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How O.J. Simpson Will Beat the RAP
By David Stager
Detective, Rohnert Park Dept of Public Safety (California)
(c) 1994, David Stager
With the high level of crime everywhere, it is no longer enough for the
police to just prove the criminal did it. Before your case ever gets
into court -- before a District Attorney will even file your case -- the
increasing courtroom trend is that the police must also disprove any
conceivable "bullshit" story the criminal (or the criminal's attorney)
might concoct in court.
By applying standard and accepted "bullshit" courtroom defense techniques
to bear on the O.J. Simpson case, here's the story any typical street
criminal, or any halfway decent criminal defense attorney will probably
offer up in court:
The prosecution has rested. O.J. takes the witness stand and says:
"Yes, I was stalking Nicole and her boyfriend. Yes, I was very jealous
and angry. I was following her around, driving my Bronco, and wearing my
driving gloves and stocking cap. I don't want people to recognize me in
public, so I sometimes wear the cap. All of a sudden, I saw 'some guy'
come out of the bushes and it looked like he was going to rob them.
"I knew I had to do something to help, but by the time I ran across the
street it was too late. He'd slashed their throats! I tried to grab him
and we wrestled around. I guess that's when one of my gloves came off and
the stocking cap got ripped off my head. Then he started slashing at me
and he cut my finger with a knife, but I got in a good punch on the guy
and he ran off.
"I went over to Nicole and her boyfriend and I guess I touched them. All I
was doing was checking to see if I could do CPR or something to save them,
but they were dead and there was blood all over the place. I was scared.
I knew everyone would blame me because of my history, and how could I explain
why I was there without telling the police I was following her? I knew it
would look bad.
"Yes, I washed the blood off my car, that's true. Like I said, I was scared.
But I didn't do it! Yes, I lied to the police at first. But I was right!
The police did try to blame me! But it was really this other guy! I knew
I didn't do it, so I knew the police couldn't prove I did it. Yeah, I hopped
the back fence and I guess I dropped the other glove with the mixture of
blood from Nicole and her boyfriend on it, but like I said, I touched them
both to see if I could do CPR.
"After I got a lawyer, he told me not to say anything so I couldn't tell
the police the truth later when I realized the police were going to blame
me anyway. But I'm telling the truth now! I didn't do it! You've got to
believe me!
"I've got a problem with obsession -- I admit it. I still loved her and
I was following her -- but I didn't kill her! I didn't want to admit my
problems and tell the world that I was a stalker. But I was. I've got a
problem, but I know now that what I did was a mistake. I shouldn't have
lied, but I lied because of my problem, I couldn't admit a mistake, but
I'm not a murderer! I was there, but it wasn't me that killed them!
Because I lied the real killer is going to get away. I'll have to bear
that burden all my life. It was selfish and stupid. I'm so sorry."
With all the money, lawyers, jury consultants, media hype, celebrity
worship, and O.J.'s general acting skills and likability, a simple
street-level "bullshit" story is all it's going to take for O.J. to
beat the rap. It happens all the time in every courtroom every day.
O.J. will walk.