a specific legal context doesn't mean that their meaning changes in general, either. When a defendant is declared "not guilty" in a court of law, he or she can of course still be guilty of committing the crime in reality.

Why would I need to rethink that?
Because use of a term with a built in double entendre is just asking for mixed results in such a poll. OJ was found to be NOT GUILTY of murder. Therefore he is NOT GUILTY of murder. This is simple logic applied to the legal usage of a phrase. Conversely, anyone looking at all of the evidence SHOULD come to the conclusion that OJ was GUILTY as hell. This is a focus purely on whether or not he murdered those two people. both are fair answers to the OP's question.

If the OP was specifically referring to the moral usage of the expression, "Not Guilty" he should have been specific. Since he was not, this poll will be tainted by more than the usual numbskulls who vote to be contrarian for the sake of it.
 

Lorax

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I had a coworker who was studying forensics in california at the time. he firmly believes that OJ did not do it, but rather, his son did.

he (the coworker) was a smart guy, and I don't remember his exact reasoning, but he seemed pretty convinced.