Primetime, I've read your post several times and have been thinking about a few things myself. You pose some interesting arguments and I for the most part agree with you. But we do have some differing opinions.
First of all, you compare OJ to Robert Blake. Outside of two dead wives, they are as comparable as apples and screwdrivers. Same prosecutions for similar crimes; the commonality stops there. When Robert Blake got acquitted, what happened next? Absolutely nothing-he drifted back into obscurity never to be heard of again. What happened when OJ got acquitted? All hell broke loose! Why? Because instead of OJ taking his two kids and living a quiet existance happily everafter, he became an arrogant, chest-thumping, SOB-basically the man America loves to hate to this very day! Remember, this is a man who wrote a book stating if he did kill his ex wife, this is how he would've done it-did Robert Blake do that?
I firmly believe that either he killed Goldman and his ex wife or he knows who did. I heard the initial 911 tape when he broke through her door while she was on the friggin' phone-I believe that much anger and hatred can be enough to kill in not brought under control. Unfortunately, the investigation was completely botched and it gave room for him to get away with it! That's the way our justice system "works" some guilty get acquitted, some innocent get convicted. I really could care less about him; he just got away with murder in the same way Michael Jackson got away with child molestation; funny, didn't they have the same lawyer?
I do feel Simpson didn't have a snowball's chance with this case; he (once again, IMO) allowed his arrogance to get the best of him. Now they're going to throw the book at him and I don't completely feel that justice has truly been served. We don't convict criminals on karma; we convict based on hard evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. I don't think that happened here and personally feel he stands a good chance at an appeal.
Oh, and one last thing; you made a statement about Rodney King. I'm not as good at research as many on this forum but at one time the total tape (not just the one edited by the media) was shown at the police officers' trial. It was shown only once; if you would've seen what I saw, you'd be wondering why they didn't shoot his PCP induced car chase and attack. They had to beat him to restrain him. LA rioted for a drug addict on a PCP high Prime; one of the worst tragedy in our cultures' history IMO. If Los Angeles got to see the entire taping, those riots NEVER would've happened, trust me.