OJ Simpson-justice at last.

[orgasmo]

Heres hopeing hes finally going to get whats been coming to him for years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7652206.stm

Anyone else remember this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPzX80N-Cz4

[fredzilla]

Yeah, of course. You know what happen. You're the expert. Just another star-expert having some professional opinions

I'm intelligent enough to not judge anyone, because - to be honest - I have no connections whatever to this case. And I'm staying that way.

"Justice - at last" - seems more like republican bullshit from someone who loves death penalty.

[Someone Weird]

Here is when Armando Iannucci met O.J.

You Tube Clip

[Timmy Lea]

Yeah, of course. You know what happen. You're the expert. Just another star-expert having some professional opinions

I'm intelligent enough to not judge anyone, because - to be honest - I have no connections whatever to this case. And I'm staying that way.

"Justice - at last" - seems more like republican bullshit from someone who loves death penalty.

Or maybe just someone who doesn't like to see murderers finagle their way out of their deserved punishment. They let him off because they knew his arrest would have led to race riots in LA, and everyone else knew that too. It's a shame, because he was actually a likeable actor.

And I don't know what drove him to murder- OK, his wife was being unfaithful, but if I killed every woman that had ever cuckolded me I'd be serving at least TWENTY consecutive life sentences!! I think some of us have a cutoff point which makes us able to listen to our inner voice of reason, but on the other hand, there but for the grace of God and all that. I'm just pleased to see him get his just desserts- even if it is for another violent crime, but the fact that he's still committing them all these years later simply reinforces my point.

I too remember the Ianucci clip (hilarious) As for the actual car chase scene, it was shown so often on POLICE STOP and the likes of in the 90s that you could almost quote it verbatim. "The man is a fugitive...." and so forth. Marillion sampled it onto the end of the song GAZPACHO (1995) from AFRAID OF SUNLIGHT, a concept album which deals nicely with the subject of celebrities going tonto.

[tobiaswragg]

LOL just reminded there of a photo in the Mirror of OJ and Michael Winner with a caption which read something like 'One of the world's most hated men...and he's sitting next to OJ Simpson'.

[WilsonBros]

Fredzilla, I am certainly an opponent of the death penalty - and if I were an American citizen, I would NOT be a Republican - but I couldn't help but think this morning as I watched the verdict live that OJ has gotten his just desserts.

Too much about the "trial of the century" (had they forgotten the Neuremberg trials...?) was pretty fishy for OJ to be squeaky clean. Even when he was acquitted, for that one, they didn't bother to make another Naked Gun movie (which everyone wanted to do once OJ had been proven innocent, but decided to scrap when so many people thought that the verdict was dodgy to say the least...).

It'll be interesting to hear how long he goes down for when OJ's sentenced in December.

Kev W

[viva la gore]

I was told that he actually admitted killing his wife after he was found not guilty in a book he had written. Is this true? If so he deserves what he gets IMO even if did'nt do what he has been sentenced for.

[AndyBlade]

which everyone wanted to do once OJ had been proven innocent

At the risk of being a pedant, OJ wasnt proven innocent, he was found not guilty, from a legal point of view the two are very different things.

Simpsons fall from grace over the last 15 years really has been astonishing. From the murders to the police chase (which at times was a REALLY slow chase) to the trial and then from one publicity disaster to another - The Ruby Wax show where she spent a few days in his company watching him randomly lose his temper and use a banana to mimic stabbing someone is available in its entirety on youtube, for example - and now to this latest trial.

I dont know for sure if he committed the murders or not, but like most people, I'm of the opinion that he probably did and was found not guilty because of who he was. I dont believe it was ever going to be possible to find an impartial jury and the prosecution did a terrible job handling the case. The sheer volume of evidence linking him to the scene - including DNA positive evidence, pointed towards him being the only likely suspect. I'm not judging him - I dont know the man or care about him one way or the other, but thats my opinion regardless of whether or not he was a huge star in America.

Viva La Gore - OJs book was called 'If I Did It' (publishing rights passed to Ron Goldmans family after a bankruptcy hearing and it was retitled something like 'My Confessions As A Killer') In the book Simpson wrote about how he would have done the killings 'theoretically' To tie in with the book being released OJ did a TV interview where he ran through how he'd kill his wife and Ron Goldman 'if I'd done it'

[orgasmo]

For me,the Ruby Wax interview proved to me an awful lot.
I mean when she asked him,his eyes were like pinball machines,zooming everywhere but not directly in the eyes as he said he did not do it.
But for me, the clincher was the ending,( that hilarious banana psycho gag.).
To him it was all nothing a big joke.
Nice guy.
Ill leave the death penalty argument for another time.

Oh-it looks like his going to appeal.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...19863#27019863

[WilsonBros]

At the risk of being a pedant, OJ wasnt proven innocent, he was found not guilty...

Pedantic point accepted!

Whether found not guilty or proven innocent, he avoided a life-long spell in chokey.

"If the glove don't fit, you must acquit".

Kev W

[Vaughan]

You know, I was watching a horrible TV show this weekend, and it had a segment on it regarding Robbie Williams, and his fall from grace. Putting aside any comments on his "music", after watching it I said to my wife: "You know, I really can't get worked up about rich people f*cking up their lives." Meaning, when you have the opportunity to essentially have anything you want, to feel comfortable and live with some level of privilege, then don't come calling for sympathy when you mess it up through sheer stupidity. I have a social conscience, I'm a human being with emotions like everyone else, but I draw the line with these people. There are just more worthy people for my concerns. They also had a segment on Amy Whitehouse, and honestly, I wish she'd just die already - the world wouldn't be worse (or better) off - and we wouldn't have endless commentaries trying to tweak our pity when there are people sleeping on the streets more worthy of our attention.

And there's someone like OJ. Good God, what did he want from life? Maybe he wasn't a billionaire, but he sure was doing okay. And he's decided to mess it up. I don't doubt justice failed at the murder trial, but he got off with it, and should have shrunk into obscurity. But nope. He's busy writing books tat read like confessions, and fighting over memorabilia.

In other words - he's a twat. A privileged twat. A twat who was given a second chance. But, you know, he's going to mess up no matter what opportunity presents itself. So I shed no tears, give the finger, and hope don't ever have to think about him again. Because frankly, he's just not worth it, is he?

[drterror666]

Don't get me started about the over-inflated Jordan/Katie Price and henpecked Peter. Or newly over-inflated non-celebrity, Jodie Marsh, for that matter.

[AndyBlade]

OJ given 15 year sentence....

A Las Vegas court has sentenced O.J. Simpson to 15 years in jail after a failed heist.

The former actor and sportsman was arrested in September last year following a botched attempt to recover sports memorabilia from the Palace Station hotel casino. Simpson claimed that the goods belonged to him and he was simply taking them back.

"I did not mean to hurt anyone, I did not mean to steal anything, just my own stuff. I just wanted my personal things back. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt anybody," he said in court.

The prosecution accused Simpson of being the ringleader behind the crime and said the sentence "could have been a lot worse. He's the person who ruined so many lives."

Simpson's accomplice Clarence Stewart also received the same sentence. Both will be up for parole in six years.