Oj Simpson Research Paper

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The OJ Simpson murder case was a criminal trial held at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player OJ Simpson was tried on two counts of murder for the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman. He was found not guilty even though there were numerous counts of evidence that showed that OJ was the one who killed his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman. OJ Simpson should have been guilty of murdering Nicole because there was DNA evidence, he had dreams of killing Nicole Simpson, and jealousy could have been the motive that led him to kill Nicole. There was blood found at the crime scene that traced back to OJ’s DNA. Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor of the murder case, revealed that a blood drop found near the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman has been linked to OJ Simpson through RFLP testing - the highest level of DNA examination, commonly known as a genetic fingerprint. “Experts say that RFLP - or restriction fragment length polymorphism testing - can indicate at least a 999,999 chance in a million that two samples are from one person” (Caruso & Hester). This quote just shows just how very accurate RFLP was and with this highly accurate DNA test, it traced back to OJ’s DNA. …show more content…

Simpson and her friend Ronald L. Goldman were killed. Referring to OJ Simpson, Mr.Shipp testified about a conversation between him and Simpson. Shipp reported that OJ jokingly said, ¨ ¨To be honest, Shipp, I’ve had some dreams of killing her” ¨(Noble). Mr.Shipp’s testimony just revealed an outright confession from OJ Simpson. It can be inferred that OJ was feeling guilty about killing his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and so he had to get it off his chest by confessing to his longtime friend, Ron Shipp, in a jokingly way because he was in denial that he committed the

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