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Take the OJ trial for example, since most everyone is very aware of that situation. He was found not guilty of the crime of murder, yet guilty of the civil charge of wrongful death. Does that result bother you from a "reasonable person" standpoint? What do you think would have been the result if the civil trial had occurred before the criminal trial?

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Take the OJ trial for example, since most everyone is very aware of that situation. He was found not guilty of the crime of murder, yet guilty of the civil charge of wrongful death. Does that result bother you from a "reasonable person" standpoint?
From a reasonable person's standpoint, yes it does bother me that he was found not guilty in the Criminal trial and found guilty in the civil trial. Knowing ...

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