The big mistake in the OJ trial was the decision by Gil Garcetti, the DA, to appoint Marcia Clark as the lead prosecutor. For all her talents and abilities as Garcetti's top ADA, she was simply not cut out to argue that case in front of that jury. The snide comments she made - especially the caustic remarks directed toward F. Lee Bailey - did not sit well with jurors. As it became increasingly obvious that she was losing the case, her mocking derision became even more damaging to the prosecution. This, combined with the testimony/perjury of detective Mark Furhmann, virtually guaranteed OJ would walk.

Mr. Garcetti should have chosen a lead prosecutor who would have come across as being pained at having to try a role model - a defendant truly loved, admired and respected not just by members of the jury but by people all over the country. To neutralize OJ's defense team, the prosecutor would have showered Mr. Cochran and Mr. Bailey with praise as the truly great lawyers and advocates that they are - and how much he respects their skills and abilities. (Ms. Clark derisively comparing the size of a glove to a part of F. Lee Bailey's anatomy didn't score points with the jury.) To win over the jury, a good prosecutor would have empathized with the jurors and acknowledged how difficult their task was ... He (or she) would have made it clear that he understands how hard this is for members of the jury.

Ms. Clark went in to the trial thinking she already had OJ convicted and her "victory" would propel her into legal superstardom - she was on her way to becoming another Leslie Abrahamson or Gloria Allred. Instead, she blew the biggest case of her life. The real fault though is with Gil Garcetti - he simply should not have selected Ms. Clark to prosecute the case - although it's fairly easy to figure out why he did.

20 years later and we're talking about the OJ trial just 2 days after Hernandez was found guilty.

Hernandez definitely #1 overall in future athlete criminal drafts.

lol Ricardo Tanner

+1

OJ's defence team proved the cops planted evidence. Once they proved the cops were willing to lie on the stand. And the detective that was accused by the defence of planting evidence and lying on the stand, took the 5th when asked if he planted evidence. OJ was free to go. As guilty as he is/was. The correct verdict was made by the jury.

It was the trial Johnny C had been preparing for his entire life. He finally had a client with enough money to prove the cops were planting evidence.

Props to whomever bumped the Criminal draft thread so I could go back and read it:

From 2015:


(emphasis yours)

Which I was pretty clearly talking about back then.

From 2013:

(emphasis mine)

Your fixation with this one is beyond creepy. Just ask nicely and PM me your address and I'll ship you a glossy 8x10 to add to what I imagine is an already impressive shrine.

Man, reading back over the first few pages of this thread is pretty great. Highlights from the first 450 posts or so:

Vagos set's a line:

Oops

A win for the wrong reasons is still a win.

Riverman killing it

Close enough:


After it comes out he was driving the car and 4 left the club, 3 came back home:
FW gives our thread it's title in response to LL:
Oh Eddy, buddy:
Pay out Vagos lol!

Riverman correctly predicts the defense strategy two years in advance:

Poor Pats fan:

After the verdict I did the same thing, read about 500 posts. Pretty amazing how we want to give the benefit of the doubt. It went from, of course not, to nobody is that stupid, to one of his friends, to holy ****.

Damn, we were so close to the Riverman curse if his lawyer didn't volunteer him up at the scene of the crime.

I'm shocked that an actual lawyer ended up posting better itt than people who watch Law & Order.

Read article by the Sheriff saying Hernandez was a master manipulator in jail and will be running ****.

AHern indicted today for that other guy he shot in the face and left for dead (but didn't actually die).

Something just doesn't seem right about being charged with intimidating a witness by shooting him in the face. Reminiscent of Al Capone and tax evasion.

Hernandez involved in a gang-related fight according to CNN.

He's going to thrive in prison. He probably loves it.

dont worry, he wasn't actually fighting, he was just a lookout

But they found Bubbliscious near the fight scene.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...ifetime-tattoo

Time of his life.

His transition period seems to have gone well.

Why on earth would jails let people get tattoos

I don't believe they let them as it is illegal, they just get done.

He should wear the little Adebisi hat in court as well

What do jails do when a prisoner like AH is obviously loving life and having too much damn fun?

Same reason they let them assault other convicts, let people bring in contraband, let them escape, etc.

according to some guy on CNN these shenanigans (he already also got in trouble for looking out while another guy beat the **** out of someone), he is likely to land in solitary and go legit crazy

How many teardrops though

O/U before he's involved in another homicide as victim or perp?

2.5 years seems about right.

This is really going to backfire on him once his appeal is granted and he becomes a free man, as I've heard Ernst & Young have a very strict "no visible prison tats" hiring policy.