Knife found on former O.J. Simpson estate

dowie · 4 Mar 2016 at 17:29

It's not known when the knife was discovered or whether it is related to the 1994 deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, according to Los Angeles police spokeswoman Norma Eisenman.

The knife was found on Simpson's former estate in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles

The weapon used in the stabbing deaths was described as a long, serrated knife. It was never found.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/04/us/oj-simpson-property-knife/index.html

Though apparently the knife was kept by a retired cop as a souvenir after a construction worker gave it to him years ago... yet he didn't bother to report it then.

rubberduck · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:23

Finding the murder weapon is pretty small beer when you consider OJ already wrote a book about how he carried out the murders. He is pretty much locked up for life anyway now I think?

Tom0 · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:26

Yeah, 33 years.

Raymond Lin · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:30

No one in the US actually believes he is innocent and he is currently in jail for armed robbery iirc.

So whether it was the knife used, double jeopardy means he can't be charged again and he is already locked up.

SonniLombardi · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:33

Everyone knows he done it, blatantly obvious. Just shows you at the time what money could buy.
Study everything about the case and you'll see.

DirtyJester · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:35

The glove didn't fit....

Raymond Lin · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:36

DirtyJester said:
The glove didn't fit....

He got fat during the trial?

SonniLombardi · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:48

DirtyJester said:
The glove didn't fit....

He stopped taking his arthritis medicine which made his hands swell, plus the glove was leather, with blood/water and other things accumulating on the glove this in turn would have made it shrunk.

Also, they did fit, look at his face when he was "struggling" to put them on in the video, it was worse than his naked gun acting.

Study the case in depth, it was clear that he 100% murdered Nicole. So much incriminating evidence.

Malevolence · 4 Mar 2016 at 19:52

rubberduck said:
Finding the murder weapon is pretty small beer when you consider OJ already wrote a book about how he carried out the murders. He is pretty much locked up for life anyway now I think?

He could be out on parole in 2017.

On July 31, 2013, the Nevada Parole Board granted Simpson parole on some charges from armed robbery convictions, but he will continue to be held at least until 2017 on other charges.

silversurfer · 4 Mar 2016 at 20:07

DirtyJester said:
The glove didn't fit....

you must acquit.

I remember this trial as it went on and people amazed he got away and I do think he did it, but we presume we dont know. The jury is duty bound to reply negative if they have any probable doubt. Thats all OJ defence did, to emphasis the failings and bias of police which was plenty enough to get him off and it was the correct verdict

wesley · 4 Mar 2016 at 20:11

he cannot be tried twice for same crime so new knife wont do anything anyway

thep02 · 4 Mar 2016 at 20:39

I believe there are criteria that must be met for evidence to be eligible and I'm not sure this knife meets that mark.

scorza · 4 Mar 2016 at 20:42

Chewbacca is a wookie, from the planet Kashyyk...

Tom0 · 4 Mar 2016 at 21:22

Destination · 4 Mar 2016 at 23:43

Wierd, my recollection of this event is so poor.
I thought they'd been beatene to death with a hammer, not stabbed.
Anyway, hardly matters, oj tv show on at the moment, oj advertising arrives in terms of a knife find. Well played ratings agency.

DJMK4 · 5 Mar 2016 at 00:36

I have not read in to his life until now, watching the dramatised TV series at the moment (people vs OJ) which has a not bad lineup to tell the story , not sure if there is any inconsistancies

will read in to the real thing once it's over.

I had No idea he was a football player and the kardashian family

McGray · 5 Mar 2016 at 00:46

SonniLombardi said:
Study the case in depth, it was clear that he 100% murdered Nicole. So much incriminating evidence.

Not really necessary lol.

I remember watching the pantomime trial and still amazed he got away with it.

dowie · 5 Mar 2016 at 01:18

Raymond Lin said:
No one in the US actually believes he is innocent and he is currently in jail for armed robbery iirc.

So whether it was the knife used, double jeopardy means he can't be charged again and he is already locked up.

they seem to, in some cases, bypass double jeopardy when they feel like it (when there is political will for it) in the US by charging again under state laws or federal laws (basically whichever the suspect wasn't charged under first time around)

Aldav · 5 Mar 2016 at 03:26

silversurfer said:
you must acquit.

I remember this trial as it went on and people amazed he got away and I do think he did it, but we presume we dont know. The jury is duty bound to reply negative if they have any probable doubt. Thats all OJ defence did, to emphasis the failings and bias of police which was plenty enough to get him off and it was the correct verdict

Each juror has to be convinced of guilt beyond reasonable doubt to convict, yes, but it's for each juror, subject to any directions from the judge, to decide how to evaluate the value of any given piece of evidence. For instance, the defence says it wasn't his glove because it doesn't fit, but prosecutors make the type of points made in this thread about shrinkage. Then, each juror has to consider both sets of arguments and therefore how much weight to put on the glove, and whether it fits. And then, in the context of all the other evidence, whether they are sure beyond reasonable doubt or not. The fit of ths glove isn't necessarily a "smoking gun", either way.

rebel rebel · 5 Mar 2016 at 04:30

I remember watching a documentary years ago that claims oj's son (who had a history of violence with knives) did it.