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12 Angry Men Oj Simpson Case

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Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson was American football player who played in the NFL from 1969-1977. He first joined the NFL at the age of 22 (born July 9th, 1947). After his professional football career he became a broadcaster and professional actor. He resigned in San Francisco, California before his conviction but now lives in the Las Vegas area where he is is on parole. In 2008, Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman with eligibility for parole in nine years. Nicole Brown Simpson was an ex-girlfriend who Simpson had two kids with and Ronald Goldman was Nicole's new friend.

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On June 12, 1994, Nicole and Goldman were found stabbed to death outside Nicole's condominium …show more content…

The main way these two are related is because despite strong evidence against Simpson, the lawyers successfully raised doubts about the handling of the evidence. In 12 Angry Men the jury raises a doubt about the timing of events around the murder and the witnesses testimony. In both cases the the person convicted of murder gets off after reasonable doubt has been proven. In 12 Angry Men the evidence found was a knife with that was thought to be unique, in

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No I do not agree with the verdict of OJ being not guilty of the murder of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. I think that there is more evidence against OJ being the murder then there is reasonable doubt against. I think that although the glove didn't fit OJ’s hand in the courtroom there are many factors that could have altered the size of the glove before he tried it on in court. Due to the prior number of 911 calls involving violence between OJ and Nicole, this kind of behaviour would follow in the same footsteps.Also they had strong evidence against OJ because the blood type found at the scene matched his and only 0.5 percent of the population has this blood type (“The Trial of O. J. Simpson: The Incriminating

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This divorce was done due to she was being tortured by O.J Simpson and she decided to leave him and brought her 2 kids along with her. O.J Simpson found out that Nicole Brown has been keeping in touch with white guy is known as Ronald Goldman. One evening, Nicole went for dinner and Ronald

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Nicole filed for divorce in 1992. On june 12 1994 the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and a friend Ronald Goldman, they were found stabbed to death outside of Nicole's house in Los Angeles Bret wood area. When evidence led police to suspect O.J. Simpson of the murder, he was ordered to surrender by 11 am on june 17 Simpson did not surrender vanished, but was tracked down later in the day when he made a call from his cell phone on the Santana Ana freeway. The police pursued, leading to a nationally

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OJ Simpson is guilty of killing Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman and Should be rotting in prison. OJ Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldmann were found murdered on June 12 1994 and OJ Simpson was the main suspect. OJ Simpson should have been convicted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. DNA matchings were found there had been a cut on his hand and gloves worn by OJ were found at the scene with his blood on them. OJ Simpson killed his ex-wife and her friend.

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But before he got in his truck and left he stripped down to his socks after the murder (http://law2.umkc.edu/facility/porjects/ftrials/Simpson/Simpson.htm). The Friday after the murder charges were filed against OJ Simpson, police went to the Cowlings home to arrest him. But when the police arrived Cowlings and Simpson was nowhere to be found (http://www.uchastings.edu/academics/facility/facultybios/park/classwebsite/docs/fall-2012/Simpson-OJ-1-26-12.pdf). Simpson said on that Friday afternoon he and Cowlings were trying to get to Nicole’s gravesite but one of the police cars was blocking the entrance. That afternoon, Robert Kardashian read to reporters an apparent suicide note from Simpson, and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday evening the nation watched the slow-speed car chase cumulates in Simpson’s arrest (http://www.uchastings.edu/academics/facility/facultybios/park/classwebsite/docs/fall-2012/Simpson-OJ-1-26-12.pdf).

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There was multiply evidence that, traced back to O.J. Simpson. His blood was recovered and fingerprints were local on the back fence. Later they found his hair in a knit hat at the crime scene, which the same kind of fiber was found on Goldman’s clothing. Fibers from simpson’s car were also similar to the knit hat. In his vehicle, he had blood from both victims and a pair of bloody socks in his house, along with the right glove that was missing from the crime scene.

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