[blml] Minor/Major

[Robert Geller]

The jury didn't say OJ didn't do it, just that the prosecution
had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did it.
He was later found guilty of the murder in a civil suit by
the relatives of the deceased, and had to pay damages.

-Bob 

Ed Reppert さんは書きました:
>
>On Jan 29, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Eric Landau wrote:
>
>> just as O.J. Simpson was framed by the LAPD but "may" still be 
guilty.
>
>A nit: I think you mean by your quotes around "may" that he 
really is  
>guilty. But he is not. The jury said so. And since he can't be 
tried  
>again for the same crime(s), he won't ever be guilty. Which is 
not  
>the same as saying he didn't do it. :-)
>
>I think a lot of people would have been happier if the jury had 
had  
>available the Scottish verdict "not proven". :-)
>
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Robert (Bob) Geller,     Tokyo, Japan        geller at nifty.com