Simpson's was a legacy the world acknowledging his athletic achievements while also grappling with the darker aspects of his history, DID HE DO IT

Orenthal James Simpson, a name etched in the annals of American sports history, transcended the boundaries of the gridiron to become an enigma—a tale of triumph, tragedy, and controversy. Born on July 9, 1947, he sprinted into our collective consciousness, leaving indelible footprints on the turf of life.

Football, the canvas upon which he painted his legend, witnessed his meteoric rise. Clad in the blue and red of the Buffalo Bills, Simpson danced through defenses like a maestro orchestrating a symphony of speed and grace. His legs churned yards, and his name echoed in stadiums across the nation. He was more than a player; he was poetry in motion—a running back who defied gravity and logic.

The Heisman Trophy, that coveted accolade, found its home with Simpson during his college days at USC. His prowess was undeniable, and the NFL beckoned. In 1969, the Buffalo Bills claimed him as their own, and the gridiron became his stage. For nine seasons, he carved a path through opponents, leaving them grasping at air. Pro Bowls and All-Pro selections adorned his career like jewels on a crown.

But it was 1973 that etched his name in the stars. Simpson, fueled by determination and sheer will, shattered records. 2,003 rushing yards—a feat that seemed impossible—became his reality. The MVP title adorned his brow, and he danced into the record books. No one had ever run so far, so fast, so relentlessly. His 143.1 yards per game became a beacon of excellence, a testament to his unparalleled talent.

Yet, fate wove a darker thread into his narrative. The tragedy that unfolded in 1994 cast a shadow over his legacy. The world watched as he stood trial for the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. The courtroom became an arena, and the verdict—a controversial acquittal—echoed through history. The cheers of stadiums faded, replaced by whispers of doubt and disbelief.

Simpson’s life became a paradox—a hero on the field, a flawed figure off it. The Civil Suit held him accountable, demanding justice for lives lost. The $33.5 million judgment weighed heavy, a reminder of the fragility of fame.

In the twilight of his years, Simpson faced another chapter. Las Vegas, a city of lights and shadows, bore witness to his fall. Armed robbery and kidnapping charges led to a conviction. The Lovelock Correctional Center became his home, and the cheers of stadiums were replaced by the clank of prison bars.

Today, as we bid farewell to O.J. Simpson, we grapple with the complexity of his legacy. A football icon, a tragic figure, a man who soared and stumbled. His story reminds us that greatness and darkness often walk hand in hand, leaving us to ponder the fragile balance between fame and infamy.

Orenthal James Simpson, your journey was tumultuous, your legacy multifaceted. May the echoes of your footsteps on the field continue to resonate, reminding us that life’s tapestry is woven with both triumph and tragedy.To see more about.

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O.J. Simpson Found Guilty on All Charges in Robbery-Kidnap Trial

The 61-year-old former football star could spend the rest of his life in prison. Sentencing was set for Dec. 5. The Hall of Fame football star was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and 10 other charges for gathering up five men a year ago and storming into a room at a hotel-casino, where the group seized several game balls, plaques and photos. Prosecutors said two of the men with him were armed; one of them said Simpson asked him to bring a gun.
The verdict came 13 years to the day after Simpson was cleared of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles in one of the most sensational trials of the 20th century.
A weary and somber Simpson released a heavy sigh as the charges were read by the clerk in Clark County District Court. He was immediately taken into custody. more The Ojay of today is 61, if he would have sat his ass down and acted his age he would not be in this mess now!!

Angela Simpson kills "snitch," has no remorse

Phoenix woman Angela Simpson was charged with murder in August of 2009, after killing 46-year-old handicapped man Terry Neely, then dismembering his body and burning it in a trash can in a church parking lot.http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/video/angela_simpson_jailhouse_intv_082009¹

Simpson stated she met Neely at a bus stop and killed him as he was a snitch, or police informant. In an interview, Simpson showed little remorse for the killing, only upset that she would not be around to kill other snitches. Simpson also stated that she believes she may be mentally ill.http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/video/angela_simpson_jailhouse_intv_082009¹

Isabelle Caro French model died from Anorexia nervosa she was 28

Isabelle Caro was a French model from Marseille, France, who became well-known after appearing in a controversial ad campaign "No Anorexia" which showed Caro with vertebrae and facial bones showing under her skin in a picture by photographer Oliviero Toscani died from Anorexia nervosa she was 28.  She was the 3rd cousin of poker author Mike Caro.

(12 September 1982 – 17 November 2010)

 Biography

Caro suffered from severe anorexia nervosa from the age of 13. Anorexia was caused by what she called a "troubled childhood". When she appeared on CBS's The Insider, it was revealed that at the worst of her eating disorder, she weighed only 25 kilograms (55 lb; 3 st 13 lb) at a height of 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in); her most recent weight was 33 kilograms (73 lb; 5 st 3 lb).
She appeared on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny which aired on 11 March 2008, in which she spoke to journalist Anna Richardson about her anorexia.
Caro was hospitalized for the first time when she was 20. At her worst, in 2006, she slipped into a coma, weighing just 25 kilograms (55 lb; 3 st 13 lb). The doctor said she would not survive the coma but she did.
Caro was also interviewed in the second episode of the TV documentary series, The Price of Beauty, in which Jessica Simpson and her two best friends, Ken Pavés and CaCee Cobb, traveled the world to explore the meaning of true beauty. Simpson investigated the problem of how some female fashion models have become obsessed with being skinny. Caro talked about how she became anorexic and warned other girls about the affliction. Simpson was moved to say "What you are doing right now makes you more beautiful and I hope women all over the world hear about the story and it is important to know that how skinny you are does not make you beautiful." It aired on 22 March 22 2010 in the USA and on 21 August in Japan.

Death

Caro died on 17 November 2010 in France, after spending about two weeks in hospital with acute respiratory disease. The cause of her death is unknown. Ms Caro's acting instructor, Daniele Dubreuil-Prevot, told the Associated Press news agency that Ms Caro had died "after returning to France" from a job in Tokyo. Her family only reported Caro's death to the media a month afterward, on 29 December 2010.

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I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like O.J., cutting everybody's throat ... I totally understand OJ. I get it."
Hulk Hogan, in an April issue of Rolling Stone magazine, on his divorce battle with estranged wife Linda Bollea and her relationship with 19-year-old Charlie Hill. O.J. Simpson was acquitted of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1995.

Innocent man shares his 20-year struggle behind bars

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Willie "Pete" Williams had no idea when he was pulled over by police that the criminal justice system was about to steal away half his life.

Willie "Pete" Williams, 45, spent half of his life behind bars for a 1985 rape he did not commit 22 years "I felt betrayed ... I felt like these people had taken my life," says WilliamsDNA evidence has directly exonerated 208 wrongly convicted people in U.S have also been set free.

Sitting in the flashing glow of Atlanta squad car lights along Georgia State Road 400, the 23-year-old part-time house painter didn't know police were looking for a rapist who had struck nearby three weeks earlier.
Police questioned -- and then arrested Williams, triggering a series of mistaken witness identifications that led to his unjust conviction for rape, kidnapping and aggravated sodomy.
It was 1985 and Williams was sentenced to serve 45 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. "I felt betrayed. ... I felt like these people had taken my life for something I didn't do. I felt like I was being treated unfairly. ... I felt very, very angry towards everybody," said Williams last week, a free man after nearly 22 years behind bars.
He said he spent many of those years stoking that anger by fighting guards and inmates, while his childhood friends were developing careers and raising families. Watch Williams offer more details about his prison nightmare »
Earlier this year, after DNA science proved his innocence, the 45-year-old with a graying mustache stood again before a judge -- who this time exonerated Williams. Watch Williams celebrate after a judge freed him »
Williams' troubling story provokes discomfort in a nation that prides itself on a justice system where the accused are innocent until proven guilty. So far, DNA evidence has directly exonerated 208 wrongly convicted people in the United States, according to the Innocence Project. It's unknown how many prisoners now locked up in American jails could be freed by new testing of DNA evidence.
A jury of Williams' peers convicted him in the April 5, 1985, rape, kidnapping and aggravated sodomy of a woman in Atlanta's Sandy Springs neighborhood.
The victim told police her attacker first approached her to ask if she could help him find someone named Paul. Then he produced a gun and forced her into her car, according to police. They then drove to a dead-end street where the assault occurred.
Because the science behind each person's unique DNA signature was new to police in 1985, the key evidence that sealed Williams' fate was the testimony of three eyewitnesses who mistakenly said they recognized him.
"Mistaken eyewitness identification has long been the single biggest factor in the conviction of innocents," said Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project.
"That has got to be important to everybody, because if we can reform identification procedures, it will keep more innocent people out of jail and convict criminals who really commit the crimes."
A national nonprofit group, the Innocence Project has inspired creation of state and regional organizations including the Georgia Innocence Project, which exonerated Williams.
As a new prisoner Williams said he fought a painful struggle against the raw deal the world had dealt him. When board members denied him parole the first of three times Williams said, "they had to escort me to 'the hole' [solitary confinement]."
"I couldn't function out there around the other inmates," Williams said. "I was mad, I was bitter. I felt the whole world just gave me up."
It wasn't until 1997 -- more than a decade after he was locked away -- that Williams' own voice freed him from the grip of his anger. At Valdosta State Prison, a close friend named Charlie Brown helped him join a Christian choir -- leading him to accept Jesus.
"Singing was like being out here, in a sense. It freed me from all the things, from all the fights, from the officers who were cruel, prison, stabbings," said Williams, who especially embraced the hymn "Amazing Grace."
After singing got a hold of Williams, he said the hardest part of his heart started to dissolve.
"I didn't feel angry anymore -- or any hate."
Witness ID
Sequential double-blind lineups are standard in:
New Jersey
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Northhampton, Massachusetts
Madison, Wisconsin
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Ramsey County, Minnesota
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Santa Clara County, California
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source: Innocence Project
To prevent more tragedies like Williams', innocence projects in many states, including Georgia, have begun pressing lawmakers to adopt special witness ID procedures called sequential double-blind lineups. Such lineups are administrated by officials who don't know who the suspect is and present each member of a lineup one-by-one instead of simultaneously.
Witnesses who see several potential suspects simultaneously are more likely to choose a person who looks most like the perpetrator -- but who may not actually be the perpetrator, according to the Innocence Project. The group also cites research that says misidentification is reduced if the person overseeing the lineup is "blind" to which person in the lineup is the suspect.
Georgia's Legislature held hearings Monday in Atlanta to study the research and the proposed standards, which have been adopted by New Jersey and jurisdictions in Minnesota, California and elsewhere.
Louis M. Dekmar, vice chair of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies is skeptical of the research, but said the issue deserves further study.
"I don't believe the research is so compelling that we need to make swings and changes that don't bode well for criminal investigations and the criminal justice process," said Dekmar, a 30-year law enforcement veteran and chief of police for LaGrange, Georgia.
Dekmar argues investigators should be allowed to administer lineups to gauge reaction while they look at witness faces, to see if a witness is "stressed, weeping, nervous -- all those reactions that help detectives formulate whether this is a strong identification or a weak identification."
Williams' Case
April 5, 1985: Woman raped, kidnapped in Atlanta, Georgia
Williams arrested: April 28, 1985
Sentence: 45 years in prison
Freed: January 23, 2007
Exonerated by DNA evidence: February 13, 2007
February 10, 2007: DNA tests result in arrest and eventual conviction of Kenneth G. Wicker for the 1985 rape
Sources: Innocence Project, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Williams was convicted on the identification of three witnesses who first singled him out from a photo lineup, according to the Georgia Innocence Project.
More than 20 years later, Georgia Innocence Project attorneys arranged to compare Williams' DNA with DNA evidence collected from the 1985 rape. It was not a match, proving that Williams was not the attacker and opening the door to his release.
Shortly after Williams' exoneration, DNA science again played a role in the case when a genetic match resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of Kenneth G. Wicker for the crime that Williams had been wrongly convicted of. Years earlier Wicker had served four years in prison for another rape and two attempted sexual assaults, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
As Scheck's Innocence Project marks its 15th year, the 1995 O.J. Simpson defense attorney describes it as a movement for criminal justice as well as human rights.
"I think that it's going to be remembered for getting innocents out of jail, but also for changing the paradigm in the criminal justice system," said Scheck.
"There is a greater understanding now that sound scientific and critical research can go a long way toward proving injustice and prosecuting the guilty."
Sometimes an Innocence Project client is confirmed to be guilty by DNA evidence, but the group doesn't make the number of those cases available. Theoretically, If key DNA material in a case is properly preserved, there's no time limit on revisiting old cases, according to the Innocence Project.
Critics accuse the group of denying closure to communities and victims' families by giving new life to old cases. To that, project spokesman Eric Ferrero said, "Victims are not served by the wrong people being convicted."
Perhaps the most important victory for the project has been its role in sparing the lives of 15 people condemned to death. In 2000, 13 condemned prisoners were exonerated by a group of Northwestern University students affiliated with the Innocence Project.
Some of the innocent prisoners were freed through DNA testing, others were exonerated after new trials were ordered by appellate courts.Those spared lives prompted then-Illinois Gov. George Ryan to declare a state moratorium on all executions and later, a blanket clemency of all 167 death row prisoners.
The moratorium remains in effect while Illinois authorities consider proposed reforms to the system.
Back in Georgia, during the ten months since Williams' friends and family welcomed him home with hugs and kisses, he's been taking his time rejoining society, attending electronics classes and dealing with his top complaint: 21st century traffic.
Williams has found a home in a church congregation and plans to join its choir, holding on to the spiritual anchor he formed in prison.
Money is tight for Williams, and, according to the Innocence Project, only 45 percent of those exonerated by DNA evidence have been financially compensated. He expects some compensation from Georgia, although the state has no law guiding such cases.
Regaining his freedom has renewed Williams' belief in the power of prayer, but he said it has done little to repair his faith in the nation's justice system. He wonders how many other Americans are still suffering injustices like his own.
"When I see someone on television when they say, 'this is a suspect,' I have a difficult time believing that that actually is a suspect," Williams said.
"That's how I'm affected now."

You were born July 18, 1963

If you were born on 7 / 18 / 1963 which means you are 44 years old and about:

46 years 8 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 91

42 years 0 months younger than Nancy Reagan, age 87

39 years 1 month younger than George Herbert Bush, age 84

31 years 10 months younger than Barbara Walters, age 76

29 years 8 months younger than Larry King, age 74

23 years 5 months younger than Ted Koppel, age 68

20 years 0 months younger than Geraldo Rivera, age 65

17 years 0 months younger than George W. Bush, age 62

12 years 0 months younger than Jesse Ventura, age 57

7 years 9 months younger than Bill Gates, age 52

2 years 11 months younger than Cal Ripken Jr., age 47

2 years 11 months older than Mike Tyson, age 42

7 years 0 months older than Jennifer Lopez, age 37

12 years 5 months older than Tiger Woods, age 32

18 years 11 months older than Prince William, age 26
and that you were:
38 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America

36 years old on the first day of Y2K

34 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash

31 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing

30 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder

29 years old at the time of the

93 bombing of the World Trade Center

27 years old when Operation Desert Storm began

26 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall

22 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded

20 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh

19 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space

17 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.

16 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began

12 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July

11 years old when President Nixon left office

8 years old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot

6 years old at the time the first man stepped on the moon

4 years old when Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated

2 years old during the Watts riotnot yet

1 year old at the time President Kennedy was assassinated

Solid Rock is Crumbling

On occasion my family and I visit Solid Rock, this Sunday May 23, 2010 was more than we ever expected. It started out as a traditional Sunday, the choir sang, pass the collection plate , prayer, and then the introduction of the pastor.

It all exploded when Apostle Anderson took the microphone and proceeded to introduce the new chosen members of the church board. As Apostle Anderson began swearing the members in, all hell broke loose. When one of the associate Pastors from the pulpit starts yelling "this is not of god, this is not of god, stop what you are doing, and preach! " over and over again!

Everyone was shocked because it looked like a fight was going to break out from the outburst but Anderson kept on making his announcement while members looked in awe! While this disruption was going on a half the church walked out. Several members tried to regain order and approached the associate pastor and asked him to leave, but he was not having it!

This went on for 10 minutes when a male member of the church came and hugged the appostle as he was preaching. Several Ushers stepped up and removed the man from the pulpit. The Associate Pastor grabbed a microphone and started spilling the beans. That the church was in foreclosure and the only way that the bank would continue to help Solid Rock if Appostle Anderson only preached. and had nothing to do with the business. Appostle anderson began to preach that if this was his last time preaching that he would go out with a bang. Apostle Anderson stated that if you were with him stand with him good, and if not then they need to leave!

Apostle Anderson finished what he had to say dropped the microphone and left the stage like Chris Rock.

Apostle wife Tonya grabbed a microphone and started saying that evil was against her husband, and that "he was not himself". Through all the rants and raves nothing could prepare the congregation for Tonya calling three women out in church... I am not sure who they were or what they did, but when she called their names they jumped up and looked like they were ready to fight!

The last straw for me and the member sitting next to me when several members began yelling to come and pray, one lady looked at me and said " that's it," got up and left.

Now the Church's name is Solid Rock, as we get into the car and we are driving home we heard Ashford & Simpson- SOLID AS A ROCK, WOW!

Maybe there was a message in seeing the church fall on their knees, although as me and my family was leaving that church, we asked the question will Solid Rock be there next week?

I felt this was something that needed to be said, what was done in the dark appeared in the light... Faith in god is what will pull you out

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