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Watched a short documentary about OJ Simpson on German TV. I've to admit, I don't know much about his murder trial in 1995 but two things stood out for me.

1) The jury was constituted of eight black women, one black man, one Asian man, one Latin-American man and.....

.....one white woman. Simpson's defense team placed importance on a jury with a large fraction of black people. They speculated that these jurors would've trouble to convict a black sports star, "one of them", so to speak.

2) A German long-term and experienced criminal justice journalist analyzed Simpson's mimic and gestures after the "not guilty" verdict was read. She said, an innocent person wouldn't smile or kinda celebrate their "victory",
it's rather the opposite.

An innocent person would be exhausted, would most likely cry and break down because their fight to maintain their innocence would have taken its toll during the trial. There's no mental room for smiles or being happy.

Now compare this to the horrible trial MJ's had to endure in 2005.
Look at the jury and the falsely tried and exonerated black man.

Nothing more to add! #MJinnocent

Jury pic: Aaron Lambert/AP Photo/ MJ pic: internet, source/ unknown