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From: Jasper
Date: 9/12/00
Time: 2:09:17 PM
Jean,
I have to tell you that I was completely thrown by the reaction most people had to the Bruno Maglis and the evidence in and around the Bronco that was supposed to prove O.J.'s guilt. If those were O.J.'s shoes it doesn't mean he wore them. If O.J.'s Bronco had been driven by the killer it doesn't mean the killer was O.J. It's not even logical to assume that O.J. wore the shoes or drove the Bronco to the murder scene and back when anyone with access to the shoes or the Bronco could have done the same thing. Why would he change from his Rebooks to his dressy/casual shoes to wear with a sweatsuit? And why were shoes that were so similar to the ones he wore to the recital? Why didn't he wear THOSE shoes?
Yet, people don't ask, "who could have worn the shoes?" They ask, "can O.J. be tied to them?"
I think what's going on here is the same thing that happens when you make a big observation because it is big and ignore small imperfections because they are small - like cool temperatures and an O-ring on a space shuttle rocket booster. What's a little cool weather an O-ring in the total scheme of things?
If you recall the first reports of the murders, they gave you everything you needed to picture an older man in a jealous rage over a younger woman with a much younger man. You got stories of spouse abuse. You heard the '93 911 tape with the dead woman's voice crying in terror. You were given all the information you needed to see O.J. as a possible Jekyll and Hyde personality. You heard about the bloody glove found at his house, a blood trail going into his driveway and a bloody ski mask found in his closet. You didn't know what was true and what wasn't, but there was so much of it that when a story proved not to be true there was always more…and more…and more…
By the time we got down to taking a close look at the evidence, even many of those who were looking for evidence to clear O.J. saw nothing but evidence against him. They were looking for shoes that were not his size. They found shoes that were his size. Moreover, they were rare and expensive shoes, the kind of shoes they would expect a rich man to wear. Most people stopped looking after that. They had seen enough. They just didn't care anymore about the "little things" that didn't add up to O.J.'s guilt. There were too many big things that did. --Jasper