Image:OJ Simpson when he was a football player for the Buffalo Bills in 1969. Pic: AP Image:OJ Simpson reacts to the not guilty verdicts in his double murder trial in 1995. Pic: Reuters America loves a winner and it welded itself to OJ's success. He delivered a sporting escape that...
OJ Simpson a 'completely free man' after being released from parole OJ Simpson, who maintained from the outset he was "absolutely 100% not guilty", waved at the jurors and mouthed the words "thank you".
Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in Los Angeles. Defense attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. stand with him. Cochran, Simpson’s flamboyant lead attorney, died of brain cancer in...
For context, the police in L.A., had a history of a racial bias against African Americans at the time, which prompted the idea and eventually the official verdict that Simpson was “not guilty.” His trial is regarded as one of the most “publicized criminal cases” in the world. One ...
On Oct. 3, 1995, Simpson was acquitted of all criminal charges. He has always maintained his innocence. 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 ...
The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought the “Trial of the Century” that saw O.J. Simpson acquitted of the murders.
OJ Simpson Juror Defends Verdict: ‘The Evidence Didn’t Prove It' LAPD: Tests on Knife Linked to Simpson Estate to Take Weeks "O.J. Simpson is not suffering in prison," retired correctional officer Jeffrey Felix told ABC News. "He's eating well. He's exercising well. He's...
The Simpson case, however, demonstrated another aspect of the urgent need for police reform. Not only did malevolent police practices and inadequate efforts to root out corruption and brutality threaten the safety of suspects, they subverted justice. Put another way, when the public distru...
I believe Simpson's status had a part because it’s well known that in his court case, The people vs. O.J. Simpson, he had leverage because he was found not guilty on both counts even with evidence including DNA analysis of blood found in, on, and near Simpson's car revealing ...
3, 1995, as the verdict was read and Simpson was acquitted of the murders. Following his acquittal, Simpson publicly vowed to spend the rest of his life searching for what he called the "real" killer or killers. Despite the acquittal, Simpson soon found himself shunned in many of his ...