Word: simpson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suspect in the roadside slaying of Bill Cosby?s son Ennis came as a surprise to nearly everyone shows that Los Angeles police have finally got their act together, reports TIME?s Sylvester Monroe. ?Because the LAPD has been burned so badly recently, especially on the O.J. Simpson case, they really clamped down on this investigation. Virtually no infor mation leaked from the day the shooting occurred. They followed old-fashioned police techniques, quietly went about their business and it paid off. It looks as if they have cracked this case.? The suspect, whom the Los Angeles TImes reported...
...Simpson is still a hero to many Americans. But I continue to have some questions for him: What was the chase in your Bronco (with the gun, passport and disguise) really about? Also, you spent lots of money to hire some of America's best lawyers to defend you--which you needed to do. You spent lots of money traveling to the Bahamas, Florida and Europe. But why haven't you spent more money to hire America's best private detectives to try to find Ron and Nicole's killer(s)? What are we missing, O.J.? Please be our hero...
Those discontented with the first Simpson trial can rest assured that the damages awarded to the plaintiffs in the second trial, coupled with the expense of an appeal and the hounding by creditors, will cause Simpson to endure a fate far worse than any prison sentence. JOHN K. DAVIS Gallup, New Mexico...
Most people think that Simpson was tried twice for the same crime and that he was found guilty the second time. A more apt name for the second trial would be kangaroo court. It brings to mind John Wayne's line as Marshal Rooster Cogburn, when he tells the bad guy that he'll get a fair trial and a fine hanging. RON FYTEN Pierz, Minnesota...
...that Simpson has won one and lost one, what's next for him? Perhaps another trial. We could make it two out of three. GENE CARTON St. Louis, Missouri...