Simpson trial to radiate the airways once more

I agree with the masses who are tired of celebrity news coverage. I do not want to hear another word about J-Lo not being able to shed her “baby fat” or the feud between Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood.

I do not care if Nicole Ricci broke up with her “baby daddy” or whether Anne Hathaway is a smoker. All this said, I decided to help the media beat an already dead dog – O. J. Simpson.

Some students on this campus aren’t old enough to remember the first Simpson trial. Let me assure you that you are among the luckiest members of society.

For those of you who are like me (old enough to remember every chaotic day of trail coverage) prepare yourself for round two.

A few days before the coverage began on the new Simpson many analysts boarded the minimum-OJ-coverage bandwagon.

We were promised no late night commentaries about the ex-football player and no 24-hour live courtroom footage.

We were told if we enjoyed the endless attention to the first trial, we would be devastated by the lack of attention given to this one.

If you are in the 1 percent of the population that is devastated, I advise you not to worry. The media are up to their old tricks.

Although no skits of dancing judges, poetic closing arguments and weird long haired witnesses have surfaced, the media has aired more than most of us would like.

It seems the Simpson name has become synonymous with a horrific car wreck, a viscous animal attack and a partially decomposed corpse.

No matter how strongly we want to look away we don’t.

Instead, we stare into the mouth of the beast hoping someone will bring us to our senses.

This trial has yet to become “headline” news, but I’m sure it won’t be long.

The media is itching to run this into the ground as they did before.

I do suspect one major difference—the verdict.

Unfortunately, a lot of things went wrong in his murder trial, and the victim’s families were only able to gain monetary compensation for their losses.

Simpson is charged with several crimes in this new case including, conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary and kidnapping.

If convicted of these crimes, Simpson could receive a life sentence.

It seems as though he found a not too favorable loophole to our constitution’s fifth amendment concerning double jeopardy that clearly states that no one can be tried for the same crime twice. Legally this trial cannot be used as an opportunity for the courts to make up for the previously rendered acquittal.

Ironically, it seems he may be doing that to himself.

He has put himself in a situation where a judge that could easily give him a sentence similar to the one that was possible in his murder trial.

I’ll be able to sleep better at night knowing I did my part in delivering a delectable bite of Simpson coverage.