Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perfect world, not a single word would be uttered about O.J. Simpson ever again. No matter how wrong the verdict was, I would be perfectly content to have him sail off into the sunset and not have to think about him anymore. At best, he is a very lucky man, and at worst, he is a disgusting murderer. If all went well, he would realize that the majority of Americans will always see him as both, and he would retreat into permanent seclusion to enjoy his precious freedom...
...VERDICT HAS COME DOWN, AND A man I think is a murderer has been found not guilty. The lawyers representing him were able to switch the focus of the trial away from the deaths of the two victims and somehow turn it toward the disparity between whites and blacks in the U.S. But O.J. Simpson is not by any stretch of the imagination a representative of the African-American people. He did nothing for them when he was at the peak of his career or at any time afterward. There used to be a very effective remedy for those...
...LIVE IN HOLLAND, WHERE ONE JUDGE rules whether someone is guilty or not guilty. In the U.S., a jury of 12 decides the verdict. I thought the American way was much fairer until I heard the O.J. Simpson verdict. I have learned from this case that because Simpson was rich, he could buy his defense. The American system of law is not all that fair. KOEN BAART, Barneveld, the Netherlands...
...ATTORNEYS IN SWEDEN WHO FOLlowed the Simpson trial concluded that 50% of the mass of evidence presented would have been sufficient for a guilty verdict if the trial had taken place in Sweden. In contrast, the jury's ridiculously short deliberation was a travesty of justice and a complete disservice to the community. African Americans and women would be the chief beneficiaries of a more just society guided by responsibility, which this jury sadly renounced. THOMAS MARK, Stockholm
...WOMAN AND A FEMINIST, I WAS OUTraged to read of nothing but racial issues in articles about the verdict. Before the trial, O.J. Simpson was never much of an advocate for African Americans. Everyone involved in this fiasco did his best to confuse the real issue of domestic violence, the reason Simpson was brought to court the first time. It is obvious that our society still considers domestic violence a private matter rather than an important human-rights issue. KATE SULLIVAN, Plainfield, Vermont...