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Summary Of The OJ Simpson Case

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On June 6, 1994, bodies of Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were found murdered. shortly after Nicole's husband OJ Simpson was in a police pursuit with OJ's Ford Bronco. OJ was charged with the murders and pleaded not guilty. The evidence collected was a shoe print Bruno Size 12, ablack cap found with african american hairs in it, blood on OJ's bronco, a bloody sock they. found by OJ's bed, a cap that had fibers matching the Bronco and a bloody XL cashmere glove they found outside OJ's house. The trial began on January 24,1995. there was no murder weapon or witnesses but the prosecuter still thought they had a strong case. OJ was acquitted of the charges. his lawyers argued that the detective Mark Fuhrman appeared racists and claimed he planted evidence toincriminate …show more content…

they said the evidence was not collected properly and no evidence of OJ owning a pair of bruno shoes size 12, the hair in the cap didn't have dandruff in it like OJ had. the cut on his hand was not deep enough to cause that much blood to drip and the glove did not fit on OJ when they made him try it on in court. The families of the Goldmans and Browns sued OJ of wrongful death in civil court on February 5,1997. where they won $33,500,000.00 in compensatoty and punitive damages they showed the same evidence, OJ failed a lie detector test, a picture of OJ wearing the bruno size 12 shoe he never owned, evidence of physical abuse towards Nicole by OJ, detective Mark Fuhrman did not have to testify but OJ had to. In criminal court you must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. All Jurors must agree on

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In the end, O.J. Simpson was found not guilty for the

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He was found not guilty in October 3 1995.2 The wife of O.J. Simpson the one that supposedly he killed had a name just like everybody else's her name was Nicole Brown Simpson may she rest in peace. Well she was the wife the man

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A pair of gloves that OJ had owned for years were found at the crime scene near the bodies with one being there and another at his house with the one at the crime scene with blood on them. In the document, O.J. Simpson says "a glove matching the one found near the dead bodies surfaced on Simpson's property". And in the article, Simpson gloves match the evidence, it says "glove expert Richard Rubin testified Tuesday. Rubin, who was called back to the stand for the prosecution's rebuttal case, said he was 100 percent positive the gloves are the same unique model. "

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Because he had signed the confession there was little to know hope for his defense. Even though he had 4 alibi witnesses testify in court the confession he had signed was overwhelming evidence to convict him. However, he maintained his innocence throughout the trial and

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The eyewitness was Kenny an inmate in prison with Ronald, who unfortunately choked on the stand when questioned about what he knew. So unfortunately for Ronald, Kenny wasn’t his key to being released from prison for the crime he hadn’t committed. Ronald got new lawyers in 1992 A man by the name or Mr. Rich, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, who was interested in looking into Ronald’s case, Ronald weighed the pros and cons and in the end agreed to let someone else taking a chance at handling his case. It wasn’t until 1994 that the most significant piece of evidence came into play. It was in 1994 that the OJ Simpson case started it was also one of the first instances of DNA being used as evidence in a case.

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Finally, Wayne Williams took the stand and testified, which resulted in very unfavorable attention from the jury (The Atlanta, n.d.). His angry and combative demeanor on the witness stand left jury members with little sympathy (The Atlanta, n.d.). It only took the jury approximately ten hours to deliberate and reach a guilty verdict, however, if the fiber evidence was not presented I do not believe the deliberation would have been so quick and most likely would have resulted in a not guilty

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O.J Simpson should have been claimed guilty instead of not guilty. Was O.J Simpson charged not guilty because of his race or maybe because of his fame? Even a decade after the verdict, an NBC News poll found those divisions remained. O.J Simpson went on trial for the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman 22 years ago. The heavy coverage started even before the trial began.

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The day after the murder OJ Simpson had fresh cuts on his body (http://law2.umkc.edu/facility/porjects/ftrials/simspon/evidence.html). OJ Simpson acted really weird when the police called him to inform him about Nicole Brown’s death (http://law2.umkc.edu/facility/porjects/ftrials/simspon/evidence.html). Simpson tried and blamed another guy, which was his friend, named Charlie (http://law2.umkc.edu/facility/porjects/ftrials/Simpson/Simpson.htm). Investigators should have found more evidence at the crime scene, because everyone knew that OJ Simpson did kill his wife and her friend, Ronald

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The most known one was the famous bloody glove found at the crime scene. The glove matched another glove found at OJ’s house. There was also evidence that Nicole Brown Simpson was abused by Simpson. They argued that he had a reason to kill her because of their toxic relationship. Simpson’s defense team, led by Johnie Cochran, argued that the evidence was circumstantial and that police did not properly handle the investigation.

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OJ Simpson was a very achieved person player until he made one big mistake. The trial of OJ Simpson was a long stressful process to prove a star innocent or guilty of murder. This took Place in the state of California on October 3, 1995. OJ was tried for a murder crime of his ex-wife and another man. In the end OJ turned out to be not guilty of this crime.

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After fifteen years passed by his wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman were found dead at the Los Angeles house of Nicole Brown. The cops had said that O.J Simpson was the suspect but has yet to be found. The day the cops said that there was a manhunt for the man O.J Simpson I believed he was the killer that had killed our son. On the beautiful day of June 12,1994 a manhunt was underway for O.J Simpson but he was never found at his house that day was very special for others because it was the nineteen ninety four world cup game opener and the nineteen ninety four nba finals between the Houston Rockets and the New York

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However, when the case reached the courtroom there seemed to be minimal focus placed on the actions of O.J. Simpson on June 12, 1994. The trial was deliberately turned into a charade for the entire country to witness; there has never been a spectacle such as the Simpson trial before, and there has not been one since. The defense turned the murder trial into a race riot portraying the lead detective at the crime scene, Mark Fuhrman, as a racist and discrediting the evidence by suggesting he planted it to frame an innocent black man (Bonesteel). The defense did a brilliant job of distracting the jury from the evidence against O.J. and bringing their attention to the racist failures of the LAPD. The spectacle the defense created in the courtroom would not have been necessary unless there was something Simpson was trying to hide regarding his actions on that infamous Sunday morning in

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O.J. Simpson was a famous football player and that was accused of killing his ex-wife nicole brown , also her boyfriend Ron Goldman. They were brutally stabbed to death on June 12, 1994 at the resident of Nicole brown condo in Brentwood. Before the bodies were ever recovered Oj had packed his bags and caught a flight to Chicago, later he received a phone call saying that Nicole Brown was murder. The cops wanted to talk to him and later he had lead the cops on a hot pursuit chase and they apprehended him. OJ Simpson should be held accountable for murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

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It was the summer of 1994, when we first heard about the OJ Simpson case, and the media quickly dubbed it “The Trial of the Century”. OJ, the football legend, OJ, the actor, and eventually, OJ, the convicted felon was acquitted in the killings of his former wife and friend. He was later found guilty in the civil trial. In the early hours of June 13, 1994 a neighbor finds the bodies of ex -wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman outside of Simpson’s apartment in the Brentwood estates in Los Angeles California. The police suspect former NFL legend O.J. Simpson with the grisly deaths.

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OJ Simpson is Indeed Innocent “If it doesn’t fit, you have to acquit,” this quote said by one of OJ Simpson’s attorneys, Johnny Cochran, is widely known for its impact on the controversial case of OJ Simpson. From 1994-1995 OJ Simpson was known as one of the most controversial cases in the USA due to the verdict that OJ was innocent of the murders of his ex wife and one of her friends. On June 12, 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman met an untimely demise, and the only suspect the police ever reviewed was OJ Simpson. OJ was later caught in a low speed chase in a white Ford Bronco before being taken into custody and put on trial. In the sensationally controversial court case involving OJ Simpson as a suspect for murder, The innocent ruling

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