Plucking the Wings Off OJ Simpson

The world certainly has changed for OJ Simpson. Today he was in a Las Vegas courtroom moaning that it was going to take a cash payment of $37,500 to get out of jail, and the court was not willing to accept any football cards.

My bell does not toll for OJ Simpson, but being a girl who never enjoyed pulling the wings off insects, I do not enjoy the public display of prosecutorial bullying.

Simpson was arrested last November on charges that he and a few of his unsavory friends went to retrieve some old football crap from a bunch of douches. Simpson claimed the stuff had been stolen from him.

Society would probably best be served if every single person involved in the incident was in jail, but with the exception of Simpson, none of them is much of a physical threat. But Simpson was given a pass by the dumbest jury in the history of California jurisprudence, whose stupidity was only exceeded by the prosecutors who tried the case.

As much as the world would like it, it is not right to expunge that stupidity by unleashing some publicity seeking mediocre prosecutors on him.

Originally Simpson was released on a $125,000 bond. Although this is perhaps the scummiest profession on the face of the planet, the bail bondsman was apparently star struck, and did not require that Simpson put up the initial 10 or 15% these low life money changers normally require.

The Nevada Court also imposed a rather unusual condition on Simpson's release. He is not permitted to contact any of his co-defendants. While courts obviously don't want criminal defendants contacting witnesses, there is usually no reason to prohibit discussion among co-defendants. They are in the same boat, and often have a mutual defense, and it does no harm for them to talk together about their preposterous excuses.

But this case is all about ratting out OJ Simpson. Several witnesses have either been given immunity or will serve no time for their involvement in the comically inept heist. In the end, the prosecutors not only plan to have the morally bankrupt “victims” testifying against him, but to bring in the co-defendants as well.

Snitching brings out the worst in people. The public would be shocked if they knew the extent to which it has perverted the criminal justice system. Prosecutors charge (or threaten) people and then , to save their hide, the guy turns state's evidence.

There really are not many stand up guys left. But in the rare case a criminal defendant actually goes to trial he can count on everyone, including his grandmother, being on the prosecutor's witness list.

Of course, most of these rats, snitches and stool pigeons are not people of the highest integrity at best, and their stories become even more questionable when the motive is avoiding a life bit.

But the jury usually takes the word of the rats, and convicts the defendant. And six or seven equally bad guys remain on the street.

I have wondered why juries do this. I guess it is because most of us live in little worlds so divorced from the things that happen in both the world of the defendants and the culture of the courts--both of which cynically view the good citizens of the juries as suckers, who can be manipulated and molded.

Anyway, Simpson left a voice mail message for one of his co-defendants last November. The prosecutors got wind of it and asked the court to revoke his bail. A few days ago he was shipped back to Las Vegas from Florida.

Today, Simpson's lawyer advised the court that he had found a bail bondsman who would accept the murder's moderately palatial home in Florida as collateral. But, after giving OJ a good chewing out, Her Honor insisted that 15% cash be paid upfront to the bondsman. She also raised the bond to $250,000. This obviously disconcerted OJ's lawyer, who apparently is not being paid for his representation.

While it was Simpson who stupidly gave them the opportunity, this is just a not uncommon incident of the system toying with a person, whom they were unable to nail once before.

God already has a special place reserved for OJ Simpson. The world is not going to be appreciably better because some Nevada lawyers have the means to toy with him.

But at least some municipal court judge got her day in the sun.



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