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Thread #96518 Message #1889358
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Nov-06 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Boycott advertisers, FOX TV & O.J.
Subject: RE: BS: Boycott advertisers, FOX TV & O.J.
A lot of people here are riding their own speculative horse. The man was aquitted of criminal charges in as fair a trial as he could get, one witnessed on television by many millions.
Relatives of the victims have no interest in justice; only in making money from the only available target. If he could have gone ahead with the book, they would have been the first to holler for the money.
What damning evidence was kept from the jury?
"Nutjob" or not, if the market is there for their writings, they should be able to publish. After the hysteria dies down, I expect to see the book published.
Leeneia, a possible verdict in Scotland is "not proven." A couple of attorneys I know came away from following the trial with the suggestion that that verdict would have been likely if allowed in the States. Sounds like you fall into that group, which is understandable. In the United States, guilty, not guilty, or a hung jury are possible outcomes; the last, of course, leading either to a retrial or dropping of the charges.