The People V. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

The jury really didn’t seem to remember the most important piece of information which was that the defendant’s blood was actually found at the crime scene. Bugliosi said “From the moment O.J. Simpson became a suspect in this double murder case, it was in the air, perhaps as in no other case within

O.J Simpson should have been found guilty due to his violent actions on June 12th, 1994. There were many actions or causes that led up to his violent act. The main and most known cause of Simpson’s act was “infidelity”. Simpson’s wife Nicole Simpson had been spending too much time with a man by the name of Ronald Goldman. When O.J became suspicious, he took immediate action.

The O.J. Simpson trial was one of the most recognizable cases in American History. It went on for 9 months. At 12:10 am on June 13, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were found murdered right outside of Bundy drive condo in Brentwood. Evidence found in the scene led the Police to suspect that O.J. Simpson was the murderer. Although the prosecution pointed to the evidence of the case Simpson lawyers argued that the police bungle the investigation and planted evidence. An examination of the case is that one of the policemen was racist and planted evidence in the scene to accuse O.J. Simpson of being the murderer.

What had everyone ticked, was the rest of the evidence found, as mentioned, the bloody gloves, one was found on the murder scene, and a second matching was found behind Simpsons guest house. Both gloves were tested for DNA results and containing Simpsons and both victims, but as results came in the defense was not convinced, but could have been framed by Detective Mark Fuhrman, a racist cop with what could have been a grudge against Simpson.

Those who have been convicted of a crime, such as murder for example the OJ Simpson case, are considered being rediscovered. The OJ Simpson case is a case many are well known about from him being a former football all star as well as a Hollywood icon. The trial occurred in 1994 and lasted for almost eight months. The murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman is a case authorities still have no clear cut idea on what actually happened. Many people think

There was plenty of evidence to prove him guilty, if this trial took place in today’s day and time i believe OJ would have been guilty. I believe the reason he got off was because the lack of knowledge of DNA testing and lack of research as we have today. If the jury would have the knowledge and the research sources we have now he would have not got off. If the jury wanted to convict him they could have easily, but they didn’t look at him as a murderer. This man killed two people and got away with it, just because the jury looked at him as a hero not a

Simpson and this trial would definitely be considered a crisis, a crisis that undercut the beliefs of our society. The public knew that Brown and Simpson didn’t have the best marriage, but I do not think that anyone believed that O.J. was capable of something as horrible as this. After a New Year’s Eve party in their home in 1989, he pleaded no-contest to charges of beating Nicole. Mr. Simpson's spokesman issued a statement that the couple kind of ignored the situation and said, "We got into an argument which escalated and the police were called. Fortunately, neither one of us required any medical treatment” (Janofsky, & Rimer, 1994). However, there was a police report that said that the officers arrived and heard Nicole scream “He’s going to kill me!”. She also had a black eye, bruises and a cut lip (Janofsky & Rimer, 1994). Maybe some people weren’t surprised that Simpson ended up being the only suspect for the murders. Maybe it came to a complete shock to others and this situation destroyed their beliefs of who they thought O.J. Simpson really was. People had many nice things to say about him, but it turns out that you never really truly know someone. Don Ohlmeyer, who was a former Monday Night Football producer spoke highly of him and said that his friends and fans were drawn to him because go his engaging personality and friendliness. He said, “If you had a problem at four o’clock in the morning, he would always be there” (Janofsky & Rimer, 1994). Overall, it is

It was the mugshot seen everywhere. The case the shook a decade and changed the way the U.S public handles the crimes of celebrities. In 1994, then America’s sweetheart Orenthal Simpson better known as O.J Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of his estranged wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. There had never been a phenomenon like this before. It further separated an already divided nation and sparked a conversation on the obsession and idealizing of America’s elite. There have been many depictions of the crime and following court case, but only few correctly capture the essence of the race, celebrity, and power that lied at the center of the case. Ezra Edelman’s OJ: Made in America is one of the better documentaries. Edelman’s OJ: Made in America uses technical codes, specifically music and editing to explore the “Hollywood-esque” magnitude and celebrity of the OJ Simpson murder case and unbiasly connect viewers to the case.

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.

When it comes to court cases, there are always shortcomings but in the O.J. Simpson case there are substantial amounts of inaccuracies. Court transcripts are documents of what took place in a court proceeding. In Jack Walraven’s transcripts, they disclose the development in the case of O.J. Simpson. Jack Walraven’s transcripts were published on each day that they were in trial. Walraven published a transcript on the March 3, 1995 at 9:10 A.M. trial which encompasses Rosa Lopez’s testimony and the sanctions put upon two of O.J.’s lawyers.

The People trials, no one will ever outshine the infamous, Mark Fuhrman. Mr. Fuhrman arrived at the scene before anyone else. As soon as he finds the bodies of the victims, he continues to Mr. Simpson’s house to tell him of the news. Here, Fuhrman finds the gloves and picks them up along with all the evidence ever found at O.J.’s household. The defense used the argument that Fuhrman, along with the Los Angeles Police Department, planted this evidence at O.J.’s house. Mr. Fuhrman had previously been charged with making racist comments while on the job. Then the case took a turn, tapes had resurfaced of Mark Fuhrman making statements that explained how he would frame an African-American for a crime (Toobin). As if saying these horrible comments did not amount to enough, Fuhrman also lied on the stand about making racist statements. Mark Fuhrman’s lies and comments swayed the jury beyond

One of the major topics of concern during the preliminary hearings was admitting character evidence. It was publicly known that O.J. Simpson had a history of domestic assaults against his former wife Nicole, but the question became whether this information was to be allowed in trial. This information was imperative to the prosecution’s case because it helped support their claim that O.J. Simpson was jealous and wanted to have control of Nicole Simpson. (Park, 1996) They argued that this was the evidence they needed

The next process in the Justice system, a Grand Jury indictment, was interrupted. OJ Simpson hired a top notch team of defense and appellate lawyers to defend him in this case and they were able to get the Grand Jury dismissed from this case due to the massive media coverage. They claimed that the jury was prejudiced toward the defendant because of the readily available information about the case. In lieu of the Grand Jury trial a probable cause hearing was conducted. With that, the judge in this hearing felt that enough evidence did exist for a criminal trial and OJ Simpson was arraigned on July 29th 1994. At his arraignment OJ pleaded not guilty, specifically stating that he was “one hundred percent not guilty”.

The media’s influence over the masses of society is great. With every passing generation, the media’s ability to access and relay information to the general public with seemingly the greatest of ease continues to impress. Given the expanse of time that has passed since the 1990s, the media, even more-so to this day, shapes our lives, our perceptions, and influences our opinions greatly. The 1990s served an important decade in our country’s young history. Since the mid-1800s, and even before that time, our country has experienced its share of societal issues, from racism to sexism, to religious bigotry, and police brutality, to name a few. In 1994 a very high-profile case was introduced to the American public, as former NFL star Orenthal

On June 17, 1994 when police charged Orenthal James Simpson, Brown's ex-husband, and after leading police on a 60 mile low speed chase down the highways of southern Los Angeles in his friend Al Cowling's white Bronco, was arrested and jailed without bail, the story became even more complicated. This was when the police knew this would not be just any murder case. This was OJ Simpson, the famous football player, this would be complicated. Their only hope of conviction was the evidence that would place him as the murderer.