OJ Simpson Jury: We Stuck To The Law
The latest jury members to find themselves in the life of OJ Simpson declared that they were not tainted by memories of that travesty of a verdict in 1995, nor are they a bunch of racists:
The jurors all denied they wanted to punish Simpson for past wrongs. One panelist, Dora Pettit, said she prayed for him before and after the case."I think he's an ordinary man that made a bad decision," she said. "I prayed for him and Stewart and the attorneys. I don't have any ill feelings, and if they walked out tomorrow, so be it."
Simpson, 61, was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles. He was later found liable for the deaths in a civil case. He had claimed in the robbery case that he was trying to reclaim mementos stolen from him.
The jury also reacted to complaints by Simpson's lawyers that there were no blacks on the panel; both defendants are black. One juror identified herself in a court questionnaire as Hispanic.
"We've been painted as an all-white jury who hates O.J., and that's just not true," Pettit said.
It seems the prosecution wasted their time bringing in those other witnesses/accomplices, and that the police need new transcribers:
The jury listened repeatedly to recordings made by collectibles dealer Thomas Riccio _ the host of the hotel confrontation, who was granted immunity _ and felt they heard things that had not been fully transcribed by police, juror Michelle Lyons said.But jurors could not trust the credibility of witnesses who were given plea deals, Lyons said. "We felt we could not rely on that witness testimony," she said.
And without those famous recordings, OJ just might have walked free:
Seven panelists who attended an extraordinary news conference Sunday concluded that without the recordings the prosecution might not have won convictions. Continued on the next pagePage 1 2
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