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October 6, 2008 O.J. Simpson jurors explain their guilty verdictPosted: 10:51 AM ET
NEW YORK - Seven members of the jury that convicted O.J. Simpson of kindapping, armed robbery and 10 other charges have explained how they reached their verdict. During a press conference in the same Las Vegas courtroom where the trial was held, the jurors, who seemed to be a cohesive group, said they relied mostly on audio and video recordings made before, during and after the incident. "It would have been a weak case" without the tapes...everything was based on the recordings, juror Dora Pettit said. The jury had a problem with the credibility of the former co-defendants who testified for the prosecution. "We honestly felt we could not rely on that witness testimony," said Michelle R. Lyons, another juror. "There was not one decision we made that was based only on witness testimony." Responding to questions about whether the group disregarded Simpson's past, jury foreman Paul Connelly said the murder trial "never came up..I don't think it was on anybody's minds. For that, I can say I'm proud of the jury." Juror Teresa Owens also said it would be "preposterous" for anyone suggest that the makeup of the jury - 11 jurors were white - hurt the defense's case. Meantime, O.J. Simpson is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety in a 7-foot-by-14-foot cell at the Clark County Detention Center. He faces up to life in prison and will probably be transferred to a state prison when he's sentenced on December 5th. Attorney Yale Galanter said he will pursue an appeal to reverse the conviction, based partly of the jury selection process. Galanter made reference to the elimination of all African-Americans from the jury and the fact jurors on the panel revealed that they believed that Simpson should have been convicted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in the 1995 Los Angeles trial. -Bob Regan, In Session senior executive producer Filed under: Uncategorized |
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