OJ Simpson To Go On Trial, Again
On Wednesday, OJ Simpson appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom to find out whether he would have to stand trial for allegedly robbing a sports memorabilia dealer at gunpoint.
After a four day preliminary hearing and hearing testimony from three of Simpson’s co-defendants, Justice of the Peace Joseph Bonaventure deliberated for about four hours. Bonaventure decided that Simpson and two of his accomplices, the ones who have not accepted plea deals, will stand trial on twelve criminal charges including robbery, conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and burglary.
Prosecutors in the trial have not made any comments about the case, but there are many questions that for now, go unanswered. We will all have to wait to see if a jury in this trial will be able to forget the “trial of the century” 12 years ago when Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
There is also the matter of shady witnesses in the case. One of Simpson’s co-defendants admitted that his testimony could have been bought for the right price and he would have changed his story to testify for Simpson. He and other witnesses were portrayed as pimps, liars and con-artists by the defense lawyers.
Some legal experts following the trial have said that a plea deal for Simpson might not be out of the question. However, if no deal comes through for Simpson he will stand trial for these serious charges against him.
