Friday, November 6, 2015
OJ Simpson or Furhman case?
The OJ case clearly aroused speculation across the United States with the mass media coverage and the complexity of a somewhat simple case that clearly showed the defendant's evidence all over the crime scene and his house. However, I still question why Furhman worked with the case and discovered the glove, and when asked about using the word nigger or tampering with the case, he excersized his fifth amendment right on the stand and chose not to speak about it. I feel that Furhman caused the trial to swing in favor of the defendant because of his racist background and history with inter-racial couples. Furhman's evidence should have been dismissed by the prosecution to disclude Furhman from the witness stand. The case became more about Furhman and his mal-practices/racist comments and less focused on OJ and the solid evidence that was collected from the crime scene, which swayed the case in OJ's favor. The jury was also poorly selected, with larger minorities, which were more likely to hate the LAPD because of the history of violence especially in the inner city. The case was less focused on OJ and more on the prosecutions team and collection of evidence. The civil lawsuit was focused on OJ which left him negligable and guilty, which is how the criminal trial should have been tried. The judge made a huge mistake in allowing the defense to focus less on the case and more of the emotions and errors of people that were barely relevant to the defendant and the crime itself.
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