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The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, who were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994.
The trial began on September 8, 2008, in the court of Nevada District Court Judge Jackie Glass, before an all-white jury, [185] in stark contrast to Simpson's earlier murder trial. [186] Simpson and his co-defendant were found guilty of all charges on October 3. [ 187 ]
Simpson was acquitted of the criminal charges in 1995 following a high-profile, televised trial, though he was found liable for Brown Simpson and Goldman's deaths following a civil trial in 1997.
The Menendez brothers pleaded not guilty, but Lyle encouraged Simpson to take a plea deal. In Robert Rand’s book The Menendez Murders, Lyle told the author that he offered Simpson some legal advice.
As the brothers awaited their trial, their case was overshadowed by O.J. Simpson, who was named as the primary suspect after his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were ...
The trial began on September 8, 2008, in the court of Nevada District Court Judge Jackie Glass, before an all-white jury, [38] in stark contrast to Simpson's earlier murder trial. [39] On October 3, 2008, Simpson was found guilty of all charges and was immediately remanded to the Clark County Detention Center pending sentencing.
O.J. Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, Jason Simpson, Sydney Brooke Simpson and Justin Ryan Simpson Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images Lifetime’s docuseries The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson ...
On Tuesday, October 3, 1995, the verdict in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson was announced and Simpson was acquitted on both counts of murder. [1] Although the nation observed the same evidence presented at trial, a division along racial lines emerged in observers' opinion of the verdict, which the media dubbed the "racial gap". [2]