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| 86.1 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Sat Jan 28 1995 12:13 | 8 |
| Anita Bryant did it.
My personal opinion is that it's a sad commentary on our society when a
double-homicide gets turned into a 5-ring circus and a national
obsession. I try to ignore news of the trial as much as I can -
there's too much else going on in the world.
Steve
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| 86.2 | | FOUNDR::CRAIG | | Sat Jan 28 1995 22:13 | 10 |
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> 34 HAAG::HAAG 17-NOV-1994 318 OJ Simpson Trial
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| 86.3 | | 43GMC::KEITH | Dr. Deuce | Mon Jan 30 1995 10:11 | 16 |
| I'm with Steve (RE .1)
Hundreds if not thousands of people are being murdered in the world every
day:
Rawanda (sp)
Chechen (sp)
Bosnia
Somilia
Places we don't even hear about
Are there lives not important too? At least OJ gets a trail...
Steve
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| 86.4 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Mon Jan 30 1995 12:07 | 7 |
| A columnist in yesterday's Boston Globe observed that prosecuters are not
asking for the death penalty for OJ, yet Susan Smith (who is also accused of
murdering two people, her children) is facing the death penalty. The
writer wondered if we have a double-standard where the rich and famous don't
get treated as harshly as the poor. (A rhetorical question, in my view.)
Steve
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| 86.5 | | GRIM::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Mon Jan 30 1995 13:48 | 15 |
| >The
>writer wondered if we have a double-standard where the rich and famous don't
>get treated as harshly as the poor. (A rhetorical question, in my view.)
Yes, it pretty much goes without saying that the rich are treated less
harshly than the poor. Another factor in the Simpson case, though, is
that the jury will be reluctant to convict a football hero of murder. By
not asking for the death penalty, the prosecution is increasing their
chances of getting a conviction. This is less of a problem in the Smith
case because the jury is less likely to have sympathy for her.
Personally I think we'd be better off abolishing the death penalty
altogether, but that's a different subject.
-- Bob
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| 86.6 | | NOVA::FISHER | now |a|n|a|l|o|g| | Thu Feb 02 1995 10:38 | 7 |
| >>> At least OJ gets a trail...
No, he left a trail, he gets a trial...
:-)
ed
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