how can this be ?

datamax · 01-04-2005, 11:57 AM

ESPN has a spread the BCS championship game and while reading that I came across this.

Quote:

Simpson was tried and acquitted of murder following the June 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in the Los Angeles suburb of Brentwood.

Simpson was found liable for the deaths in a later civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5 million to the families of the victims. His Heisman Trophy was sold to pay a portion of the judgment.

Found guilty and not guilty of the same crime ? I don't understand ?

etothepii · 01-04-2005, 12:02 PM

That's the difference between criminal and civil charges. Criminal must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Civil must be proven by a proponderance of the evidence.

Think of criminal=proven to 95% certainty

Civil = proven to 51% certainty

bnhcomputing · 01-05-2005, 03:44 PM

datamax:

Not from around here are ya. In America you CAN get away with MURDER, IF you can afford it!

tardfarmer · 01-05-2005, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Found guilty and not guilty of the same crime ? I don't understand ?

Politics my son. To prevent riots. Not the best choice but I'm not in charge.

tardfarmer · 01-05-2005, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Not from around here are ya. In America you CAN get away with MURDER, IF you can afford it!

Yup

NY Bowhunter · 01-06-2005, 11:13 AM

It's good to see he's devoting his life to finding the real killers as he stated. I suppose it's possible he finds them in a sand trap in south florida or in the crowd at the orange bowl.