"If I Did It" - the crucial chapter

[shesulsa]

By Mark Miller
Newsweek

Jan. 22, 2007 issue - The firestorm burned hot and fast: within days of acknowledging one of its divisions was publishing O. J. Simpson's "hypothetical" account of the murders of his ex-wife and her friend, News Corp. reversed course and canceled the book in late November. Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.'s chairman, apologized for the "ill-conceived project." Then the company fired Judith Regan, the hard-charging publisher who acquired the book for her ReganBooks imprint and who had conducted a TV interview with Simpson to air on Fox. All 400,000 copies of the book were recalled for destruction, save for one locked away in a News Corp. vault.

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As always with the so-called trial of the century, there were competing narratives. Regan called the book Simpson's "confession"; his attorney scoffed at the idea that the Juice had admitted to anything. But NEWSWEEK has obtained a copy of the book's key chapter from a source who asked not to be identified because of the ongoing controversy. The narrative is as revolting as one might expect, but it's also surprisingly revealing. What emerges from the chapter is something new in the nearly 13-year Simpson saga: a seeming confession in Simpson's own voice.

Link to long article.

There's some appetite repellant for ya.

 

[jazkiljok]

Link to long article.

There's some appetite repellant for ya.

as anyone who ever bothered to pay attention to the actual trial knew-- that there was more evidence pointing to OJ's culpability than thousands of other cases that ended up in convictions.

that his pseudo-confession followed along the lines that the evidence showed is no surprise.

he doesn't need to confess- the blood of his victims was all over his clothes and in his car-- his slow speed getaway attempt was his real confession.

there is the matter of his claim of an accomplice who drove him to the crime scene. wonder if johnnie cochran knew about that going into the trial.

 

[bydand]

There is a special spot in hell for that guy.

 

[Hand Sword]

I thought the book was cancelled awhile back?

 

[jazkiljok]

I thought the book was cancelled awhile back?

it was but reporters are getting a look at the manuscript and what he had to say about his murdering his ex-wife (so called hypothetically, which not to oddly is how some serial killers already serving jail time, convey their other crimes to investigators)