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Originally posted by HarlotCash Dyker
I think he got away with it because the whole thing was played out like a monster movie on the tv -
They should ban tv and reporting from all courts until a person has been covicted or aquitted -
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I must admit that speaking as a Brit who now lives in the US I find it unbelievable the way some of these high profile cases are played out on TV before the trial. How anyone in those cases can get a fair trial is beyond me. It wouldn't happen in the UK, and I'm convinced that the legal system in the UK would have convicted OJ had he been tried at the Old Bailey.
Peterson is a different case because all the evidence is circumstantial. I would think that most reasonable people believe he is guilty, but whether or not there is sufficient evidence to get a conviction is another matter.