I have just done a bit of reading on the whole thing. The Latasha Harlins case is just outrageous, I can see why tensions were so high. The African American community must have felt like there was just no justice for them at all. Read what happened here.
TedKoppel said:
There was literally a trail of blood at the house, in his car, at his house, and a bloody glove in each location. All of the DNA was his, Nicole Brown's or Ron Goldman's. Then there was also circumstantial evidence besides all that.
Well, on that basis it sounds he was guilty, haha.
The LAPD 'framing a guilty man' sounds about right. One of my most vivid memories from childhood was seeing the LA riots on TV, along with constant footage of Stacey Coon, et al. beating up Rodney King. Since then, I've associated the LAPD with brutality and corruption, rightly or wrongly. (Although every time I see an episode of Cops, it makes me think my associations are probably correct).
Anton said:
I can't remember the details all that much - I was only eleven or twelve when the case was going. Was it that obvious he did it?
Yes.
If the same trial were held today, he would probably be convicted. But that was when DNA evidence was kind of new and not really that accepted by the general public.
Well, there was the minor fact that it was obscenely contaminated and their star witness perjured himself. If anything, I suspect that much of it would not be admitted into evidence today.
Regardless of that, the fact remains that two people were butchered and the prime suspect goofing about the murder of the mother of his children makes him a colossal tool.
_panda_ said:
but for those of you who dont believe in karma, his entire counsel team is dead, disbarred, lost everything to divorce or under some sort of legal scruitny since the event...
Phantasy
Australia
October 2005
MAY 13, 2006 06:01 PM