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Posted by: BerzerkCommando
Also look at the whole OJ Simpson thing. They had enough evidence to knew he is guilty. But due to his lawyer and the morons that were his jury. He was found innocent. Glad you brought this up.
OJ, who I think we can all agree did indeed commit that murder, was nevertheless found not guilty thanks to superb representation from his legal team. But remember that just a short while later, he was found "liable" and ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution to the families of the victims. His personal life has been ruined since, and Simpson is currently sitting in prison for the next 35 years on a robbery conviction.
In the meantime, the not-guilty verdict resulted in the firings of several racist LAPD officers, much better chain-of-custody controls within the LAPD, and better DNA collection procedures, all of which have not only benefited the state of California in later murder prosecutions, but have also since saved arguably hundreds or thousands of innocent citizens from improper accusations, convictions, and police tactics.
This is a perfect example of exactly what I am talking about. Anyone who wants to argue that the OJ Simpson trial resulted in a net loss to society instead of a net benefit is, IMHO, not very well-informed.
[Edited on 12.17.2012 12:52 PM PST]