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Episode 3: Person of Interest
Michael_Elliott6 February 2018
Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence (2017)

Episode 3: Person of Interest

Martin Sheen narrates this new series, which throws out the idea that O.J. Simpson was really innocent and that someone else might have committed the double murders. The third episode spends its entire running time taking a look at Simpson's son Jason and the various issues that he had during the period of the murders. This includes some violent writings that he did as well as a physical assault charge. There's also talk with someone who heard him say something negative towards Nicole Brown Simpson.

This third episode is certainly a good one but there's no question that there's really nothing here that connects him the murder. I'm sure that evidence (if there is any) will happen in a future episode but what's here is a clear example that he had a temper and had various other issues that some people knew about and some even thought of him when the murders took place.

The most interesting interview here comes from Ron Shipp who was a friend of O.J.'s but testified against him at the trial. What's interesting about this interview is that he sheds some light on Jason but he is also convinced that he had nothing to do with the crime and says that all of the evidence points to O.J.. I bring this up simply to show that the documentary, so far, has been fair and balanced, which isn't the normal thing for a film like this.

Episode: A-
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Profile of Jason Lamar Simpson
lavatch6 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers
At the start of the program, the commentators discuss the "checkered past" of Jason Larmar Simpson. That phrase may be an understatement, given the nature of the evidence about Jason's violent past. This episode addresses the inexplicable decision of the LAPD and the District Attorney's office not to investigate O.J. Simpson's son Jason in the wake of the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman.

As a troubled youth experiencing problems with alcohol and violence, Jason was sent to the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. Part of his training would have been the handling of knives as implements of killing. One of Jason's classmates insisted on being interviewed off camera to discuss Jason's outbursts, one of which occurred after a telephone conversation with his stepmother, Nicole Simpson.

William Dear discovered diaries of Jason Simpson which reveal a deeply troubled bipolar mindset. Jason actually refers to himself as a "Jekyll and Hyde" and describes the near distant future as "the year of the knife." Criminal Defense Investigator Barry Hostetler, who served on O.J. Simpson's defense team, observed cuts on Jason's left hand in the weeks following the murders. Hostetler also recalls the "sexually charged" atmosphere of the Simpson household. It is troubling that when O.J. was away from home, Nicole and Jason went out dancing. Hostetler also reveals that in an age of rage, Jason forcibly cut off the hair of his girlfriend.

Some of most interesting documentary film footage of the program is the on-camera testimony of Jason Simpson during the civil trial. With his attorney present, Jason seems composed and reveals very little information in response to the prosecutor's questions. When asked about his criminal record, Jason asserted that he had only one arrest for DUI. When he is reminded of an assault charge against his employer Paul Goldberg, Jason responds, "I totally forgot about that." In point of fact, Jason administered a severe beating to his boss Goldberg, the owner of the Revival Café, hitting him in the head and back, throwing him against a wall, and kicking him, before Jason's girlfriend interceded to stop the assault. As a parting shot, Jason said, "Next time, I cut you" to Mr. Goldberg.

As Jason was on probation for assaulting Paul Goldberg at the time of the Simpson-Goldman murders, it is troubling that the LAPD failed to interrogate Jason and at least consider him as a suspect following the June 12, 1994 murders on Bundy Drive.
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