Who knew that a man both acquitted (of criminal charges regarding the murders of Nicole Simpson-Brown and Ron Goldman) and then convicted (of similar charges in civil court) would dare to engage in armed robbery.
The reading of this headline recalled the bad old days when Simpson drove down the Southern CA freeway with a gun he was pointing at himself, and a train of law enforcement officials followed shortly behind in a black and white caravan.
The rate of recidivism for violent felons is extremely high, though I do not at the moment have the exact figures in front of me. In many states, violent crime has taken a downturn recently and seems to have at least leveled off in others. O.J. appears to be bucking the trend.
Fox News has reported that "O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday on charges related to the armed robbery of Simpson sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room, Las Vegas police said Sunday."
It would appear that O.J. believed he had a right to, or legal interest in, the sports memorabilia in question since it pertained to him. This is something of a stretch to put it mildly, but whatever the circumstances, the sports memorabilia collector whose stuff was targeted now wants the charges dropped against O.J. Perhaps he has been informed this would be the wisest course of action to safeguard his health.
Angering convicted killers most likely tends to shorten ones lifespan, and may be associated with unusual cases of blunt force trauma to the head. The man, Alfred Beardsley, originally told police he had seen O.J. and another man "[storm] a Las Vegas hotel room and [steal] memorabilia at gunpoint."
Now he doesn't want the hassle of traveling back and forth from his home to las Vegas to prosecute the case. The details of who said what and why are a bit murky, but chances are good if statistics are any guide, that we will be seeing O.J. in the headlines again sometime soon (or soon enough).
Personal comments: When the original O.J. trial debuted, famously attended by Johnny Cochran's "If the shoe does not fit, you must acquit," most people probably knew that O.J. was guilty as a sailor in a rum cellar. Few innocent people drive around in their vehicles with guns pointed at their own skulls if they have done nothing wrong.
This was the act of a man who knew he was guilty, and was taking desperate measures to find an oddball way of escaping the legal consequences of his murderous actions. I said as much on a blog I had back then (no longer in existence), and now I simply wish to add one comment.
"Told ya so."
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