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But Simpson’s defense, fronted by the charismatic Cochran, argued that O.J. could have been framed by the Los Angeles Police Department, which had a history of sordid treatment of African ...
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.
“We had a 21st century technology and 19th century evidence-collection methods,” one of Simpson’s lawyers, Barry Scheck, said years after Simpson’s acquittal. “After watching this trial ...
He was the only player in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a 14-game season, and the only player to rush for over 200 yards in six different games in his career. From 1972 to 1976, Simpson averaged 1,540 rushing yards per (14 game) season, 5.1 yards per carry, and he won the NFL rushing title four times. [35]
In Simpson's hypothetical scenario, he has an unwilling accomplice named "Charlie" (a generic name put forth by Fenjves and given to O.J.'s 'friend') who urges him to not engage with Nicole, whom Simpson plans to "scare the shit out of". [10] Simpson ignores Charlie's advice and continues to Nicole's condo, where he finds and confronts Ron Goldman.
Few people have had a place in the American consciousness for as long as OJ Simpson. In the 25 years since “The Trial of the Century,” OJ Simpson has had a pretty wild life. With his signature ...
The events detailed in the documentary that occurred during the chase of Simpson are as follows. Arnold Palmer playing his final round at the 1994 U.S. Open (in a nod to the fact that 06/17/1994 had major events involving both Palmer and Simpson, a clip from a commercial that the two both-then-beloved athletes had filmed together in the 1970s for Hertz Global Holdings was shown).
Simpson’s high-profile team of defense lawyers and his own celebrity factored into why the case had an unprecedented amount of media coverage — so much so, that it caused delays in the trial.