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O.J.Simpsoncase:Questions,newtwistsonreportsofknifediscoveryCNN.com
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The attorney for the former police officer who
obtained the knife from a construction worker
says his client is cooperating
CNN legal analyst Danny Cevallos says
evidence on the knife may have "degraded
significantly" after being buried for so long
Simpson attorney Alan Dershowitz says double
jeopardy, statutes of limitations restrict legal
avenues to prosecute
Years later
The retired officer was at the police academy recently, and the knife crossed his mind, his lawyer said. He
thought of getting it framed or put on a plaque, together with a case number, even though there was no
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said.
Many unknowns
Neiman said he didn't know why the ex-officer waited so long to turn it over to police.
"I don't know what the circumstances are, why that didn't happen or if that's entirely accurate or if this
whole story is possibly bogus from the get-go," he said.
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Jeffrey C. Eglash, who served as the LAPD's inspector general from 1999 to 2002, said that if the story is
true, it's troubling that an ex-officer "would retain for himself the possible murder weapon from the O.J.
Simpson case" instead of giving it to the police for analysis.
TV series
Interest in the killings has spiked since the February debut of the FX television series, "American Crime Story:
The People v. O.J. Simpson."
CNN legal analyst Paul Callan, who represented the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson in a civil suit against
Simpson, is skeptical of the new find.
"What a coincidence," he said, "all of a sudden the knife would be found in the middle of the TV series. It
sounds like a made-in-Hollywood knife discovery."
Neiman, the LAPD captain, echoed the same sentiment.
"Interesting timing. Interesting timing," he said with a smile.
Maycott's attorney said his client has nothing to do with the FX series, and the timing is "purely
coincidental."
Imprisoned in Nevada
Simpson is imprisoned in Nevada in a separate case. In October 2008 he was found guilty on 12 counts,
including kidnapping and armed robbery, for a confrontation in a Las Vegas hotel room over sports
memorabilia that Simpson said had been stolen from him.
He was sentenced to 33 years with parole eligibility after nine years.
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CNN's Ray Sanchez, Chuck Johnston and Kyra Phillips contributed to this report.
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