The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, October 13, 1995               TAG: 9510130004
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A14  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

HOPE TO SEE O.J.

Did he do it? Who knows other than ``The Juice''? Did he want it done? Maybe. Is he guilty? No, not in a state court of law with a majority minority panel of his peers. In a justice-is-blind society that also appears to be deaf, mute and uncaring, not even the truth seemingly can win over love, money, blood or race.

No one found the bloody knife, but all other evidence points a damning finger at the ex-defendant. There is no way that all of the evidence, no matter how botched by the Los Angeles Police Department during its investigation, could have been planted or tainted.

Any family-counseling center will inform you of the facts: If an abuser does not get help, he will abuse again, and the abuse can/will escalate.

As for O.J.'s guilt (or innocence), I hope that someday there will be a judgment day. I hope that the sins of my life I will have atoned for and that as I walk through the Pearly Gates I will see The Juice waiting inside for me to enter just to prove to me how wrong my feelings are.

WILLIAM BERRY

Hertford, N.C., Oct. 3, 1995 by CNB