They contended that the blood sample had been mishandled by lab scientists and technicians and that the case against Simpson had been tainted by LAPD misconduct related to racism and incompetence, in particular noting actions and comments of Detective Mark Fuhrman. While Deputy District Attorneys Marcia Clark, William Hodgman, and Christopher Darden believed they had a strong case against Simpson, Cochran and the defense team persuaded the jury that there was reasonable doubt concerning the DNA evidence in this case. Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld were two additional attorneys who specialized in DNA evidence. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Shawn Holley, Carl E. Simpson was represented by a high-profile defense team, referred to as the " Dream Team", which was initially led by Robert Shapiro and subsequently directed by Johnnie Cochran. The pursuit and Simpson's arrest later on the same day were among the most widely publicized events in American history. TV stations interrupted coverage of the 1994 NBA Finals to broadcast live coverage of the pursuit, which was watched by an estimated 95 million people. After he did not turn himself in at the agreed time, he became the object of a low-speed pursuit in a white 1993 Ford Bronco SUV owned and driven by his friend Al Cowlings.
įollowing questioning by police detectives, Simpson was formally charged with the murders on June 17 after investigators found a blood-stained glove on his property. The trial is often characterized as the trial of the century because of its international publicity, and has been described as the "most publicized" criminal trial in human history. Commentators agree that the defense capitalized on anger among the city’s African-American community toward the LAPD, which had a history of racial bias, to convince the majority-Black jury to acquit Simpson. The trial took place shortly after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Though prosecutors argued that Simpson was implicated by a significant amount of forensic evidence, Simpson was ultimately acquitted of both counts of murder on October 3 of the same year. Opening statements were made on January 24, 1995. The trial spanned eleven months, from Novem to October 3, 1995. The pair were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on the night of June 12, 1994. Simpson, a former National Football League (NFL) player, broadcaster and actor, was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court starting in 1994, in which O. Kathleen Kennedy-Powell (Preliminary Hearing).
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