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Oj Simpson Mistakes
O.J. Simpson is a very powerful man that revolutionized the idea of a criminal trial. The well known former National Football League player and actor, was tried for the murder of his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman. The trial was broadcasted throughout the country and became part of people's lives. It lasted for almost a year, however on October 3, 1995, Simpson managed to walked out acquitted. To reach such results, Simpson took advantage of his juror's life experience; by making himself sound relatable, also, the prosecution was not well prepared and made several mistakes. Simpson was the Black Man that succeeded. He was the idol of many people across the world, thus, he was a very powerful man with an important …show more content…
Their first mistake was to agree with moving the trial to downtown Los Angeles courthouse, had the trial been in an white neighborhood the jury's decision might have been different. In addition, they thought that bringing former detective Mark Fuhrman to the stand was a good move, even though they knew about his past racist acts, and by doing so they basically ruined the prosecution. Also, they brought up a large amount of scientific evidence by explaining DNA, however they took a long time and, since DNA wasn't well known at the time, the explanation became not only confusing but also helped the defense's argument about LAPD's mishandling the evidence. Thus the jury didn't respond to the evidence in the way the prosecutors expected them to.

Equally important, the prosecution did not have enough people on the case, meanwhile the defense team was made up by a large group of very intelligent people, thus the prosecution should've asked for a third person to help with a different point of view or strategy. Also, they were tricked by the defense team to make O.J. Simpson try on the gloves found at the crime scene, and when he did so, it appeared to be too small for his hands, thus, whatever excuse the prosecutors could've used to explain what just happened would not make difference to what the jurors had just
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Simpson was lucky to be who he is, because by having such power he was able to hire an amazing defense team that was able to point out every mishandled evidence pointed by the prosecution. Also, by having his social status, he not only got the world involved with his case, but was able to manipulate the jury's decision by appealing to them and seeming relatable even thought he had a "white life." That said, Simpson had the means that one need to be acquitted no matter the

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