OJ Simpson Trial is Already a Media Circus: It's Only Going to Get Worse

The media is already in a feeding frenzy over the OJ Simpson arrest, and it's going to get a lot worse. It'll probably be twice as bad as his double-murder trial; we're going to get bombarded with news about OJ around the clock for months to come.

My only hope is that the judge isn't as inept as the judge in Simpson's first trial. At least it won't be him, or that crybaby judge in Florida who handled the custody case for Anna Nicole Smith's baby. Hopefully the judge who gets this case will put a gag order on everyone involved in the case so that the trial isn't played out in the media any more than it already has.

And he (or she) keeps the lawyers in their places and under control. And keeps the TV cameras out of the courtroom; that'll keep everyone grounded and focused.

All This Talk of Sympathy for Libby in Jury Guarantees Some of the Convictions Will Be Overturned on Appeal

Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted on four of five counts against him, and a food fight has broken out between the left and right on whether or not he should be granted a Presidential pardon.

I have doubts it will get that far.

A number of the jurors who convicted Libby have virtually guaranteed that Libby will get an appeal. I predict that at least two of the convictions will be overturned; the reason why is that jurors have been expressing sympathy for Libby, saying that the convictions had nothing to do with the crime that started all of this: who outed the CIA operative?

One went on MSNBC and said "Pardon Libby."

That doesn't sound like a unanimous vote in the jury room to me. The defense will grab onto what's been said after the fact, and try to illustrate that there was confusion in that jury room.

The talk of a pardon is premature. The legal process needs time to sort all of this out.