Let the DNA Wars Begin

摘要

The case against o. j. simpson has always been built on circumstantial evidence. Sure, it was important for the state to try to establish that Simpson had the inclination—he was a wife abuser—and the opportunity to commit the double murders. But reams of words and seven dismissed jurors later, all that really amounted to huge gobs of throat clearing. This week the state's case finally moves to its heart: the DNA blood tests that prosecutors say will most directly, and incontrovertibly, link Simpson to the murders of his ex-wife and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Lacking eyewitnesses and a weapon, the state must win The DNA Wars decisively for the jury to convict an icon like Simpson.