O. J. Simpson Case Study

Richard Rubin,a glove designer and manufacturer, testified for the prosecution. He said that the gloves O.J. Simpson wore when he worked as a sports commentator were the same design as the gloves found at the crime scene and on O.J.'s estate. He identified them as Aris Lights, model number 70263. These are the same type of gloves Nicole bought Simpson in 1990. When Simpson was asked to put the gloves on in front of the jury the gloves appeared not to fit. The prosecution suggested the blood shrank the gloves. Blood expert, Herbert Mac-Donell had conducted an experiment to show that the blood wouldn't have shrunk the gloves as much as the prosecution says it did.

Simpson left behind a letter.  Addressed to "To whom it may concern," it had all the markings of a suicide letter.  It ended: "Don 't feel sorry for me.  I 've had a great life, great friends.  Please think of the real O. J. and not this lost person.  Thanks for making my life special.  I hope I helped yours. Peace and love, O. J."  Around 6:20 a motorist in Orange County saw Simpson riding in the white Bronco of his friend, A. C. Cowlings, and notified police.  Soon a dozen police cars, news helicopters, and some curious members of the public were following in pursuit of the Bronco.  The slow-motion chase would finally end with Simpson 's arrest in his own driveway.  After making the arrest, police discovered $8,750 in cash, a false beard and mustache, a loaded gun, and a passport in Cowlings ' vehicle.

It did not take long for the dead bodies to be discovered. Shortly after the clock struck midnight on June 13, 1994, Nicole and Ron’s bodies were found by police following a 911 call they had received from a passerby (“He could run”). Chicago police examined OJ’s hotel room after he had checked out, finding a bloody towel and bedsheet, as well as a broken glass. OJ’s attorney would go on to claim that Simpson had broken the glass, thus cutting himself when he heard about Nicole’s death (“He could run”). Los Angeles police officers searched Simpson’s mansion upon his return to LA and taking him in for questioning. While investigating the house, police found tennis shoes and a bloody glove. The officers also noticed a few stains on the driveway and traces of the victims’ types of blood at OJ’s estate. (“A guide to the Simpson case”). Evidence including a bloody glove to match the one found at Simpson’s

Detective Philip Vannatter testified that he didn't consider O.J. a suspect when police entered his estate without a warrant. Defence called upon Craig and Larry Fiato's testimony to try and prove that Vannatter was one of many investigators who assumed Simpson was the killer and later lied to cover up their motives for a warrantless search of O.J.'s property. The defence suggested that Vannatter carried a vial of O.J.'s blood and used it to stain pieces of evidence. The defence suggested that the police pulled a pair of socks out of O.J.'s hamper, sprinkled them with blood and then placed them at the foot of his bed.

There was a witness Kato Kaelin, who gained national notoriety as a minor witness in the trial, he was staying in the guest house on the Simpson property and was there at the house the night of the murder, and also reportedly witnessed the events that took place. Kaelin did in fact come out and say that the former NFL running back did in fact kill his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Another housekeeper, Rosa Lopez was a central witness on behalf of murder defendant O.J. Simpson testified Monday that she saw Simpson's car in front of his house about the time prosecutors believe he was two miles away after killing his ex-wife. An LAPD detective, Mark Fuhrman became one of the most controversial people in the Simpson trial. Fuhrman arrived at the

The prosecution presented the jury with much evidence and witnesses to try to prove that Simpson was guilty. This included, witnesses from Nicole's family and friends along with witnesses that could help plan a timeline of events, such as the limo driver, Allan Park, and a house guest named Kato Kaelin. Allan Park went to Simpson's house to pick him up and take him to the airport, but he received no answer when he rang the doorbell (Linder, 2000). Park then testified that he saw someone walk into the house and that a few minutes later

“Blood found on the socks contained genetic markers associated with both OJ Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson” (List). As we learned in class the blood evidence was very important because of its role as a body fluid containing DNA. This evidence should have been critical in linking OJ Simpson to the crime scene and with Nicole Brown Simpson. According to the defense Nicole Brown Simpson’s blood was planted on Simpson’s socks to implicate him. “One of the defense’s claims was that from the blood samples collected on the sock there was EDTA present” (Matheson). In class we learned that EDTA is used in the purple topped vacutainer vials that are used to collect blood. The EDTA helps to stop the blood from coagulating and instead keeping it a liquid form. “According to the FBI analysis the levels of EDTA found were only 1/1000 that of what would be in a vacutainer vial” (Matheson). Given this information I would reasonably conclude that this is probably not blood from a vacutainer vial and that the evidence was not likely planted by someone. “Another claim that the defense had was that the blood had soaked all the way through the socks which would not have been possible if OJ Simpson would have been wearing the socks” (List). One of the things we studied in class was blood stain patterns. In particular one of the patterns was a wipe. If OJ Simpson had taken the socks off and left them on the floor it would make sense that if the volume of blood on the socks was substantial, like the amount of blood at the scene, that the blood could still be wet enough to wipe blood from the front of the socks to the back of the socks and soak through. A lot of this would depend on how much time it took between the murders and OJ Simpson removing his socks, because if the blood had already started to dry before he took them off the blood likely wouldn’t

The prosecution built their case against Simpson with various incriminating bits of evidence. This evidence included 85 pages documenting 50 domestic violence incidents over the course of 17 years were presented (CORA, 2015). The strategy of the prosecutors was to demonstrate that the murders were a logical culmination of increasingly abusive, obsessive behavior (Noble, 1995). This evidence did not match up with the crime, according to an interview from Time in which Rita Smith, the Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence during the time of the murders. Smith suggested that jurors asked, “Why were they talking about domestic violence when this is a murder trial?” (Alter, 2014). During this time, the connection between domestic violence and murder was not seen as a realistic outcome. During the trial, prosecutors and domestic violence organizations were struggling to promote a general understanding of domestic violence to the public (Alter, 2014).

Near the victims themselves, there was a single intact leather glove as well as a black ski cap. After more than an hour had passed since the police arrival at the scene, Detective Lang of the homicide division arrived at 4:25 AM, to further investigate. Once there, the keys and pager of Ron Goldman were found on the ground, as well as additional dog footprints (Trial of the Century). The bloody footprints exiting the property were found to be a size 12, and are depicted in Figure 1. It is important to note that there was a slight inconsistency of the footprints further away from the bodies, as if the perpetrator looked back.

O.J Simpson is currently serving time at the Nevada Lovelock Correctional Facility for his connection in a robbery that occurred in 2007. Simpson had been receiving money from his female fans. He stated that he used the money to pay a prison bodyguard. However, his fans have stopped sending him money. He will likely lose his bodyguard protection because he does not have the money to pay.

Crime Scene Investigators have concluded the blood on Mr. Browns jeans are human and the same type as the victim (O-). The test results are indirect evidence that implies Farmer Brown’s jeans were in contact with O- blood at some unknown point in time. Therefore, the evidence is circumstantial and only provides reasonable suspicion that Farmer Brown may have been involved.

In the O.J Simpson there were a lot of things that went wrong. One of them was the issue of the way they collected evidence it was all miss handled & they didn’t collect with professionalism they just did it but didn’t care they way that they did it but based on that all the case was a disaster. One of the first evidence was a bloody fingerprint that was located in the gateway of Nicole Brown’s house one evidence that the detective didn’t collect it. They kept on going with the investigation & the detective when they switch shift were unaware of how the evidence & the case was going. The forensic scientist in the case collecting the evidence didn’t do right his/her job all the evidence was so sloppy.

In the post-modern world as well as multicultural facets of criminology and justice, various correlations are involved in the process. Through post-Marxism, postfeminism, post-affirmative and post-structuralism dimensions, multiple variables like gender, race, class and even age are important in understanding the handling of cases in the system (Bellis, 2007). The explanations based on crime and control of the same make sense and differences in the correlations, despite the perspectives on the school of thoughts. The famous O. J. Simpson murder case is one of the many examples that can be used to drive the literature sense into perspective. The case was a trial held with the suspect being responsible for his ex-wife’s death, as well as her

However, Kato Kaelin said he could not account for O.J. after dinner. Kato also testified that he heard thumps, outside his guest house, around 11:00 p.m. (Fuhrman 24). In addition, the limo driver, Allen Park arrived at O.J.’s estate at 10:20 p.m. to transport O.J. to the L.A. International Airport (Fuhrman 136). He rang the doorbell multiple times and received no answer (Linder). Around 11 p.m. Mr. Park noticed an African American, fitting the description of O.J., walking swiftly in the direction of O.J.’s dwelling. Shortly after the figure entered the house, the lights were turned on(Bugliosi 235). Then, Park rang the buzzer again, however, this time Simpson answered the intercom immediately claiming he overslept and just finished showering

DNA fingerprinting is important in many different fields of study today, including forensic science. One case in which DNA fingerprinting was especially important was the O.J. Simpson case. According to New York Times in 1994, if the DNA tests were done correctly they “could establish Mr. Simpson’s innocence or convince a jury that he is guilty.” Basically, testing Simpson’s DNA and comparing it to the DNA found at the crime scene could greatly sway the jury’s decision on whether Simpson was guilty or not. This case was a very famous and popular, so introducing DNA evidence in a trail like this would bring much attention to the methods of DNA testing and how accurate the results were. Before this case took place, it was thought of as a possible