Oj Simpson Case
Around twenty-two years ago, the world shook as the Los Angeles jury declared Orenthal (OJ) Simpson not guilty of murder. Over two decades later, this trial is still known as one of the most extensive and nail biting cases in history. Prior to being free of all murder charges brought on him, OJ Simpson was formerly known as a star football player in the National Football League, a talented actor and a part time broadcaster. OJ was incredibly popular with his fans, he even set several records throughout his football career. Such as, he was “named All-American collegiate football player, 1965-68; and also named outstanding player in a Rose Bowl game,1967 “(O.J. Simpson). In the early summer of 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were
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The first of many to give solid proof OJ was guilty was a local store owner (Challenges to). This store owner testified with recipes that OJ, indeed purchased a fourteen inch knife from his store just six weeks before the murder happened. By looking at the wounds on the victims, the police to think that that was the type of knife used at the scene of the crime. Another person to go against OJ’s alibi, was his limo driver. OJ’s driver said when he arrived at OJ’s home and he did not see OJ’s car parked there. The time the limousine driver pulled up to OJ’s estate was right around the time the murder would have been taking place. So, OJ was more than likely not home during the crime. Since OJ was supposed to be getting a ride from his driver at the time, but was nowhere to be found the limousine driver rang OJ’s doorbell, and of course there was no answer. Out of curiosity the driver looked around where OJ could be, so he checked around the back of OJ’s house. After finding no evidence that OJ was home, he went to return to the limo and he claimed he saw a “tall black man” right outside the door to OJ’s home (O.J. Simpson). The last person to provide evidence against OJ was Nicole's sister, Denise. Denise, heartbroken about the loss of her sister sobbingly, told the jury that she witnessed with her own eyes OJ beat and injury Nicole before. Denise’s …show more content…
Simpson Trial O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=37&id=&page=. Accessed 28 Feb. 2017.
Fairchild, Halford H., and Gloria Cowan. “The O. J. Simpson Trial: Challenges to Science and
Society.”Journal of Social Issues, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9 Apr. 2010, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1997.tb02130.x/full. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
“On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error
Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996.” On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=38&id=&page=. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000091525/BIC1?u=gree71958&xid=52394447. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." World of Criminal Justice, Gale, 2002. Biography in
The first of many to give solid proof OJ was guilty was a local store owner (Challenges to). This store owner testified with recipes that OJ, indeed purchased a fourteen inch knife from his store just six weeks before the murder happened. By looking at the wounds on the victims, the police to think that that was the type of knife used at the scene of the crime. Another person to go against OJ’s alibi, was his limo driver. OJ’s driver said when he arrived at OJ’s home and he did not see OJ’s car parked there. The time the limousine driver pulled up to OJ’s estate was right around the time the murder would have been taking place. So, OJ was more than likely not home during the crime. Since OJ was supposed to be getting a ride from his driver at the time, but was nowhere to be found the limousine driver rang OJ’s doorbell, and of course there was no answer. Out of curiosity the driver looked around where OJ could be, so he checked around the back of OJ’s house. After finding no evidence that OJ was home, he went to return to the limo and he claimed he saw a “tall black man” right outside the door to OJ’s home (O.J. Simpson). The last person to provide evidence against OJ was Nicole's sister, Denise. Denise, heartbroken about the loss of her sister sobbingly, told the jury that she witnessed with her own eyes OJ beat and injury Nicole before. Denise’s …show more content…
Simpson Trial O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=37&id=&page=. Accessed 28 Feb. 2017.
Fairchild, Halford H., and Gloria Cowan. “The O. J. Simpson Trial: Challenges to Science and
Society.”Journal of Social Issues, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9 Apr. 2010, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1997.tb02130.x/full. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
“On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error
Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996.” On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=38&id=&page=. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000091525/BIC1?u=gree71958&xid=52394447. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." World of Criminal Justice, Gale, 2002. Biography in