Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Monday, January 08, 2007

Vicious murders and Deceitful lies.

Murders and lies; this is what both Rafael Robb and O.J. Simpson have in common. Ivy League professor Rafael Robb formerly called Norristown, Pennsylvania home. On Monday, he was charged with the death of his wife Ellen. Although the death occurred on December 22, the charges were just recently brought upon Rafael. Robb bludgeoned his wife to death in their kitchen after she apparently told friends and family she was going to divorce him. He was arraigned on murder charges and is currently being jailed without bail. Robb made up an alibi and lied about the obvious motive for his murder; his knowledge of his wife's plans to divorce him.
This might ring a bell in the ears of those who are familiar with the infamous and dramatic O.J. Simpson trial that unfolded in the early 1990's. O.J.'s ex-wife Nicole was found stabbed to death outside O.J.'s condominium on June 12, 1994. O.J. bounced between many theories of how his wife had been killed and who killed her, one of them being it was the job of a hitman in her drug-dealing ring. O.J. pled non-guilty throughout the trial, as homicide is a capital offense in California. His alibi did not click with police and only after a car chase and a surrounding were the LAPD able to bring O.J. into court. He was then released after being found "not guilty."
Both men committed a homicide against their significant other. The difference: one was acquitted while the other was jailed without bail. Homicide is an abominable crime and how one could escape the punishment is unthinkable. Apparently, it all depends on who you know and the connections you have.

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