Juiced

Oh, O.J.

As I was sleeping on Thursday night, my phone began to vibrate uncontrollably. I grabbed it and read the text message I just received from CNN.

"A jury finds O.J. Simpson guilty of all 12 counts in his Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping trial."

Who didn't see that coming?

I am not a fan of Orenthal James Simpson by any means. I do not like him, nor do I hate him. He's just one of those people that I could truly care less about.

I do feel bad for him though. He never had a fighting chance.

I'm no investigator - I don't know if he killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown or Ronald Goldman. Actually, I don't care. It's not my place to make assumptions. But I do know that he was guilty before he even entered the Las Vegas courtroom.

The jury selection seemed extremely strange. Out of the 12 jurors, not one was black. Eleven of the jurors were Caucasian, while one was Hispanic.

According to a report by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice, jurors that are black show an ethnic leniency towards defendants that are minorities as well. Why did Simpson lawyer Yale Galanter allow a nearly all-Caucasian group?

Now don't get me wrong - there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that is putting Simpson at the scene of the robbery and kidnapping crime. But wouldn't a lawyer want to give his client any chance of freedom?

Guess he doesn't care - he's getting paid either way.

Other than the color of their skin, the jurors' opinions on Simpson's previous trial say it all. One juror said he was not guilty. Four said they were unsure. One said she had "no feelings. It is history." Another failed to answer the question.

For the others, they felt that he was guilty.

The jurors, compromised of nine women and three men, said in a juror questionnaire that they would give Simpson a fair trial on his latest charges.

Is that really possible?

The Simpson trial was easily one of the biggest celebrity trials of our time. You can ask any single person on the planet who he is and you'll most likely get a response involving being a murderer.

Because of the previous awareness to the debacle known as the Simpson trial, images and assumptions are easily going to cloud whether "The Juice" was innocent or guilty.

Another issue concerning the trial involved the big mouth of a police officer that was on the scene of the hotel room in question. The officer, excited with glee that his men in blue caught Simpson, opened his mouth and said the dumbest thing he probably could have ever spoken: "This is great. ... California can't get him. ... Now we'll be able to."

Let's not forget the sly auctioneer in Thomas Riccio. Riccio, a man who is out to make money, did just that in getting Simpson caught in the first place.

Riccio told Simpson to go to the Las Vegas hotel for his stolen memorabilia and was smart enough to record the entire ordeal, which was a vital piece of evidence for the prosecution.

"Don't let nobody out of this room. Motherf*cker, you think you can steal my s*it and sell it?"

Pretty much sums it all up, doesn't it?

From the infamous white Ford Bronco chase in 1994 to the memorabilia capers of 2007, Simpson already had a target over his head. Whether he was guilty or not, the case should have gone in another direction.

I hope he appeals, which he is said to do. It will at least give me a few more weeks to be able to look at his name on the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame and not sigh in disgust.