And By the Way . . .

I almost forgot to mention that O.J. Simpson was convicted on all 12 counts (wow) in his armed robbery trial. His co-defendant also went down for all of the charges. See? This is why I don't bet. So that means he's going away for a long time (he hasn't been sentenced yet. December 5th.), potentially for the rest of his life.

Of course, O.J.'s people will try to claim that the all-white jury was trying to get him back for getting off for killing his wife and her "lover," but in my experience, jurors take their jobs fairly seriously and try to be fair even when it's difficult (as here, where they were all intimately familiar with at least one of the defendants). People have a conscience about affecting other people's freedoms, and since a unanimous verdict is needed in these cases, there's usually at least one of these people on every jury. The comments from some of the jurors on Simpson's case confirms this. Although Simpson's team had claimed that he didn't know guns were going to be used in the robbery, the "secret" tapes where they talk mention a "piece" ended up mattering more than any other evidence with which the jury was presented. Yup, that'll do it.

Well, O.J., I guess we'll be saying goodbye to you shortly. Come on, you didn't think you could get away twice, did you?