There are those with opinions, however. And 4 percent refused to answer the question. Attorneys for family members refused to comment Wednesday. Pollster Paul Talmey said he has rarely seen such high public awareness of a crime. There is a broad, broad awareness of this case.
People think, 'Gee, it has dragged on.
Still, the acquittal of O.J. Simpson of murder charges has caused the public to be far more willing to sound off on major crimes, said Mimi Wesson, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Law and a mystery novelist. And once people acknowledged that, then I think they felt freed up to substitute their own reasoning and information gathering processes for the criminal-justice process. Only 6 percent had no opinion. The Daily Camera. All rights reserved.