The Aftermath Of The O.J. Simpson Verdict
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Posted: 3:42 PM Oct 6, 2008
The Aftermath Of The O.J. Simpson Verdict
Thirteen years to the day after O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, he was found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery in a Las Vegas courtroom.
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Thirteen years to the day after O.J. Simpson was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, he was found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery in a Las Vegas courtroom.

The verdict could put Simpson behind bars for the rest of his life.

And the contrast between the two trials could not have been more different.

"We just listened to tapes with a fresh set of ears", one juror said.

Seven out of 12 jurors who convicted O.J. Simpson spoke up Sunday. Simpson's attorneys say questions about those jurors are some of the reasons they'll appeal.

"Count 1. Guilty." "Guilty." "Guilty."
Just a few cameras on a Friday night, as O.J. Simpson heard his fate on kidnapping and robbery charges. Guilty on all counts.

Handcuffed and taken to a 7 by 14 foot cell, Simpson's conviction came 13 years to the day of his famous acquittal.
"We find the defendant Orenthal James Simpson not guilty."
Where he was cleared of killing his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman in a verdict that divided the country along racial lines.

Afterwards, Simpson became both a pariah, and a media fascination, with his life on the golf course and his book titled "If I Did It" -- termed a fictional account -- in which he alleged Nicole Simpson had provoked her own murder by flaunting her affairs.

But it was this trip to a Las Vegas hotel that would eventually land Simpson behind bars. "Don't let nobody out of this room. (Inaudible) (Censored by network). Think you can steal my (censored by network) and sell it?"

Prosecutors say Simpson and his associates held two sports memorabilia agents at gunpoint, and the jury agreed.

"I don't think he absolutely had a jury of his peers. There were no minorities on the jury - no African Americans on the jury", said Simpson's attorney Yale Galanter.

Jurors say the witness accounts weren't reliable.

But without the recordings, Simpson might be free.



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