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The O. J. Simpson murder case (officially called the People v. Simpson) was a criminal trial held in the Los Angeles County, California, Superior Court in which former American football star and actor O. J. Simpson was charged with two counts of murder following the deaths of his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in June 1994. The case has been described as the mostpublicized criminal trial in American history.[1] Simpson was acquitted[2] after a lengthy trial that lasted over nine months—the longest jury trial in California history.[3] Simpson hired a high-profile defense team initially led by Robert Shapiro[4][5][6] and subsequently led by F. Lee Bailey and Johnnie Cochran. Los Angeles County believed it had a solid prosecution case, but Cochran was able topersuade the jurors that there was reasonable doubt about the DNA evidence (then a relatively new type of evidence in trials)[7] - including that the blood-sample evidence had allegedly been mishandled by lab scientists and technicians - and about the circumstances surrounding other exhibits.[8] Cochran and the defense team also alleged other misconduct by the Los Angeles Police Department. Simpson'scelebrity and the lengthy televised trial riveted national attention on the so-called "Trial of the Century". By the end of the criminal trial, national surveys showed dramatic differences between most blacks and most whites in terms of their assessment of Simpson's guilt.[9]
Later, both the Brown and Goldman families sued Simpson for damages in a civil trial. On February 5, 1997, after a trialin which Simpson could not afford to actively defend himself, a majority white jury unanimously found there was a preponderance of evidence to hold Simpson liable for damages in the wrongful death of Goldman and battery of Brown. In its conclusions, the jury contradicted the finding of innocence by the jury in the criminal case, effectively holding Simpson liable for the death of his ex-wife andRon Goldman.[10] On February 21, 2008, a Los Angeles court upheld a renewal of the civil judgment against him.[11]Events leading up to the trial

[edit]The murders
At 12:05 a.m. on June 13, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found with their throats slit and heads partially decapitated outside Brown's Bundy Drive condominium in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California. Hertwo children, Sydney (aged 8) and Justin (aged 5), were asleep inside in an upstairs bedroom. O. J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson had divorced two years earlier. Evidence found and collected at the scene led police to suspect that O. J. Simpson was the murderer. Nicole had been stabbed multiple times through the throat to the point of near decapitation; her vertebrae were almost severed,[12] andshe also had a swollen face.
Brown's pet Akita was found barking near the crime scene at 11 p.m.; the prosecution narrowed the time frame of the murders to between 10:15 and 10:40 p.m.[8]
[edit]The low-speed chase
Lawyers convinced the LAPD to allow Simpson to turn himself in at 11 a.m. on June 17,[13]:87 even though the double murder charge meant no bail and a possible death penalty verdictif convicted.[14] Over one thousand reporters waited for Simpson at the police station. When he failed to appear, confusion set in. At 2 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department issued an all-points bulletin. Robert Kardashian, a Simpson friend and one of his defense lawyers, read a rambling letter by Simpson to the media. In the letter Simpson said, "First everyone understand I had nothing to dowith Nicole's murder...Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life."[13]:87[15] To many, this sounded like a suicide note, and the reporters joined the search for Simpson. According to fellow Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro, also present at Kardashian's press conference, Simpson's psychiatrists agreed with the suicide note interpretation; on television the attorney appealed to the fugitive to...