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Orenthal Simpsons Murder Case

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They called it “The Trial of The Century” the murder case that the country was so attached to during the year of 1995 and even still to this day. Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson the former NFL football star running back for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers, actor, and broadcaster was charged with two counts of murder on the day of June 17th, 1994. He was accused for killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Lyle Goldman. Both were found stabbed to death at Nicole Browns home in Brentwood, California. This murder case was so riveting to the world. A former football player and public figure accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend was not what people expected. It shocked people. They couldn’t get enough of …show more content…

You can’t fight one another in the street. if you are fighting in self-defense that’s different, but they were not fighting in self-defense, it was deliberate. Towards the end of the book, Dally robs a store. After Johnny’s death dally was very upset, he goes to a convenient store and robs it. When the police are after him, he pulls out an unloaded gun and the police kill him. This part of the book is the most exhilarating because the reader felt for dally, they understood how he felt after Johnny died and what his intention was. The most important crime in the book is when Johnny kills Bob. Bob is the soc that was drowning Pony Boy. Johnny stabs bob with his six-inch blade that he carried around. Johnny automatically feels regret and later says, “I killed him, I killed that boy”. What makes this book so interesting is that most of the characters continue to do these crimes knowing the consequences. They take the risk of getting in trouble.Crime and justice in “the Great Gatsby” The great Gatsby is a book that takes place in the 1920s. The protagonist of the story, Jay Gatsby, is a well-respected public figure. He is a wealthy young man living in a mansion in West Egg. Nick, the narrator of the book, views Gatsby as a deeply flawed man, deceitful and vulgar, whose optimism and power transforms his dreams into reality to make him

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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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The characters thought that Dally was just really angry at the world, that his robbing of the bank was him attempting to blow off steam, and that his consequential death was all a result of his bad decisions. In reality, Dally had just been told about Johnny's death, and he was heartbroken. The text shows this happening when it says, “Damnit, Johnny…’ he begged, slamming one fist against the wall, hammering it to make it obey his will. ‘Oh, damnit, Johnny, don’t die, please don’t die…’ He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall”(Hinton 149).

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The group of Socs started to violently drown Ponyboy in the fountain and attack Johnny. In order to save Ponyboy, Johnny grabbed the knife he carried for self-defence and stabbed Bob, the most respected Soc. This violent scene shows that there are outcomes to violence and in this situation the consequence was Johnny and Ponyboy had to run away for some time and alter their identity. Another example of violence being portrayed in the novel is during the rumble. It was a brutal event with no specified rules that would prove which social class is more powerful through gang violence.

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The two were brutally stabbed in Nicole’s home after an argument the divorced couple had. The motive for the killing was supposedly over jealousy/obsessiveness but a concrete motive has never been presented to the public. After being charged with two counts of murder and a wrongful death suit from each victim, the public erupted. During a time were police brutality and racism was at an all time high, African Americans viewed the fact that O.J. was charged as yet another act of the LAPD who were extremely racist at the time. With the LA Riots occuring just a couple years earlier, the trust in police was low.

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The ruling shows that Simpson is responsible for the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. This harmful and destructive behavior does not make him seem to be a good role model for children. This is true as according to dictionary.com a role model is, “a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people. ”(Dictionary.com) If he remains to be held in a manner that makes him an easy role model for kids, it will be harmful to the society as they may emulate his behavior because it worked out for him so well.

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