He was found not guilty of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, but was later found responsible for the deaths in a civil lawsuit. Simpson was then imprisoned in 2008 for nine years for a
Just after the jury pronounced him not guilty, Simpson leaned over to his lawyer Robert Shapiro and whisperedsomethingin his ear. During a2016 interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, Shapiro said Simpson told him: "You had told me this would be the result from the beginning. You were right....
A guilty verdict at civil court In 1997, a civil jury found Simpson liable for wrongful death in the double murder. Simpson was ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families. A Las Vegas arrest In September 2007, Simpson led a group of men into a Las Vegas...
"I felt that it could impact public perceptions of Blake. And it did. Going into the hearing, a poll found 80% thought he was guilty. After the hearing that had flipped; 80% thought he was innocent." Beyond ushering in the era of televised proceedings, not all attorneys...
He has continued to declare his innocence. The murder case is officially listed as unsolved. The victims' families subsequently filed a civil suit against him, and in 1997 he was ordered to pay $33.5 million for the wrongful deaths of his ex-wife and Goldman. Some of his property was seiz...
’s charts matching up Obama’s contributions, visits and calls are bound to be every bit as thorough as the ones produced to prove Rezko is guilty as charged in the first trial. They simply were not produced because they were not needed to prove the defendant guilty in the first case....
For the next three years, as Simpson was found not guilty in the criminal trial in late '95 and as the wrongful death civil trial cranked up the next year, news of the Simpson Heismans went silent. Simpson was back at Rockingham, and Heisman No. 1 was back in its trophy ...
Deliberating for less than four hours, the jury returns with a verdict of not guilty on two counts of murder. Simpson is a free man. October 23, 1996: A civil trial against O.J. Simpson begins for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman’s Deaths The families of Brown Simpson and Goldman...
O.J. Simpson faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after he and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart were found guilty on 12 charges, including armed robbery and kidnapping.
Grimacing, Simpson was escorted from the courtroom in shackles. Defense attorneys said Glass' sentence was appropriate. Don't Miss Possible sentences: 6 years, 18 years, life Jury: O.J.'s guilty FindLaw: Read the complaint (pdf) "It could have been a lot worse," Yale Galanter said...