What did you think when OJ Simpson was accused of murdering his wife?

Infamous OJ Simpson trial - OJ Simpson
United States
January 14, 2008 9:21am CST
I watched the whole thing from the chase of the white SUV to the end when the jury said he was not guilty. I don't think I ever got into anything the way I did that whole story. Never being into football the fact that he was a famous football player had nothing to do with the way I felt about it or my curiosity. At one point when he was in jail during the trial I even wrote to him and received a hand written reply back. After reading everything I could on all the circumstances I was convinced that he didn't do it and was set up. A lot of people got and still get mad at me for feeling the way I do but I stick by my thoughts that he was innocent. What did you think about the whole thing? Do you think OJ killed his wife and Ron Goldman? My question is why would he have killed Goldman?
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11 responses
@raychill (6525)
• United States
14 Jan 08
You're not in my writing class at school now are you? We have a persuasive paper to write for our final project and we have to take a well known case and defend our viewpoint on it. OJ is one of our case choices. and I refuse to do that one. I was in like 7th grade or maybe 8th grade when this all went down. I remember watching the trial on TV and you know what...it's not my life. I didn't care then and I don't care now.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
lol...no I'm not in your class! A lot of people feel the same way you do and don't care especially now that it's over and done with. I do think that people are hoping he will get in trouble for something else just to pay for the murders.
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
15 Jan 08
Ha ha. Yeah well there was that Vegas Robbery incident not too long ago that I don't know what came of that. When the verdict was given I remember we were in English class and my teacher had borrowed a TV to watch the trial on TV. I remember that the verdict was Not guilty and all these students in my class were all mad (mind you I was in 7th or 8th grade or something) and I was just like "okay whatever". and I remember this guy I had once had a crush on asking me if I was mad about the verdict and I said "no" and he was like "why not? You think he was innocent" and I was like "well the verdict was not guilty and I think if that's the verdict given than that's what I think is the true verdict". Now, even then I knew that the verdicts aren't always right. They have let guilty people free and incriminated innocent people... but I wasn't on that jury and I didn't think it was my place to make a decision in the matter.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
I am a football fan but I never saw O.J. play, I am a little too young. I didn't follow the trial but somehow I was home to see the verdict and I was happy. Why? I thought of it as pay back for Rodney King.I never thought O.J. did it himself. But I could see him paying someone to do it.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
I like your theory better than mine.The sad part is we will never know.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
I believe he was set up and didn't pay anyone to do it. Since there were so many people who didn't like him for so many reasons there could have been any number of people who would have loved to see him put away.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
14 Jan 08
I think that 90% of the people in the country were caught up in all the drama surrounding the OJ incident, ctry. I did what I usually try to do in questionable circumstances-weighed all the evidence. I have never believed that he did it, and I also think there was much more to the case than we will ever know. He evidently was disliked by many people-for whatever reasons-and that is no reason to take away a man's livelihood. It was eye-opening to watch as people he had considered to be friends turned on him, one by one. I'll always believe he was set up, and, for some reason, could not come out with the truth. There were so many holes in the case that it looked like Swiss cheese by the end. I followed his career to some extent while he was a football player, sports announcer, and later, an actor. Many people accused him of being arrogant. That is possibly true, but it's not a crime. There was also a lot of dislike for him in the black community for marrying out of his race. As I pointed out to many people, he wasn't the first, and he won't be the last to do that.
• United States
15 Jan 08
Are we cut from the same cloth or what? lol. Everything you say is true. People were against him for so many other things but mostly his arrogance and marrying out of his race. I too believe that he was set up and the real murderer or murderers have gotten away with it just like people feel he got away with it.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
15 Jan 08
I wish I could agree with you but I don't. He's an abuser. Once an abuser, in most cases, always an abuser. He kille Ron Goldman because he was a witness and or maybe jelousy because he happened to be there at the time he went to see his exwife. I'll always believe he killed her and got away with murder.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
I don't know why just because he was an abuser he also has to be tagged a killer. I know it happens but give me a break! He still loved Nicole and I don't think he could have done that to her.
@chrislotz (8136)
• Canada
25 Jan 08
I believe OJ Simpson got away with murder. I think he killed them both out of rage and jealousy. To me, everthing in his trial added up to him being the murderer. Besides that, who else could have it been. After all these years if it was someone else, they would have been caught by now. Almost always the truth comes out a some point. The ones I feel sorry for is his two kids. What they must think. I bet they are known by so many people they see and deal with everyday. No privacy, I;m sure.
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• United States
25 Jan 08
The kids are always the ones who pay the biggest price in this situation. They lost their mother and look what happened to their father. It's such a horrible thing to have to live with.
@lightningd (1039)
• United States
14 Jan 08
Honnestly, I don't think he did it. I didn't understand the whole car chase thing, but stuff just didn't add up to me. What I found interesting is that some people I know that were sure he was guilty were also sure that Scott Peterson was innocent. Funny how some people view things one way, and some another. The thing that bothers me most is that Nicole and Goldman's families were able to win in civil court when he was found innocent in the trial. That in itself is wrong to me. If you are found innocent, how can they come back and say, "well, you're going to pay for it anyway."
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• United States
15 Jan 08
That's the way our judicial system works and it's wrong isn't it? I believe he ran from the cops because he knew he would be a suspect because of their rocky marriage. They always turn to the husband first.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
15 Jan 08
all i know anyone is innocent until proven guilty by the jury..im not so familiar with the case im very far..i mean my location..although had heared about it but just the news ..
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
14 Jan 08
I started watching the chase and just could not stand the excitement, I fell asleep. I don't know if he did it, we will never know. I just get turned off by all of the celebrity excitement that the news media tries to generate. I don't pay attention to any of it.
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• United States
15 Jan 08
I never get into all of that media stuff and can't even say why I got into this as much as I did.... but I did and it's something that I can't forget. Since this happened I haven't paid attention to any of the other celebrity stuff that goes on....Brittany who? lol
@slickcut (8140)
• United States
14 Jan 08
My honest opinion is yes he is guilty as sin ,he killed his wife and Goldman, the reason he killed Goldman is because he was there when he killed his wife.i do not think he set out to kill Goldman ,but after he was there at the house he had no choice....I do not know if OJ did it himself or had it done but my gut feeling is "He Did IT""" either way he's guilty..He is an abusive man to all of his women,he has always been abusive...He was even abusive to all his girl friends before his marriage and after...His latest girl friend left him because he was abusive...The only thing that got that man off was he had money to hire that "Dream Team" and they were able to get him off, ONLY because the police made a few mistakes, which was unfortunate, but it worked in his favor....Ron Goldman had come to OJ's home to bring his wife her glasses back that she left at the place she was eating dinner..He will pay one of these days for his dirty deeds, you can bet on that.he lost a lot anyway, he is not liked and not popular as he once was...
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• United States
15 Jan 08
I just think that he could have waited for Goldman to leave before killing Nicole. Why would he bother killing him? It would just keep him there longer than if he just killed one of them.
@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
15 Jan 08
I was quite confident that he did the deed, considering the facts and details, without being partial. It was all a case of getting away with it. And we all know how the story ended up being...
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
4 May 08
Whether it was a set up or not, regardless of what ppl may think he did or didn't do, the fact remains that he stood trial and was found not guilty. Instead of accepting that verdict and moving on with their lives, ppl have constantly labeled him as a murderer and his late wife's family still sues him for every little thing he has...just recently I saw where her dad sued him for his watch. Like that is going to ease their suffering. There is alot to be said for letting God judge. I'm with you on this one...I feel for the guy...some ppl are like dogs with bones. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~