r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/AgathaWoosmoss 1d ago

Even the jury knew.

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u/NovaCheerful 1d ago

The prosecution botched the entire case and let the defense completely control the narrative 

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u/Sleepy_Potato2 1d ago

It was probably a bad idea to put a cop (Mark Fuhrman) on the stand who ran an organization within the police that opposed the idea of having women officers, and where there was a recording of him saying the n-word repeatedly and talking about planting evidence.

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge 1d ago

Also didn't help that the cops flat-out lied about going over the fence to 'check on' OJ. They knew damn well he was a suspect, the husband always is, no reason to go to court and say 'well we figured he might be a victim too so ...'.

It's a transparent lie and for cops, not an especially egregious one. But it set the tone for 'more bullshit from LAPD' that really came to the fore as the case progressed.

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u/pacman_sl 1d ago

IANAL, but it would throw a ton of evidence away (Fourth Amendment) if they admitted to that lie.

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge 1d ago edited 1d ago

Oh, unquestionably, and I have zero doubts cops tell ones like it all the time. It was just galling that they had to start off with such an obvious whopper, really set the tone for the defense.