Unpopular opinion here but I think the system worked as designed. I think the preponderance of the evidence pointed to OJ as the killer but the state did not prove its case "beyond a reasonable doubt", far from it. Gil Garcetti charged OJ before they'd even solidified the case, probably because he was feeling political and public pressure. I was incredulous when they announced the charges so quickly, saying "they better have him on video, they don't charge people with BURGLARY that fast." That put the DAs under an artificial time clock to put on a case and led to errors like a timeline for the case that didn't make sense (in the way they expounded it), the whole glove incident, etc. That haste resulted in a bad case which resulted in an acquittal that gave OJ "double jeopardy" immunity when better evidence and explanations were developed.

The number of people celebrating his acquittal just because he was black was dumbfounding as were the number of people who couldn't or wouldn't see just how shaky the prosecution's case was.