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Originally Posted by 1480
I must have missed the the federal civil rights trial against the members of the LAPD that participated in the conspiracy to frame Orenthal James Simpson of a mass murder. Why didn't the Dream Team go after the city of Los Angeles in a civil trial for framing OJ? It was not as cut and dry and many mistakes were made in both the investigation and the presentation of the case. All OJ's attorneys had to do was plant a seed of doubt in the juror's mind. Which I submit, was easy in the totality of the circumstances.
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You're right there, AND I APOLOGIZE (not meaning to shout, or make a point; I just wanted to make sure nobody missed it). I did state it as a fact, which I have no more knowledge of than I have knowledge of whether he's innocent or guilty. It's not a fact, it's a conclusion drawn by the defense, and it's true they didn't go after the LAPD, but the opposite is also true - nobody accused the defense of slandering Fuhrman's "good name"; at least as far as I'm aware. But that doesn't matter - I shouldn't be stating insinuation as fact, especially in a post complaining about people doing that very thing. I've been wrong before, and I'll be wrong again. So again, I apologize for making an unproven accusation.
However, Alan Dershowitz was so convinced it was true that he takes it for a fact, even while also admitting that he thinks OJ was probably guilty, even if he couldn't say so.
A fascinating read:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ershowitz.html