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I think our legal system is great in this country. Â I think our Constitution is the best governing document in history. Â Those founders were very smart guys and I have a lot of respect for them. Â And, yes, I'm an attorney. As for MJ, I haven't followed it at all. Â I don't really have any interest. Â If he did those things, lock him up. Â Fast. As for OJ, I did follow it and thought the two verdicts were exactly as they should have been. Â In the criminal trial, the proseccution just did NOT carry their burden of proof. Â In the civil trial, with a lower burden, the result was just. Â Because he probably did kill them. Â Probably is just not good enough for crimes, but it is sufficient for liability. As for Kobe, I followed that too. Â Again, proper results. Â He really didn't rape her, but she wanted some $ so they both found some figure tthat they could agree the case was worth and settled. Â He put it behind him and she can get out of the spotlight and start to grow up. Â I hope she's learned some things. Â I'm sure Kobe has.
*Interesting* choice of celebrity cases you chose to critique here. These seem to be the ones that always come up. OJ and Mike getting off sure have people riled up, yet other celebrity (Blake, Durst, yadda yadda) just go silently away without the critique from mass media and the public. It seems like people (not you) can't get over OJ and harp about it being the greatest injustice to mankind. Of course the similarities between OJ and Kobe (black man/white woman is still a disturbing image to most people). Is that way people have seem to take such cases personally? Perhaps. You even see elements of this with the beautiful, intelligent (media words, not mine) girl in Aruba that everyone seems to be searching for......