As I sit here today to express my feelings, I am filled with raw emotions—anger, frustration, sadness, deception, fear, and hatred. I was raised with morals, values, to tell the truth and to be respectful to and of others, whatever their race. I have tried to live up to and by those standards and have instilled the same in my own children. I ask myself almost every day, What is happening in our society? What has happened to our justice system? Why is there more violence and racism than ever before? What message are we giving our children? If you have money and/or you are a celebrity, you can get away with LYING … you can get away with CHEATING … you can get away with VIOLENCE … you can get away with RAPE … you can get away with a BRUTAL MURDER! You are treated differently from others. There has not been a day since I felt you were responsible for Ron’s death that I have not hoped you would experience the pain—emotionally, mentally, and physically—that you inflicted upon Ron and Nicole. You never shed a tear, you never expressed sorrow, you never showed the slightest bit of remorse. As I watched you in court every day of the criminal trial and for several days of the civil trial, I am convinced that you are not capable of feeling any pain or remorse for the heinous crime that you committed. You took Ron’s life from him and from others whom he befriended. You also took away a major part of our lives. As a parent, I can’t imagine anything worse than losing a child due to an illness, an accident, or to a natural cause. But to lose a child caused by the brutality of another human being is beyond comprehension and acceptance. I experience an overwhelming sadness each and every day for the pain and suffering I see in Kim and Fred especially, not to mention the pain experienced by my children, Brian, Michael, and Lauren, and by me. I wish that something could and would bring Ron back from this horrendous nightmare, but you have made such a miracle impossible. We were a normal, blended family who wanted to live life to its fullest—quietly and peacefully. Our lives will never be the same. There will always be a void—that being the loss of Ron’s love, his affection, his warmth, his laughter, his smile … his everyday presence. Our family will always be associated with the “Trial of the Century” and we will always be remembered as a family who honored Ron and gave him a name—an identity. We searched and fought for justice, with all of our strength, determination, and love. Ron was and still is a real “hero.” He made a choice to help his friend Nicole, the mother of your children. In the process, he sacrificed his own life. I will forever hold you responsible for Ron’s brutal, savage, and untimely murder. You will be recognized, despised, branded, ostracized, and, someday, hopefully punished for being the “killer”—who got away with murder. For this, my hatred for you is and always will be indelibly etched in my mind.