WI: OJ Simpson Convicted of Murders and Sentenced to Death Row

Greenville

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What if at the end of his trial OJ Simpson had been convicted of two counts of murder and the sentencing of capital punishment hadn't been removed like OTL? The judge does sentence Simpson to death row.
 
It'd be the 1992 riots all over again. The trial and its coverage brought to light the sharp racial tensions that were alive and well in America long after the Civil Rights Act had passed.
 

Loghain

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It'd be the 1992 riots all over again. The trial and its coverage brought to light the sharp racial tensions that were alive and well in America long after the Civil Rights Act had passed.

They wont convince him without decisive proof due to the celebrity status, your objection isnt exactly valid with respect to that
 
On second thought, if that would butterfly away the rise of the Cardashians, I'm all for it.
Nah already robert offered the gears were in motion, we need the murder never happen or simpson kill himself with nicole to avoid those girls...
 
Could he have gotten the death penalty for this crime? I'm not a expect on American laws, but don't you have to mix murder with another crime to get the death penalty.
 

Greenville

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Simpson will probably be sitting on death row until present day because California doesn't execute almost anyone unlike Texas or Arkansas. All of his appellate trials would fail as well, which there probably would be many of.

There could be rioting through the United States, not just Los Angeles even though Simpson absolutely is the killer. No matter which race, both sides knew so little about the evidence presented and let television pundits explain it to them both would've been heavily uninformed in making an opinion.
 
Could he have gotten the death penalty for this crime? I'm not a expect on American laws, but don't you have to mix murder with another crime to get the death penalty.

Depends about states but I think that murder is enough to death penalty in most of states. But California is anyway very slow on commiting of executions.
 
Depends about states but I think that murder is enough to death penalty in most of states. But California is anyway very slow on commiting of executions.

You need special circumstances. Two victims might qualify, but I don't know the specifics of California law.
 
You need special circumstances. Two victims might qualify, but I don't know the specifics of California law.
Specifics of California law on the death penalty for murder (from Wikipedia):

first-degree murder with special circumstances[37]
 
It'd be the 1992 riots all over again. The trial and its coverage brought to light the sharp racial tensions that were alive and well in America long after the Civil Rights Act had passed.

Presumptuous and lazy answer.

Those riots had as much to with Latasha Harlins and Black/Korean tensions as it had to do with the LAPD & Rodney King. Contrary to recent reports, riots do not just spontaneously combust out of thin air whenever black people get disappointed.

Even if they had convicted O.J by moving the trial out of the city and assembling the whitest jury in the history of white juries, nobody's fucking rioting for O.J. Nobody's picking a trash can and hurling it through an Italian-American pizzeria window because they're pissed off the celebrity media circus trial didn't go their way.

Mike Tyson and Tupac Shakur were both locked up around the same time on what the Black Community widely assumed were trumped-up charges. No riots. Gasp.

At worst, "Free O.J" would be a thing alongside "Free Mumia". Lots of people still hate Schwarzenegger for letting Tookie get executed btw.

It's real spooky like a real trife movie
Remember the part when Terminator killed Tookie
- MF DOOM, "Absolutely"
 
I mean, the jury had a Black Panther on it. I don't think that's going to happen.

If this is true, this would make a guilty veredict outright ASBs and so would this thread.

A Black Panther is never going to convict Simpson, even if he outrights admit doing it.

You would need to literally mind control him.
 

Loghain

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If this is true, this would make a guilty veredict outright ASBs and so would this thread.

A Black Panther is never going to convict Simpson, even if he outrights admit doing it.

You would need to literally mind control him.

Wait so you are calling Black Panthers racists ?
 
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