OJ behind bars
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ASUKIRIK
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Instead of the "OJ Simpson is really the murderer" things that rub a very long in media consciousness.
In 1995-2000's it would be quickly shushed into silence... until 2007-2008 that is, and some people would said OJ was a victim of racism and forced crime profiling.
expect #OJWASINNOCENT tags to go somewhere when there's other Black victin of accussation / police brutality.
I suspect Obama will end up asking a re examination of the OJ Case, and if he end up found really guilty, things would instantly shut up for him.
The true shitstorm will brew after re-examination found OJ was innocent.
In 1995-2000's it would be quickly shushed into silence... until 2007-2008 that is, and some people would said OJ was a victim of racism and forced crime profiling.
expect #OJWASINNOCENT tags to go somewhere when there's other Black victin of accussation / police brutality.
I suspect Obama will end up asking a re examination of the OJ Case, and if he end up found really guilty, things would instantly shut up for him.
The true shitstorm will brew after re-examination found OJ was innocent.
You appear to be Indonesian, so I should explain something about the U.S. justice system: OJ was tried at the state level in California, not federally. The U.S. President has no authority over state justice systems, and couldn't reopen that can of worms if he wanted to. Also, even at the federal level, while the President can issue pardons and commutations, which he sometimes does if evidence comes to light after the fact that clearly indicates someone was innocent or that their crime was less severe than initially thought, he can't order a retrial.
So none of that's happening.
The Kardashians never become a thing (the father, now deceased, was one of Simpson's lawyers). OJ is still in prison and has been denied parole multiple times. There are a few conspiracy theorists floating around claiming OJ was innocent, but by and large the whole thing is looked back upon as a rather bizarre pop culture moment best forgotten because of the absurd levels of media coverage it got and because of the tragedy of two brutal murders committed by a once-beloved public figure. Marcia Clark is now a well-regarded law professor and private defense attorney who has worked on several subsequent high profile cases. She is regarded as the expert on trying cases with high levels of publicity,
SsgtC
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Can't happen. Governor's do not have that authority. The Judiciary and Executive branches at all levels of Government are very clearly separated. He can ask for it to be reinvestigated, but the results will have no bearing at all on the case. And that's assuming anyone even does look into it
I don't think O.J. would be eligible for parole given that he was prosecuted for First degree murder. If he had been found Guilty he would likely have gotten Life without Parole.
If he were found guilty, the DNA evidence would be OJ's proverbial nail-in-the-coffin. The expert witness made a humongous blunder by stating that the DNA match was 1-in-a-million instead of around 1-in-a-billion. Using this blunder, Cochran argued that there were 4 other possible killers in Los Angeles (with around 4 million people), instead of just him.
I agree with O.J. never getting parole but it would be due to the facts that there was proof O.J. likely had every intention to murder Nicole for a good length of time prior to the murders (Which would likely make it become First degree Murder with special circumstances under the California Penal Code) even though Ron Goldman just unfortunately ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time when Nicole was murdered. O.J. ITTL if he was found guilty would have lived out the rest of his days doing Hard Time (For the rest of his life) in either Corcoran or Pelican Bay.
Even if the Jury found O.J. guilty of First Degree Murder but decided against special circumstances any legal expert familiar with the California Penal Code out there would think that it would take an "Act of god" for O.J. to just get 25 Years to Life although he would just likely get rejected for parole every time from the moment he would become eligible for parole in 2019 ITTL in the event that actually happened.
If O.J. was actually convicted of the Murders it would have been immediately gotten appealed (Everyone would have anticipated it) which would have first went through the Second district of the California Courts of Appeal afterwards in the event the conviction is upheld could end up at the California Supreme Court (If they choose to hear the case) where if the conviction is still upheld the appeals would be exhausted at this point afterwards if O.J. by that point still wanted to fight it could attempt to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Federal Court like former boxer Rubin Carter did in the 1980's although while Carter's attempt did actually succeed (Writ in that case was granted by November 1985 when Carter was freed without bail from prison and the triple Murder charges against Carter we're dropped around the end of February in 1988) O.J.'s attempt would likely fail (Would have run out of money from Legal Fees while the appeals we're going though the state appellate courts and a through review of the matter would have found no evidence that would have found him to ever be innocent of the murders at all). The most that O.J. could have successfully gotten if it was possible would have been a new trial (But he would have likely convicted in that retrial anyway).
Other than that O.J. would have been likely shit out of luck and still be in prison to this day ITTL if he was actually convicted of the murders. And no re-examination that is ordered by either Obama or every Governor of California to this day could have likely found any evidence that finds O.J. to be innocent.
Not necessarily it would still happen although it would likely happen after something major involving the department happens (It would be inevitable anyway).
True, but this is what got him countywide recognition. Without it he'd just be a local lawyer dealing with Aunt Patty's dog biting a neighbor and car crashes...