Jury Verification

I still remember where I was when I heard that OJ Simpson was cleared of criminal charges for murdering his wife and her friend. I was in an FA-18 in marshal behind the USS Independence, waiting for a night recovery. The CATCC controllers passed the news on the radio like we didn’t have anything else to worry about. Like, oh, say: 80,000 tons of cold, pitching steel 20-odd miles away, turning into the wind. “OJ was found not guilty,” the controller said. Someone airborne responded, “You’ve got to be frocking shipping me.” Or words to that effect. Because anything else would have been a thoroughly discreditable lack of discipline. Looks like OJ gets the hook this time : A jury convicted O. J. Simpson of armed robbery, kidnapping and all 10 other counts stemming from a confrontation last year in a Las Vegas hotel room… Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 5, and Mr. Simpson, 61, and his co-defendant, Clarence Stewart, 54, could spend the ...