02-26-2023, 03:39 AM
Between the circumstantial evidence and Peterson's demeanor in his court appearances, I'm comfortable with him spending his prison time as LWOP.
To me, the evidence is fairly damning, but I'm also relying more on his demeanor.
Between the circumstantial evidence and OJ's demeanor in his court appearances, I would have been comfortable with him spending his prison time on Death Row.
I was 99.9% convinced of OJ's guilt, and 100% when upon hearing the verdict, he turned and grinned at Fred Goldman.
I saw that watching the live coverage of the trial, but haven't been able to find it since, only edited versions of it.
I'm also glad nobody is interpreting my body language or facial expressions all the time. I have enough twitches and painful moments that I'm sure they would interpret in their own way.
That is a real possibility.
I've seen people misread body language horribly, based on fairly obvious (not to them) biases.
And subtle conformational bias is always a possibility.
So there are times when relying on body language alone is absolutely not appropriate, but when one has a lot of interaction with a lot of people, one learns to what degree it can be trusted.
But it's probably more art and luck than science, so a margin of error should be considered.
It's all a situation.
To me, the evidence is fairly damning, but I'm also relying more on his demeanor.
Between the circumstantial evidence and OJ's demeanor in his court appearances, I would have been comfortable with him spending his prison time on Death Row.
I was 99.9% convinced of OJ's guilt, and 100% when upon hearing the verdict, he turned and grinned at Fred Goldman.
I saw that watching the live coverage of the trial, but haven't been able to find it since, only edited versions of it.
I'm also glad nobody is interpreting my body language or facial expressions all the time. I have enough twitches and painful moments that I'm sure they would interpret in their own way.
That is a real possibility.
I've seen people misread body language horribly, based on fairly obvious (not to them) biases.
And subtle conformational bias is always a possibility.
So there are times when relying on body language alone is absolutely not appropriate, but when one has a lot of interaction with a lot of people, one learns to what degree it can be trusted.
But it's probably more art and luck than science, so a margin of error should be considered.
It's all a situation.