Trial of The Century After a lengthy two hundred and fifty-two-day trial “not guilty” were the words that left the world in shock. O.J Simpson was your typical golden boy. He had it all, the nice car, the football career, and his kids. Unfortunately, this all came to an end when two bodies came to be spotted deceased in Nicole Browns front yard and was a gruesome sight. O. J’s ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman both found with brutal stab marks. Unfortunately, all his glory days now brought to an end, he went from playing on the field to begging for his freedom when becoming the main suspect of their murders. Since this trial has not only altered the way Americans viewed celebrities, but it also racially divided society, Part of that is because some people’s perspectives of celebrities allow them think as if they’re on a pedestal and are more important than the average human. When people vision these celebrities as these quintessential people it enable’s their own thoughts and opinions on the celebrity. It’s like brainwashing, these celebrities only show the media what they want, which allows them to put up a whole façade and mask who they truly are. During the O.J Simpson trial it opened more people’s minds to visualize the concept that celebrities have the ability to be just as deranged as the average person, and that we are all equal, but the only difference that’s separates us is the fact that their job is in the lime On the night of the deaths Fuhrman went to O.J Simpson’s house and supposedly unveiled a glove that he believed took part in the murders. When the evidence of the glove was presented in court Simpson was asked to put it on and unexpectedly the glove didn’t fit. People then began to believe that Mark was setting Simpson up and was trying to frame him. Soon after the glove scandal was public it slowly began to racially divide society and became a watershed moment. A great deal of African-Americans felt as if most of the white people just viewed Simpson as a black male and didn’t even take into consideration other aspects of the case. But a various amount of white people felt as if all the evidence had been presented so he had to be the murderer. A Handful of African-Americans knew that as soon as the evidence of Fuhrman being racist came out he had to of framed Simpson. Shortly after the evidence became public Joseph Rouzan who was a black detective that worked with Fuhrman decided to do an interview and stated that “Fuhrman was a part of white officers that caused problems for young black female officers
The job of a criminal lawyer is quite difficult. Whether on the defense or the prosecution, you must work diligently and swiftly in order to persuade the jury. Some lawyers play dirty and try to get their client off of the hook even though they are guilty without a doubt. Even though the evidence is all there, the prosecution sometimes just can’t get the one last piece of the puzzle to make the case stick and lock the criminal up. Such is the case Orenthal James Simpson.
During the time that O.J was on trial for the murders of Nicole and Ronald, everyone who was following the hearing had a deep sense of fear and pity. They were fearing that the man they once adored and aspired to be like was actually capable of committing such an inconspicuous crime. Also, due to the accusations of the murder, the viewers were also feeling in the sense of pity, in both sadness and disappointment. The acts that O.J Simpson was accused of caused the audience to feel disappointed in his actions, as well as sadness towards his family. The accusations developed about O.J left people who didn’t even personally know him in tears. People were so sad about his downfall. The accusation led to the fact that O.J left his family with no mother and technically no father, as he’d be spending time in prison. Furthermore, since he was found not guilty, there was a large part of the audience that felt a sense of release and emotion, and some felt bad that he was ever accused of this, but rather he just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Due to the fact that O.J and Nicole were separated for a couple years before she died, Nicole had made new friendships, and there was no proof that someone new that she met could have caused this crime and tried to frame Simpson, due to his past accused abuse
One of which was shoe prints found at Brown’s condo from a size 12 Bruno Magli shoe. Simpson was photographed wearing Bruno Magli shoes prior to the murders. In addition, there was a left leather glove discovered at the condo. This glove was a size XL, which matched the other glove found at Simpson’s residence. In Simpson’s Bronco, Brown’s blood was found (“The O.J. Simpson Trial 1”). Throughout the case, Simpson did not testify under oath.
and Brian Kaelin, who lived in Simpson’s guest house, went to get McDonald’s, shortly after 9pm on the night of June 12th. O.J. had arranged to leave on a flight to Chicago at 11:45 the same night in order to attend a Hertz event the next day. At 10:25 O.J.’s limo driver arrived twenty minutes early to pick him up for his flight. After buzzing the intercom multiple times, at 10:40 the limo driver drove around to the gate of O.J.’s house, but did not see any vehicles in his driveway. At 10:50 the limo driver paged his boss to let him know nobody was home. The driver saw Kaelin, who came from the backyard with a flashlight investigation three loud noises he had heard while he was in his room, Kaelin waved at the driver but did not open the gate. The driver then saw a dark person walk into the house through the front door, and shortly after the lights on the first floor came on. At 10:56 the driver buzzed the intercom again, only this time O.J. answered it and said, “Sorry, I overslept and I just got out of the shower. I’ll be down in a minute.” Finally, O.J. left in the limo at 11:15 and got on his flight to Chicago at 11:45
When the trial was happening, I had no idea who he was until the trial started. I had my Dad tell me all the details of who he was, and everything else I learned was from watching television. I was young, but I still knew that racism was awful. I looked upon the television to Simpson sitting in the trial and just thought, "Oh, okay." I know it 's hard to believe, but I wasn 't brought up to believe race had anything to do with whether people judged based on race, but this case was a 101 course in proving I was oblivious to the real world. However, what I did hear based on pure evidence was that this guy totally did it. There was too much evidence that proved he was involved, and the only reasonable doubt that was brought into the case was purely based on race.
They called it the “Trial of the Century “. When O.J. Simpson was accused of killing his wife Nicole Simpson and waiter Ronald Goldman, the world was in shock. He was tried on two counts of murder on June 12th, 1994. Orenthal James Simpson had some of the best lawyers and a great team, fighting to hear the words “not guilty”. Everything was going his way, from questioning the lab workers about the blood found to not even having believable DNA evidence. However, O.J. was still considered a suspect because there were so called “witnesses” that saw him at the scene of the crime around the time it took place. It was also said that O.J. was seen wearing a dark blue cotton suit that contained the same kind of fibers that were
On June 13, 1994, Nicole Brown, ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, was found murdered alongside Ronald Goldman (Dershowitz 19). Chapter one of Reasonable Doubts describes how many people jumped to the conclusion that O.J. carried out the murders. Incriminating evidence emerged that more than pointed to Simpson’s guilt (Dershowitz 21). Soon enough, media reports claimed that Simpson would be charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Simpson’s reluctance to be peacefully taken into custody was illustrated by his famous Los Angeles free-way chase that ended in his eventual surrender (Dershowitz 23). Dershowitz chose to join the defense team when offered the opportunity, claiming that the case could greatly educate people, especially his Harvard law students, on...
While talking to the police, the women accused all of the black men of raping them. These women were known prostitutes of the area, but their word was still taken over the black men who were accused. Twelve days later, the trial took place. There were many witnesses that held bias towards the black men. One acquaintance of the women was a white lady who refused to support the lies that were coming out of the white women's mouths.
The prosecution says DNA tests place Simpson's genetic markers on the drops of blood leading away from the bodies. There were also blood samples, similar to Simpson's and the victims, found on O.J.'s Bronco truck. Simpson's blood was also found on his driveway and his foyer. The prosecution says Simpson cut his hand during the murder. The defence says Simpson cut his hand when he reached for his phone in his Bronco and later cut his hand on a glass. The main focus of the defence is the contamination of physical evidence.
...this day justice has still not been served. If OJ didn’t do it then somebody did. Although some people might say that OJ has been dealt the wrath of karma, because he does indeed sit in prison for an unrelated crime.
J. Simpson was arrested for the murder of two people, Nicole Brown, his ex-wife, and Ron Goldman, a waiter. Simpson was a football star, actor, a public icon. He was only shown in sports media, advertising, and news only pertaining to celebrities. Once arrested, his mug shot was all over the media. Both Newsweek and Time magazine's’ front cover was Simpson’s mug shot. But there is a clear difference between the two covers. The two magazines were placed next to each other on every newsstand and the public immediately saw that TIME’s cover had noticeably darkened Simpson’s skin. The photo, representing a case, already dealing with racial tension, caused massive public uproar. Simpson's mugshot recreation made his blackness both unambiguous and threatening. The murder case was already involved with race — Simpson, the black defendant, accused of murdering his blonde white wife and white waiter. Time magazine's controversial cover could've probably gone unnoticed if Newsweek hadn't put their issue out at the same time, allowing viewers to compare the two mugshots. These two magazine covers made the viewers study and analyzed the differences, the untouched and the blackening. Though the CEO of Time had made a statement stating their intentions were not to influence race in any way, but why change the contrast that obviously made his skin darker than usual? It was stated that this was not meant to be taken in any way, but us as viewers, we made it into something, because of ideology. We interpreted the covers and we proceeded it as racism. This shows how much power we as viewers have when we see one little thing as the differences in magazine covers. This is the power of
...e to realize the huge effect that the media had on the OJ Simpson Trial. Everything from the now infamous white bronco car chase to the glove scene is actually a prime example of how the media affected the public’s view of the trial. When the verdict for the case was finally read, (after the longest court case in California history), half of the United States population was watching. This shows the massive level of public interest in the case, as well as the effect that the allowing of cameras into the courtroom had. The decision to allow the cameras into the courtroom was a controversial decision. One must wonder if the allowing of the cameras for the OJ case had an effect on the decision to not allow cameras into the trial of the men accused of the September 11 bombings. Therefore, the O.J Simpson murder trial was the first biggest media trial that was conducted.
Crimes in America can be vicious and brutal, often leading to long, draw out trials, but it is only fair if you charge the right man. The only way that it can be fair is if you go by the facts and not the appearance of the accused. Many trials in America have men of color pointed out to be criminals. Many crimes are committed for a reason but many people label it as unknown. People are racist especially against colored people, they believe that white men are innocent but that is not always true. They always turn against the colored people for many crimes that could have been committed by a white man. The novel,Monster and the documentary “Murder On A Sunday Morning” are the same because,both cases have similar charges,both crimes were taken in a public place,and the both consist of racism either by the jury or police.
Things only got worse when it was alleged that he transported and planted one the gloves on the Simpson estate, and the defendants legal team stating the officer wanted to frame Simpson because he was black and he disliked blacks an considering the jury was made up of mostly minorities this helped O.JSimpson even more.(2015) The key to winning a case apart from collecting evidence there must be a clear way to paint a picture that the people of the jury can understand whether or not you done the crime one must be convincing. Even though Simpson’s blood was on majority of the evidence collected it was argued that he was framed along with the contamination of evidence even if he had done it his team used all the weaknesses exposed by police involved in the case to paint a picture of innocence to the jury which proves perception of wrongdoing as persuasive to a jury as actual wrongdoing. I am sure with O.J Simpson being acquitted of the charges left a bad taste in the mouth of both police and some people in the legal field. There were too many mistakes made by the people that were tasked with the duty of collecting evidence and also in the department of how the evidence was handled but there are many lessons to be learned in every mistake the obvious one would be to not make the same ones
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