What Is The Oj Simpson Trial

The book that I am going to introduce is Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Got Away With Murder, written by Vincent Bugliosi, and was published on June 17, 1996. We all know that Nichole Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death and their bodies were discovered on June 12, 1994 early morning. It was said that after a car chase, O.J. was found with $9,000 I cash, his passport, disguise, and a gun. O.J. Simpson who is her ex-husband was acquitted October 3, 1995, for their deaths in a trial that riveted the nation and divided people along racial differences. In 1997, he was ordered to pay a little over $33 million for their deaths. O.J. Simpson is still serving time in prison for things like kidnapping, robbery, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, and numerous other charges. Mr. Bugliosi sums up five reason why the case was lost. Those five can be labeled as the jury, the change in venue or settings, the judge allowing the defense to play the race card, the stupidity of the prosecution throughout the trial, and lastly the summation of what should really have been done. But in honesty when the media started reporting about this case it was already falling apart.

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.

On June 12, 1994, the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found dead at her home in Brentwood, CA. Orenthal James Simpson, or O.J. Simpson was notified of their deaths and immediately taken into custody for questions. Upon the collection of various pieces of evidence from the crime scene, all avenues pointed to Simpson as the culprit for the double murder. The conclusion of Simpson criminal trial resulted in his acquittal. There were various reasons for this acquittal. The most prominent reasons include accusations of racism, evidence contamination, and the lack of faith in DNA profiling. This paper will discuss the issues that arose with the trial in depth and offer an explanation and solution to resolving issues

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

The O.J. Simpson murder case is a fascinating murder case due to the popularity of the defendant and the circumstances surrounding it. In the following paragraphs, I will discuss the victims and the evidence stacked up against O.J. Simpson. I will also discuss the pivotal points in the trial and the verdict.

There was a time when Orenthal James Simpson was a very respected running back for the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers, he was nicknamed “The Juice,” and was inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame in 1985. But O.J. is most famous for the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson, murder trial. During the case, many issues regarding race affected the people’s emotions toward his verdict, and his innocence. With the evidence there was racial controversy, activity in the courtroom, and the verdict itself.

It was an argumentative and extremely controversial case that was converted to make people focus on race and tactic. In fact, within it’s popularity “the trial featured virtually uninterrupted news coverage and analysis” (Boan 1). O.J. Simpson (being a celebrity) created a spotlight for himself, and all of America was captivated to see if “the black man had the power and fame to fight back and win in court” (“If it Doesn’t Fit, You Must Acquit 1). Across the nation people became impassioned with Simpson’s case and it became “one of the most celebrated criminal trials in American history” (‘O.J. Simpson Trial 1). It’s popularity captured and brought to the surface many injustices that people faced legally. Effects similar to race were circumstantial through the people, and many African Americans appreciated the attention these topics were receiving. Reverse discrimination subsequently played a role in the case; opposing opinions ransacked the idea of Simpson’s innocence. Conflicting parties believed “O.J. [did] not indicate what [was] going on in the criminal justice system” (Levin 2). There was an excessive pushe to blame the case on race and people started to think there was no racial demeanor, race will not always work as a benefit or prove to be justified. Along with all the commotion “[m]any television networks devoted long stretches of time to speculation about the case and public opinion of it” (“O.J. Simpson Trial” 4). Credible viewpoints from both sides made the O.J. simpson case one for the people, inquisitively serving as entertainment for all of

The trial of the former National Football League and actor, O.J. Simpson, became part of the daily lives of everyone living in the United States for almost a year. He was tried for the murder of his ex wife Nicole Simpson, and waiter Ronald Goldman, but because of his social role he managed to be acquitted. It was a trial influenced by power, wealth, and especially race, which gave Simpson advantage within the jury.

In this paper I will be talking about the events and proposed evidence that caused O.J. simpson to be convicted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Due to the nature of the case and the outcome, it is considered the most controversial and talked about trial of the last 20 years.

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”.

On June 12, 1994, Former American football star O.J. Simpson (Orenthal James Simpson) was arrested for the brutal murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in their Brent-wood townhouse. Police reports indicate that Nicole and Ronald where both repeatedly stabbed to death. O.J. served 473 days in custody for these two murders, won his criminal trial which was the lengthiest in the U.S. legal history showing more than 50,000 transcript pages, and after all of this he pleaded 100% not guilty, walking away from all this with no scratch in his name.

This essay is purposed for the evaluation of the provocative case, The State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson, more commonly referred to as O.J. Simpson. On the 12th of June, 1994 the homicide of Nicole Simpson, O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, occurred at her home. Reports of a body sprawled out the front of Nicole Simpson’s house were made through a 911 call. On arrival, police made the discovery of Nicole Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman’s dead bodies outside the house. The review of this investigation will be achieved through; Assessment of the key aspects of the process of investigation. Evaluation of the main investigative flaws made throughout the investigation. Identifying strategies to prevent these flaws from happening in

Dershowitz explains that two very different Simpson trials were carried out: the trial before the jury and the trial before the public (Dershowitz 140). Dershowitz also supplies the strong assertion that television coverage of a trial brings “greater accuracy, less bias, and more direct observation of the trial” (Dershowitz 147).

OJ Simpson was found not guilty for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1995 (BBC On This Day, 1995). He had been accused of stabbing his ex-wife and Goldman to death the previous year outside her townhouse (Los Angeles Times,1994). The case is often considered to be “one of the most controversial, compelling and repulsive court cases in American History” (The Guardian,2007). In recent years the case has only increased in notoriety when in 2008 when Simpson was found guilty of kidnapping and robbery and was sentenced to 33 years in prison (but was granted parole in 2017) (BBC News,2017), this spurred the public to relive the court case and even ponder if he was truly guilty of the murders all along.

The O.J. Simpson case was a very publicised case and is still talked about today. OJ was charged with the murder of his ex Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Lyle Goldman. This review will go through the investigative process, and its major elements, that was undertaken throughout this case. It will discuss major flaws and weaknesses in the investigation and how they affected the case. It will then go on to give suggestion for ways in which these investigative failures could have been overcome, and how these failures could be prevented in future homicide investigations much alike this one. It will lastly discuss the role of the media in influencing the outcome of this case. This review will provide insight on this legendary case, and overall suggest how justice could have been served, and should be served in the future.