The Miami Herald
Posted on Thu, Aug. 09, 2007



O.J. Simpson must pay the family of the late Ronald Goldman any money he earns from a video game featuring him to fulfill a $38 million wrongful death judgment, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The game, All-Pro Football 2K8, features Simpson playing as one of 240 former football stars.

Simpson, who now lives in Kendall, was acquitted of murder in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman but found liable in civil court.

Simpson owes Goldman's family the $38 million as part of that lawsuit.

The judge's ruling didn't say how much money Simpson might have earned from the video game deal.

I didnt even know he was in the game...

 

I never understood how one could be found liable in civil court if acquitted... ???

 

The legal system is a beautiful thing.

 

Because criminal court is beyond a reasonable doubt. Civil is a preponderance of the evidence. Meaning you are pretty sure he is guilty, but couldn't get to 99.9% sure. Also you can not be triied twice for the same thing in criminal court. All bets are off in civil.

 

This is so gay WTF, leave OJ alone holy crap

 

I believe you can if there is substantial and convincing new evidence to enter that wasn't available before. It may be up to each state, but I think you can, but there has to be a ruling by a judge on a case presented by a prosecutor first to see if a new trial is warranted. Or maybe it is a change in the conviction sought, but I think there are ways to try the case again, but you are right if the case parameters are either the same as the first time or not different enough for a judge to see if a new trial is worth the public's time.

Maybe I am wrong. When the world had ten commandments, only ten things to get wrong. Try keeping up with state and federal laws today!!

 

Google "double jeopardy and 5th amendment."

 

Only if they find a way to charge you differently. If say you are acquitted of murder in a state court. About the only way to get any kind of conviction is to charge you federally with some other crime like violation of someones civil rights. That is why a prosecutor would much rather drop the charges if he feels he can't get a conviction. If something does come up later, he can then charge you again. Not a lawyer, but it always seems to work that way.