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Originally Posted by percy
Even if they were innocent?
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OJ was not found innocent. He was found not-guilty. It's an important distinction. Not-guilty means "the prosecution failed to prove that you did it." It does NOT mean "you absolutely 100% did not do it."
The prosecuting team in the first OJ trial was legendary in its stupidity. In the first place, they took too damn long, going over and over and over facts again and again. That is a surefire way to piss off a jury and make them seriously question your intelligence.
Then, they pulled the glove stunt - let's have him try on this leather glove. As a prosecutor, you NEVER have a defendant do a demonstration if you do not know 100% how it's going to turn out. Not only did they not know if it would fit, but they let him put a rubber glove on first, which added another (high friction) layer to make it even harder for the damn thing to fit.
OJ got off not because he was innocent (because he almost certainly wasn't) but because Marcia Clark and Chris Darden didn't know what the hell they were doing. This explains why she is an occasional correspondent for the hard hitting and intellectually stimulating Entertainment Tonight, while Darden has started his own defense law firm. I can only guess that he acts as the prosecutor when he really wants to get his clients off
