‘Justice' may depend on wallet

O.J. Simpson, acquitted of the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown, in 1995, is back in the news again, this time accused of armed robbery.

Bruce Fromong, a sports memorabilia collector, claims that Simpson and at least two others entered a Las Vegas hotel with guns and stole various sports related items. Fromong had actually testified on behalf of O.J. Simpson in the 1997 wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ron Goldman. As a respected appraiser of sports memorabilia, Fromong's testimony was intended to prove that O.J. Simpson merchandise had greatly decreased in value following the heavily publicized murder trial.

I was in a fast food restaurant when the story broke. I was eager to hear the details, but even more so to hear the public reaction. Almost immediately a woman at an adjacent table said, “That man is disgusting.” A boy, about 12 years old, asked his father, “Who's O.J. Simpson?” The father replied, “Football player who killed his wife.” To which the boy responded, “Then why isn't he in jail?”