Rodney mcgruder articles

  • Rodney Joe Osborne, 43, of Sciotodale

    Rodney Joe Osborne, 43, of Sciotodale, died Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Mount Carmel Grove City, the result of a tragic accident. Born on March 13, 1981, in Portsmouth, he was a s13-year correction officer at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Lt. “Ozzy” was a member of the Honor Guard, the ODRC STAR (Special Tactics […]
  • Opinion: How Rodney King helped exonerate O.J. Simpson

    In 1994 and 1995, when lawyers for O.J. Simpson offered up the possibility that the former football star was being framed by the Los Angeles Police Department for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, it should have seemed outlandish. Consider the complications in such a frame. If officers planted a glove, say, only to discover that Simpson’s whereabouts were accounted for at the time of the murder, attention would immediately swing to who it was that discovered that...
  • ELDER: O.J. Simpson juror believes verdict was payback for Rodney King

    As to the double murder case against O.J. Simpson, there was so much evidence that his guilt was obvious. This evidence included, but was not limited to, blood at the crime scene; blood on and inside Simpson’s white Bronco; a bloody glove found at the crime scene and a matching glove found at Simpson’s home; […]