Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence
TV-14 | 15 January 2017 (USA)
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    lavatch

    The verdict in the 1995 trial of the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was an embarrassment for the City of Los Angeles. With the passing of over two decades, the District Attorney would certainly not be interested in reopening the case to examine the evidence presented in this television series. In so doing, city officials would only be admitting their own incompetency in the "trial of the century."Neither are the American people interested in exploring the new evidence presented in this series. The lazy public has already made up its mind about O.J. Simpson's guilt. Even a recent Oscar-winning documentary series neglects to look at the evidence, focusing instead on broader themes of race and society.But for the thoughtful viewer, this series and the book written by William C. Dear ("O.J. Is Innocent") offer the compelling case that O.J.'s son Jason Lamar Simpson should have at least been considered a significant suspect in the case. Instead, he was never interrogated by the LAPD, his background was not thoroughly examined, and his flimsy alibi was not subjected to close scrutiny.Jason Simpson's upbringing included the tragic death of his younger sister in which Jason had been asked to watch her. He failed in his task, she drowned in the family swimming pool, and he had to carry the trauma of that loss of life. By his teens, he was addicted to alcohol and was experiencing bouts of uncontrollable rage. At the time of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman, Jason Simpson was on probation for assaulting his employer. One of the neighbors of Nicole Simpson appears on camera testifying that Nicole believed that Jason was stalking her. One of the witnesses in this program describes the "sexually charged" environment of the dysfunctional Simpson family.Jason's alibi on the night of the murders is a tissue of lies and obfuscation. The copy of the time card for his work at Jackson's Restaurant on the night of June 12, 1994, does not even list the dates alongside the hours. One of the times is hand written, as opposed to machine stamped. The time cards for the employees had labels affixed at the top. In this time card, however, Jason Simpson's name is hand written at the top. The restaurant owner who supported Jason's alibi was not even present in the restaurant on June 12, so he could not have known when Jason left work that evening. Jason's girlfriend's account conflicts with Jason's deposition given during the civil trial. The most important eyewitness is Carlos Ramos, a busboy at the restaurant, who testified that the kitchen shut down at 9:00pm on the night of June 12. Jason Simpson could have left work at any time after 9:00pm, which again should have made him a prominent suspect in the Simpson-Goldman murders, which the prosecution alleged occurred around 10:15pm.A good portion of this series addresses the evidence of the blood that suggests a match of the blood of O.J. Simpson with that found at the crime scene. Yet, the blood of O.J.'s relatives such as his son could produce equally compelling conclusions that Jason was at the crime scene, committed the murders in an act of rage, later phoned his father who visited the crime scene, and undoubtedly stepped in the blood. Within twenty-four hours and prior to his own arrest, O.J. had hired a criminal defense attorney to represent JasonOver time, high profile murder cases tend to sort themselves out. In the JonBenet Ramsey case, the most recent scenario suggests that the brother of JonBenet killed his sister with a blow to the head in a moment of rage after she swiped a piece of pineapple from his plate. In this reading of the evidence, the parents covered for the little boy, fooling the authorities for decades. A parent will often stop at nothing in order to protect a child. That may be true as well in the case of O.J. Simpson and his son Jason. Although this six-part series was uneven, especially in the final two episodes, it nonetheless works closely to the evidentiary record to challenge the viewer to come to terms with the major contradictions in the case. Only time will tell whether or not Jason Lamar Simpson has a conscience.

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    bew-31931

    After Lange says, Blood, Blood and more Blood, you can change channels unless you want to laugh a lot.Only value was Tom Lange's appearances, and even he was disappointing when he said "there it is" as a fake Bronco was produced with reproduced blood stains.Stop doing these Mr Goldman....please, don't dignify them with the time. Same thing Tanya Brown who likely had to be heavily edited when "Gamechanger" mentioned Jason or begged to stay for a minute after she likely told him to get out off camera. Hope Jason and the home owners at Rockingham and Bundy sue Dear, Sheen and this sham. How many times did they go there or the fake time test at night to film private property? (good thing they were not pulled over for speeding) So after all that the cop on Big Brother "Game-changer" (take a drink every time he said it Levasseur) and the other guy paid $50,000 for a court appearance could not call up the restaurant owner and the partner they interviewed when they were not showing the time clock and ask if the time cards were two-sided A-B? That and Dear threatening grand jury after he produced nothing but some guy who was trying very hard to pass a polygraph who of course learned of this show filming. (and happened to call in) Priceless, was that the baseball card guy on Better Call Saul?They sure had time to keep running out to get Kato more face-time before the show wrapped suddenly to see Georgia Hardstark desperately trying to hide her tattoo on television vs internet version. Hint-Maybe OJ got out of the driver side and opened the passenger door and reached in? The funny thing is the camera quality and overhead shots were right there with O.J Made in America, the slo-mo of the posse walking in the street sums up how fake this was.The handwriting expert meeting them outdoors for a minute, and rubber stamping a hand-writing sample as identical even Vincent Laguardia Gambini would have destroyed, it was beyond funny to see someone walk outside, look at a writing sample and just know it's Jason Simpson.

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    industrialwonk

    Unfortunately, I happened to "side-eye" this show indirectly as my wife was watching and waiting in suspense for a mind bending revelation that will never come. This show exists only because critical thinking has vanished in America to such an extent that fallacies can now take the place of fact-finding and truth. A fictional General Jack D. Ripper said that " as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids." Pure water is akin to pure information, people cannot process fake and tainted information with impunity from harm. I frankly think that anyone producing an offering forth fallacious programming, such as this, needs to be charged with a Class One Felony and put in jail forever. A better hell for these people would for them to be forced to binge watch their own tripe until they squealed or begged for mercy.

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    brusty1

    After watching this travesty of journalism and investigation, I felt obligated to write a warning to people wanting to waste 6 hours of their lives watching this documentary series. First, let me say that I am a huge documentary watcher and watch several Investigation Discovery shows (and like some of them quite a bit). Second, I've seen the fantastic documentary "OJ: Made In America" and the great series "American Crime Story: The People VS OJ Simpson". Both were high quality, informative and highly entertaining. This series, however, was a textbook example of cashing in on a big name and popular topic for ratings and money. It's exploitative journalism at its worst.They have absolutely no physical evidence that anyone except OJ Simpson committed the brutal murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Brown Simpson. If you look at any case long enough, you can come up with inconsistencies and anomalies that make anyone look like a suspect. All of their "detective" work amounts to sensationalism used to trick people into having doubt in their minds. They spend 6 hours (and lots of commercials in between) talking about things that could have fit into one hour long episode. It probably would have fit into a 30 minute episode. Investigation Discovery should be ashamed of airing this junk. Anyone with any reasonable intelligence will be insulted by the theories they provide. In the end, the only thing that even slightly redeems this series is that the investigators come to the logical conclusion that OJ committed the murders. They should have done that in one episode and not milked it for ratings.The bottom line: Don't watch "Is OJ Innocent?" unless you want to waste a lot of time and get no new information about the case.

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