LAS VEGAS -- What was it like for the 12 jurors who had to decide O.J. Simpson's fate?

Were they out to convict Simpson from the start? Did the jury realize the significance of the day the verdict came down?

Jurors have spoken out to answer these questions.

They said the prosecution had a very strong case and that they didn't trust the testimonies of the men who took plea deals to testify against Simpson.

But it was the audio recordings that did him in, the jury said.

Two days after a Las Vegas jury convicted Simpson and Clarence Stewart of 12 charges for robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station hotel and casino, seven of the 12 jurors spoke out.

They said there was never a vendetta against the NFL Hall of Famer.

“When I found out I was going to be a juror, I prayed for him and Stewart, and the attorneys and I prayed for them afterwards,” said juror Dora Pettit.

Jurors said Simpson's 1995 murder trial and the civil lawsuit that followed never came up during deliberations. They said they focused on the evidence.

“The 911 call after the incident -- they sounded scared. It said, very clearly, ‘We were just robbed at gunpoint by O.J.,’” said juror Sherian Eckart.

Jurors said the testimonies from the four former co-defendants were not credible.

It was the secret recordings that were made during the heist that sealed Simpson's and Stewart's fates, they said.

“We listened to it over and over, We heard phrases in there, ‘Where did that come from?’ No one else caught it -- not the defense, not the state, not detectives,” said juror Michelle Lyons.

As for the fact that it took 13 hours for the jury to come down with a guilty verdict -- exactly 13 years after Simpson was acquitted for double murder -- jurors said it was a coincidence and nothing more.

The jurors said none of them plan to write a book about the experience.

One juror said it was a process she hopes she never has to be a part of again.

The jurors said they're looking forward to moving on with their lives.

Seven members of the jury also said that it would not have made a difference if Stewart had a separate trial.

They said they believed he was guilty because of his role as the getaway driver and the one who frisked the victims for weapons.

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