Like requiring a teenage boy to register as a sex offender for life because the female teen with whom he had sex lied and was just barely a teen rather than being old enough to hold a learner’s permit.

The justice system fails us because, like Congress, it’s trying to do too much and does little of it well.

What’s up with all the celebrity kidnapping?

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Did the War on Drugs erode our faith in the justice system? Absolutely. I could not agree more.

The problem, though, is that the ensuing, black market Drug Trade, may become worse than the Drug Use.

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No, easy answers……..

HB

p.s. O.J. killed Nicole. This delayed jail sentence is cosmic justice.

She also said it is one of the most cut and dried cases in her entire career, because every bit of the deed, from planning, to execution, to the “post wrap party” was caught on video and audio tape.   

A lot of the talking heads thought the charges were a bit lame, but since it was all on video, the conclusion was the DA didn’t have much of a choice but to file all the charges, and the jury didn’t have much choice but to convict.   

And apparently, if a gun hadn’t been involved, most everything else would have been misdemeanors.  But the gun changed everything.  The longest sentence came on the kidnapping charge.  And apparently there is pretty clear audio of OJ busting in and saying something like “Ain’t nobody leaving this room!” And that was that. 

As you probably know, I am a big gun rights guy.  But I also support throwing the book at anyone who violates current gun laws, so I am OK with the way this worked out. I hope something similar happens with Plexico Burress. 

All in all, this was literally the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. It doesn’t appear to be a set up. One of OJ’s buddies secretly recorded it all because he thought he could sell the tapes for big bucks.  And he did exactly that. 
 
The judge called it a mixture of ignorance and arrogance.  Even though they might not have intended to kidnap anyone, or even necessarily break any laws at all, the recordings showed that they most certainly did.   And in the end, she basically gave him the absolute minimum sentence allowed by law.   

It’s also interesting that if it had of happened in many other states, nothing might have ever come from it.  The tapes wouldn’t have been admissible in some states, and his actions might not have been illegal in others.  

As for his first case more than 10 years ago, he was acquited. Therefore, nothing from that case should have carried over to the recent court process.

In the american system of justice, a defendant either is guilty or innocent, and in a trial by jury, only that 12-person body can determine guilt or innocence.

And no, I have no personal concern for O J Simpson, never having been a football fan or even much of a television viewer.  And celebrities in general mean nothing to me.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI

I thought back then back then, and still do today, that I would not have convicted OJ based on the evidence the jury saw.  Now, if they had seen everything we the public saw, it might have been different.   

IMO, the blame goes to the incompetent (and probably corrupt) law enforcement agencies and the equally incompetent DA’s office.  Their performance was appalling. 

And for the record, I am a semi-rural, mostly white guy….

Then of course by the 1960s they discovered how big the illegal drug market was, and off they went. Often in partnership with street gangs.

There will still be crime, organized and disorganized, no matter what. But there’s every reason to think that the power of crime lords will be seriously eroded, as all they’d have left is prostitution, loan sharking, theft, fraud, etc. Which I think can keep them busy if they need work. ;-)