Many rich people in recent American history got away with crimes because they are rich and can afford good lawyers. For instance, in the O.J Simson case the majority of people involved with it are convinced he murdered his girlfriend, but since he can afford good lawyers he did not get convicted for this crime. Snoop dog, an American rapper in nineteen ninety-three also got away with murder when his body guard shot a member of a rival gang. In 2001 Robert Downy jr got caught wandering around barefoot and tested positive for cocaine. All of these people are famous and because they are rich one got away with two accounts of 1st degree murder, another got away with conspiracy to commit murder, and another got away with using illegal drug use. …show more content…
O.J hired a team of very high profile defense attorneys know as the dream team. Even though O.J.’s DNA became discovered at the crime scene his lawyers were able to convince the jury that DNA at that time remained unreliable. Still several items were found that put O.J at the scene. Like a brown leather glove that got covered in blood from the murder. However, since it had been frozen and unfrozen several times it did not fit his hand. Because the glove did not fit anymore the evidence got dropped. At 10 a.m. on October 3, 1995, O. J. Simpson remained not guilty mostly because of his amazing