As the jury selection begins. OJ Simpson was back in the dock yesterday, nearly 13 years after he was sensationally acquitted of murdering his wife. But it could take at least a week to select a jury that is not biased by the 61-year-old American Football star’s notoriety. However a prospective juror in tore into the disgraced O.J. bluntly declaring: "I felt he got away with murder!" Glaring directly at Simpson, the unidentified woman told prosecutors she believed O.J. is a self-absorbed celebrity who killed his ex-wife and her friend. "He chose to put himself in the public eye," she said. "He should be a little more self-conscious of his actions."
Asked if she could brush off O.J.'s past in judging the current case, the woman snapped: "I think as far as the first trial, I felt he got away with murder!" The woman was eventually dismissed for bias. Then the district Judge Jackie Glass told the court: “What happened then, happened then. “If you think you are going to punish Mr Simpson for what happened in 1995, this is not the case for you.” Simpson faces a life sentence if he is convicted of robbing two sports memorabilia collectors at gunpoint in a Las Vegas Hotel last September.
Asked if she could brush off O.J.'s past in judging the current case, the woman snapped: "I think as far as the first trial, I felt he got away with murder!" The woman was eventually dismissed for bias. Then the district Judge Jackie Glass told the court: “What happened then, happened then. “If you think you are going to punish Mr Simpson for what happened in 1995, this is not the case for you.” Simpson faces a life sentence if he is convicted of robbing two sports memorabilia collectors at gunpoint in a Las Vegas Hotel last September.
Obviously, the Goldman family and the prosecutors would not be happy with this.
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