Friday, November 18, 2005
wife killers and child molesters gotta stick together
OJ Simpson whines about the criminal/civil justice system being unfair on the occassion of Robert Blake's being found responsible for the death of his own wife.
Simpson says someone ought to challenge the civil justice system itself before the Supreme Court. For all the time Simpson spent in the justice system, he sure doesn't understand it very well.
I'm not saying our system of justice is perfect. Far from it. It's a racist, classist system that penalizes some people while rewarding others. One of the reasons wronged parties can sue on the civil justice side is because criminals are being unfairly rewarded on the criminal justice end.
Had Simpson (and to a much lesser degree Blake) not been able to afford the crack legal team he hired in his criminal trial, he very likely would have ended up in prison, regardless of the merits of the prosecution's case. And racist cop Mark Fuhrman notwithstanding, it was actually a very solid case.
Still, Simpson's paranoia is almost laughable:
That's right, Orenthal, it's one big conspiracy to kill celebrities' wives and win large settlements in an elaborate, Rube Goldbergian scheme. That conspiracy theory might actually have a shred of credibility if Blake weren't white.
This part really got me, though:
Does that mean that Simpson would ever let Jackson around his own kids? Makes me shudder. Next thing you know, Simpson will be announcing he told Kobe the same thing. That old boys club (or whatever in Jackson's case) is just creepy and strange.
Kind of makes you wonder how that search for "the real killers" is going now that Simpson is comfortably retired in Florida.
Simpson says someone ought to challenge the civil justice system itself before the Supreme Court. For all the time Simpson spent in the justice system, he sure doesn't understand it very well.
I'm not saying our system of justice is perfect. Far from it. It's a racist, classist system that penalizes some people while rewarding others. One of the reasons wronged parties can sue on the civil justice side is because criminals are being unfairly rewarded on the criminal justice end.
Had Simpson (and to a much lesser degree Blake) not been able to afford the crack legal team he hired in his criminal trial, he very likely would have ended up in prison, regardless of the merits of the prosecution's case. And racist cop Mark Fuhrman notwithstanding, it was actually a very solid case.
Still, Simpson's paranoia is almost laughable:
Simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, then was sued in civil court where a jury found him liable for their deaths and awarded damages of $33.5 million. In Blake's case, the jury awarded $30 million, a figure Simpson said was suspiciously similar.
"It was too coincidental," he said.
That's right, Orenthal, it's one big conspiracy to kill celebrities' wives and win large settlements in an elaborate, Rube Goldbergian scheme. That conspiracy theory might actually have a shred of credibility if Blake weren't white.
This part really got me, though:
Asked if he had any advice for Blake, he said, "If Robert Blake has friends and family around him, he'll do fine. I would give him the same advice I gave Michael (Jackson). You've got your kid. Go and raise your kid."
Does that mean that Simpson would ever let Jackson around his own kids? Makes me shudder. Next thing you know, Simpson will be announcing he told Kobe the same thing. That old boys club (or whatever in Jackson's case) is just creepy and strange.
Kind of makes you wonder how that search for "the real killers" is going now that Simpson is comfortably retired in Florida.
