He can’t go to prison for murder because of double jeopardy laws?
Doesn’t that apply to trials, and if he confesses, there’s no trial?
Double Jeopady is not being charged for the same thing twice.
Unless you are a white cop, then you are tried for hate crimes.
He cannot be tried again by the State of CA for the exact crimes for which he was acquitted in 1995. But, he could be tried by the United States for federal crimes related to the murders, if they have not been time barred by the federal statute of limitations.
I have always maintained that the federal government could have prosecuted for conspiracy to obstruct justice and use of interstate telecommunications in furtherance of a crime. Remember how there was testimony from passengers on the red-eye flight he took from LA to Chicago as to OJ’s appearance and behavior on the flight? There was direct testimony about how OJ used the in-flight AirPhone (remember those?) several times. I would bet dollars to doughnuts that he called AC Cowling or some other friend to tell them what to dispose of, and where.
Unfortunately, the decision was made to prosecute in the way that they did (in Central LA and not Brentwood, the choice of Marcia Clark and Darden, two less than prime-time prosecutors, etc.) and the rest is history. The most unusual event, jury nullification, happens in the highest profile criminal case of the century, and hundreds of millions of people learn the wrong lesson as a result. Ugh.
OJ should be rotting on death row in CA.
Isn’t there the “hidden” double jeopardy federal charge of depriving someone of their first amendment right to life?
I could be mistaken but I thought that double jeopardy only applies to a case brought by the state.