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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Oh Lord - I just cannot resist -- OJ owes the state and the public nothing. The state did not convict him in a criminal proceeding. Like it or not, he is innocent in the eyes of the law. Whether people believe differently is irrelevant from a legal point of view. If one does not like that, then change the US Constitution's sanctioning of double jeopardy.
He was, however, found responsible in a civil court, which has different standard of proof and different penalties from criminal court. That finding of liability resulted in a monetary award to the aggrieved parties.
The two are wholly mutually exclusive.
As for the we the public paying off the civil judgment - don't but the book no matter the publisher - that is the only power of this that an unrelated individual has  I will not buy this book. |
Exactly my point. He was found responsible in civil court. But this book deal is allowing the public, not OJ, to pay for his jugement.