OJ Simpson: The Trial Of O. J Simpson

The trial of O.J Simpson, an infamous case that had america glued to their Tv’s. Tensions were high as 11 months passed as the verdict was nearing. The case goes as following, O.J was accused of the murder of his ex wife Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. On June 13, 1994 Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman were found dead around midnight near the entryway of Nicole’s apartment complex. The crime was heinous for the times and took America by storm. With O.J being a famous main suspect, the media wanted to give as much insight about the trial to the people watching at home and the first amendment gives them that right to gather intel. At first the media was not allowed to share what was happening in the trial. But later on, judge Ito later gave the media permission to cover the trial as long as the media does not disclose the insight of the grand jury. To coincide with this, the media wanted access to the preliminary hearings. Several news organizations requested access to photographs of the crime and transcripts of conferences held in the judge’s office. A lot of this information was sensitive material that was still being decided upon whether to reveal to the jury, but the media still wanted to have

In DNA tests, blood found on the glove was shown to have come from O.J Simpson, Nicole Brown, and Ronald Goldman. After his arrest, further DNA tests would confirm the finding. Simpson was found to have a wound on his hand, and the DNA of his blood was a match to drops found at the crime scene. Nicole Brown’s blood was discovered on a pair of socks found at the Rockingham estate. Also Simpson had recently purchased a Stiletto knife before the murder; which was believed to be used by the killer. Shoe prints in the blood at Brentwood matched Simpson’s shoe size and later was shown to match a type of shoe he had owned. The knife and shoes were never found by the