Orenthal James Simpson, famously nicknamed OJ or The Juice, was born on July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, California to Jimmie and Eunice Simpson. He spent the first two years of his college life at the City College of San Francisco. He spent the last two at the University of Southern California where he played for their football team, the Trojans. After college he played for two NFL teams, predominately the Buffalo Bills and briefly for the San Francisco 49ers. He has won a Heisman Trophy and is featured in the Professional Football Hall of Fame. OJ Simpson was married to Marguerite Simpson, née Whitley from June 24, 1967 until 1979 when they got divorced. He later married Nicole Simpson, née Brown from February 2, 1985 until 1992 when they also got divorced. He had three kids with Marguerite; Jason, Arnelle, and the late Aaren. He also had two kids with Nicole; Justin and Sydney (OJ Simpson Fast Facts).
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were both found dead in Nicole’s condominium in Los Angeles. Nicole’s neck was severely slashed almost resulting in a complete sever. Ronald Goldman was stabbed about thirty times. Nicole’s dog got a neighbor’s attention and he found
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The prosecution claimed the decision was made to reduce the commuting time for the prosecutors along with accommodating the media outburst. It is believed that this political decision was made due to concerns of racial protests that would spark in a Santa Monica courtroom with a predominately white jury. As Professor Douglas O. Linder said, “The prosecutors probably believed that their case was so strong that even the more racially diverse jury like in downtown Los Angeles would have no choice but to convict.” This was just one of the mistakes that cost the prosecutors the