Eerily, the Simpson saga ended much as it had begun, with the fallen football superstar being transported in a white van to his estate while news helicopters tracked him overhead. Tuesday’s televised verdicts were the most-watched event since June 17, 1994, when Simpson, in a w...
While much of the public presumed him to be guilty of the killings, the former USC Heisman Trophy winner was acquitted in 1995 in a spectacular trial that was rife with vexing questions, none more divisive than the one posed by Simpson’s defense team: whether a Black man in America — e...
But he said the Simpson trial didn't sour him completely on televised proceedings. He defended actor Robert Blake in a preliminary hearing on murder charges and supported cameras. "I felt that it could impact public perceptions of Blake. And it did. Going into the ...
OJ Simpson Trial? October 1, 2015Leave a comment OJ Simpson was tried for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1995. (Although the jury was sworn in on November 2, 1994, the opening statements of the trial were January 24, 1995.) The tria...
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Nicole Brown Simpson, ex wife of pro football player OJ Simpson, lived with their two children in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, at 875 South Bundy Drive. On Sunday, June 12, 1994, Brown was murdered in front of her home alongside her friend, 25-year-old waiter Ron Goldman....