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Old 04-28-2008, 01:44 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pensacola_niceman View Post
I never understood that either. They get aquitted but then have to stand trial again under civil charges. If that's not double jeopardy I don't know what is.

The same thing happened with OJ Simpson. Don't get me wrong, I think Simpson was guilty as sin. I just don't understand how he had to stand trial twice for the same crime.
The second trial was a civil suit brought against him by Fred Goldman and the Browns. They cleaned him out, but he has not paid very much.

Simpson will always be guilty in my book, but the state botched the case because they moved it out of Santa Monica to downtown L.A., and if the glove does not fit, you must acquit. That was Chris Darden's mistake. He felt he got railroaded into prosecuting, because he did not want to. Johnny Cochran ran a brilliant trial, I must say.
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