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The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, who were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994.
In February 2001, Simpson was arrested in Miami-Dade County, for simple battery and burglary of an occupied conveyance, for pulling the glasses off another motorist during a traffic dispute three months earlier. If convicted, Simpson could have faced up to 16 years in prison, but he was tried and quickly acquitted of both charges in October.
Simpson also denied the allegation that he or the people with him carried weapons. Bail was later set at $125,000. [3] [4] On October 3, 2008—exactly 13 years after he was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman—Simpson was found guilty of all 12 charges.
October 3, 2008 - Simpson is found guilty on 12 counts, including kidnapping and armed robbery. December 5, 2008 - Simpson is sentenced to up to 33 years in jail but will be eligible for parole ...
Simpson later served nine years in a Nevada prison after being convicted in 2008 on 12 counts of armed robbery and kidnapping two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel.
He did not get his life back.” ... Simpson was convicted in a nearly empty courtroom of armed robbery, kidnapping, conspiracy and other charges on Oct. 3, 2008, exactly 13 years after he was ...
Simpson, 70, and several others entered a hotel room and took hundreds of pieces of sports memorabilia from two men. He was convicted in 2008 on 12 counts, including burglary with the use of a ...
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder is a true crime book by Vincent Bugliosi published in 1996. [1] Bugliosi sets forth five main reasons why the Los Angeles County District Attorney 's office failed to successfully convict O. J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman .