A grand Jury in Las Vegas found O.J. Simpson guilty of all counts; ranging from arm robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy of all kinds. But the most amazing is that the trial ended on the anniversary of the 1995 trial that found him "not guilty" of the death of his former wife and her boy-friend. The deliberation of jury also ended 13 hours later just as in the 1995. All Superstitions aside, did the courts design this trial to be fall into exactly the anniversary of the 1995 trial, thus, rendering Mr. Simpson guilty of all counts from the beginning of the trial?
Judge Glass vs. Yale Galanter
Those who watched this trial would agree with me that Mr. Simpson's lawyer of many years, Yale Galanter, did a marvelous job in fighting for the life of his client. Mr. Galanter is the kind of lawyer that is not afraid of challenging the state (judge) when it comes to inconsistencies in the application of certain lawyers inside the court room. He raised his voice when he felt that something is not right; when objecting the DA's remarks or when he stressed a point to the States witnesses. A classic example of how Galanter handled the issue was when he did his cross-examination of one of the alleged gunmen. He walked straight up to his face and when the witnessed demanded he moved away from him, he said that he was going to stand right beside him jas as the state prosecutors did . There were instances when the Judge reprimanded Mr. Galanter in the strongest terms and told him to sit down.
But Mr. Galanters impressive performance came from cross-examining the state witnesses. He plucked their nerves, tore down their confidence, and exposed their inconsistencies, lies. But even his good performance in court, his grueling examination of witnesses, he failed to save the life of his client.
The Jury
After the trial I watched the Jury being questioned of by journalists who were mostly Lawyers over the technicality, the legality, and the public perception of how they performed during the deliberation. Astoundingly, all of them said they weren't think of the 1995 trail that set O.J.Simpson's free in a crime scene many believed he created. Unless they were thinking in a vacuum, and unless they weren't American in 2005, the issue or the 1995 would be have been impossible to penetrate their mind frames.
One of the jurors got the microphone and spoke, with the endorsement of her fellow Jurors, about the importance of our the audio tapes. They said that they convicted Simpson because of the tapes. But it is absolutely impossible to imagine that the tapes that lacked a single mention of "guns" or "arms" helped convicted Simpson. Even if he sound as the commander in the room on the night of the event, it is quite impossible to fathom the fact that those who claimed to have guns walked free on the grace/ mercy of the state.
Not to mention the architect of the robbery in Las Vegas, Mr. Tom Riccio. He made at least $220,000 from sales of the audio tapes he recorded in the hotel room that night. He flipped many many times in telling history. The next day he told people that he didn't see a gun, then changed his mind and said that there was probably a gun in the room.
But the most compelling statement he made was that "Simpson" obviously didn't know there were guns in the room and went on to blame the others from orchastrated the tension. Mr. Riccio is currently being sued by Mr. Beardsley who believed that the whole crisis was set up by Mr. Riccio to make money.
However, the arguments will go on and on, but the audio tape that recorded the Police officers who discussed the issue sealed the fate of Simpson. In this audio, the Police Officers said to each other "Will get him!"
To be continued....
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