WI: OJ Simpson Commits Suicide Before Trial

[redlightning]

What if during the chase in his Ford Bronco, OJ Simpson does end up committing suicide before he is able to be apprehended by the Los Angeles police?

 

[Lost Freeway]

The LAPD gets tons of hate for driving him to the point of suicide. OJ becomes a martyr.

 

[Zheng He]

The LAPD gets tons of hate for driving him to the point of suicide. OJ becomes a martyr.

I tend to agree with that...

 

[Knoxville Jim]

What if he did it in the Kardashian home?

 

[arrowiv]

Then we would have no trial, tv mini-series, books, and the lawyers involved would still be nobodies today, especially since the case first established people like Marcia Clark, Darden, and on tv, Greta van Susteren and Nancy Grace.

 

[Deleted member 2186]

The LAPD gets tons of hate for driving him to the point of suicide. OJ becomes a martyr.

How does a murder become a martyr, he killed two people.

 

[Dunbar]

How does a murder become a martyr, he killed two people.

Man, people loved OJ. And they still loved him despite the accusations. The thought among many would be that he was framed.

 

[redlightning]

How does the case go? Is there a post-mortem conviction in their reports?

 

[Twin City Lines]

How does the case go? Is there a post-mortem conviction in their reports?

Generally, if the defendant dies, there is no longer a case and therefore no trial. Posthumous convictions do not exist in the United States. (I'm not sure about other countries.)

At the time, a lot of people believed he was innocent. (I wasn't one of them, but I did predict he'd get off.) Ironically, even though he was found not guilty, the trial is what finally convinced most people he actually was guilty.

So, you'd probably still have a significant "conspiracy theory" community claiming OJ was set up and the "real killers" are out there somewhere.