TLS, 8.5 x 10.25, personal letterhead, August 8, 1994. In full: "Like you, I've seen O.J. play. But save your grief for the dead. Simpson is innocent until a jury says otherwise. That's the way our legal system works. He will get the best defense money can buy, and that is also fair, because then if a jury says he's guilty, we can be sure that the right guy was convicted. If he is convicted, then he merits the death penalty. For a professional athlete to murder a woman in such a brutal way deserves no less. It was a cowardly and vicious act. Try to remember that we are all equal before the law. That is an important concept, and one that goes far back into human history as an ideal. It is, in fact, one of the cornerstones of what we call democracy. You can't see into another human heart. Once upon a time I had an insurance client. His name was Don. Ordinary guy, he owned a bar. He paid his bills on time, and was friendly enough. One day he took out a shotgun and killed his wife and twelve-year-old daughter, and then himself. I personally believe O.J. did it, and so do the FBI agents with whom I have discussed the case (none of them are involved in it, of course). But belief does not count. Facts count. Evidence counts. We owe Simpson a fair trial before a jury of his peers. If the jury decides that he is guilty, then we owe the victims a punishment for their killer as severe as the crime was. Two human beings have lost their lives. Save your grief for them. On the Hall of Fame, no, it is not equitable to remove him from that place. Pete Rose merited such a punishment because his crime tampered with the integrity of the game itself. O.J., whether guilty or not, did not harm the game of football. Thus this issue is separate from the more important issue of the trial for capital murder." In fine condition.
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