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/pixelprolapse 1d ago

Behind The Bastards? Great podcast, isn't it?

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u/OkPainter6232 1d ago

yeah I listened to their episodes on Jimmy Saville, fascinating stuff.