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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.
O.J. Simpson died on Wednesday at age 76 following a battle with cancer. The former NFL star and controversial public figure left behind four adult children, who were by his side at the time of ...
OJ Simpson Kypros/Getty Images Five days after the murders, detectives recommended that O.J. be charged with two counts of first-degree murder and an arrest warrant was subsequently issued.
In 1994, 22% of Black respondents to a poll believed Simpson was guilty, as opposed to 63% of white people. [137] A 2016 poll showed that 57% of Black Americans and 83% of white Americans believed Simpson was guilty. [138] This change was partially caused by the verdict of Simpson's later civil trial. [137]
O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with their murders, leading to the highly publicized "Trial of the Century." O.J. was acquitted of the murders in 1995. Related: Why Kurt Russell Was at O.J ...
Simpson was acquitted of all murder charges but was later arrested in 2007 and found guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery. He was released from prison in 2007 and received an early parole in 2021.
Simpson's order to not allow anybody to leave the room was the reason for the kidnapping charges. [37] After posting bail on September 20, Simpson returned to his home in Miami. Later on, Simpson breached bail conditions by having contact with another defendant. Simpson was arrested in Miami, extradited to Nevada, and faced another hearing.
O.J. Simpson, center, listens to the not guilty verdict with his attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie Cochran Jr. Simpson was found not guilty of killing ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her ...