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In the O.J. Simpson murder trial, we saw that after he was
acquitted in the murder case he was, in essence, tried again in
the civil lawsuit and was found liable for the deaths of Nicole
Simpson and Ron Goldman. O.J.'s case was different because
he was acquitted of the criminal charge and tried again on the
civil charge. He was tried twice for the same crime, irrespec-
tive of the double jeopardy rule, that says you cannot be tried
twice for the same crime.
In Michael Jackson's case, so much energy was directed
towards indicting him on the child molestation allegation that
the extortion investigation received minimum attention and
investigation. Some people call it black justice in white America.
There was a time in America when a serious crime was only a
crime if it was committed by someone black. That same crime
committed by someone white would always end in a lesser
punishment or in an acquittal. This included murder, rape, rob-
bery, stealing people's land and even police brutality. There is
no doubt that this practice caused a lot of anxiety in many
Americans, especially in the black community. But this case
also involved the word of a 13-year old white boy against an
adult black male, totally denying Michael Jackson's constitu-
tional rights as well as ignoring proven state and federal laws
that applied to other cases.

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