Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose and The O.J. Simpson Trial

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“I think I’ve been a great citizen” -O.J. Simpson. The O.J. Simpson trial was one of the most followed cases in history; its estimated cost for the trial was about nine million (Blohm 64). On the evening of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered (Piombini). The trial against O.J. began on January 24, 1995 and ended on October 2, 1995 (Blohm 59). Going into the trial, O.J.’s fate had already been sealed due to the fact that nobody wanted to prosecute him because he was a football legend and an actor (Piombini). In both cases, one can see that racial prejudice may prevent a juror of this trial from voting logically and thoughtfully.
During the night of June 12, 1994, a series of murders were committed. Many assumed that O.J. Simpson had beaten, battered, and murdered his ex-wife and her current boyfriend. Nicole Brown Simpson’s body was found in a pool of blood with gashes in her upper body and throat. Ron Goldman, her boyfriend, stabbed twenty-two times, was found next to her against a garden fence. Detectives discovered blood in several locations, including the stairs. “Simpson insisted he never hit, slapped, or beat Nicole, and that the contents of her diary, in which she wrote that he hit her, and her complaints to the police were lies” (Gleick, Lafferty).
With evidence stacked against him, the trial of O.J. Simpson began on January 24, 1995. On the night of June 12, 1994 at 875 South Bundy Drive police had found Nicole Simpsons body collapsed on the steps just inside the security gate with her current boyfriend, Ron Goldman off to the side of the sidewalk (Turque). Both throats were slashed with signs of serious savage struggle (Turque). Blood was found on the trail outside and in O.J.’s house, w...

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