"I think we really saw the genesis and the origin of reality TV with the O.J. Simpson criminal case. Just think back about it: the Bronco chase, celebrity witnesses like Kato Kaelin, among other people, celebrity defense lawyers and the dream team including Johnnie ...
O.J. Defense Aims to Cut Witness ListO.J. Simpson's lawyers sought Tuesday to prevent prosecutors from using the names or statements of 200 witnesses in their opening arguments at the start of Simpson's trial on double-murder charges....
For a long time, O.J. Simpson had it all. He lived the American dream as a sports legend, movie actor, commercial pitchman and millionaire.
small for his hand when he tried it on in the courtroom. In addition to the glove, the defense claimed that other important evidence had been planted by the police to frame Simpson. During the trial, which lasted more than eight months, some 150witnessestestified, though Simpson did not ...
O.J. Simpson and his defense team in October 1995 as the not-guilty verdict is read during his trial for the killing of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. (Myung J. Chun/Pool) In 1994 and 1995, when lawyers for O.J. Simpson offered up the possibility that the former footba...
Robert Shapiro, the first member of Simpson's defense team, speaks with reporters outside court in this June 24, 1994 photo. Simpson's lawyers were nicknamed the "Dream Team." Kato Kaelin John McCoy, Pool/AP Witness Brian "Kato" Kaelin testifies under direct examination during the O.J. Si...
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But that didn’t satisfy the Simpson team. When court ended, we received word in the pressroom that Cochran and the other defense lawyers would hold a press conference in the Criminal Courts Building lobby. They wanted to put their own spin on the day’s proceedings, making sure the press...
The defense demolished the DNA evidence, arguing that police conspired to fabricate and contaminate evidence. It turned a key exhibit — the bloody glove — into a symbol of official malfeasance. Not only did Simpson’s lawyers allege that the glove found in their client’s yard that matched ...
The double-murder case against football star and actor O.J. Simpson, who died of cancer Thursday at age 76, forever transformed the TV landscape.