Oj Simpson Case
Around twenty-two years ago, the world shook as the Los Angeles jury declared Orenthal (OJ) Simpson not guilty of murder. Over two decades later, this trial is still known as one of the most extensive and nail biting cases in history. Prior to being free of all murder charges brought on him, OJ Simpson was formerly known as a star football player in the National Football League, a talented actor and a part time broadcaster. OJ was incredibly popular with his fans, he even set several records throughout his football career. Such as, he was “named All-American collegiate football player, 1965-68; and also named outstanding player in a Rose Bowl game,1967 “(O.J. Simpson). In the early summer of 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were
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found dead in Los Angeles, California. Nicole was OJ’s ex wife, the two were known for having consecutive conflicts with each other. OJ was even investigated by police prior to the murder, for domestic violence several times. Ronald was a fellow friend of Nicoles. The following day, Simpson was charged with double homicide. The entire case lasted over a full year, which created an exceeding amount of worldwide attention. Simpson claimed to the court that he was not guilty of the charges brought on him even though there was several documentation against him. Most people thought with all the proof against OJ it would be almost impossible for him to found innocent, but somehow despite everything OJ was not charged with homicide. Evidence proves that Simpson was guilty of murder; such evidence includes a glove found at the crime scene (with his and his wife’s blood on it), a suicide note written by OJ himself, and multiple witnesses that went against his alibis.
During the case, several pieces of evidence were brought up against OJ. Arguably, the most obvious reason to find Simpson guilty was a leather glove found at the investigation. Christopher Darden asked OJ to put on a glove that was found at the crime scene in the summer of 1995. This individual bloody glove was one of the evidence found by an officer where the two bodies were found. Another policeman, discovered the other glove, when searching around Simpson's home. This glove happened to be drenched in blood as well. It was proven that the blood on both of the gloves came from Nicole, Ronald, and even Simpson himself (DNA Evidence). There was even a photo of OJ wearing the same exact gloves that were found. To attempt to defend himself, OJ claimed that this was a poor attempt to frame him. During the time, OJ was asked to put on the glove in front of the jury, he had just recently stopped taking his medication for arthritis. If a person is taking something to ease the pain of arthritis, then just stops all of the sudden it makes one's joints swell up ( DNA Evidence). So when OJ placed the gloves on his hands and claimed that they did not fit because they were too small it could have easily been because his joints were inflamed at the time. Another reason, why the gloves seemed too tight could have been because they were frozen and bloody,which would make them stiff and harder for OJ to get on. If the gloves were covered in blood, it would make them decrease in size and that would just create another excuse for OJ on why the gloves could not be his. As a final point to prove that the gloves had to be OJ’s and he was not framed is because any logical murder is not going to use the exact glove size that fit him. There is no doubt that the first thought on everyone’s mind is that the gloves were OJ’s. So, OJ would be more than cable to pick a pair of gloves that barely first him in the first place. That would seem like the only rational thing to do. Other solid evidence found at the scene of the murder included a bloody footprint. This footprint matched OJ perfectly from the type of shoe to the exact size. The shoe print was of an extremely hard to find pair of shoes in fact, there are only a few to ever be made. OJ at first said that there is no such proof that he had ever owned such shoes, but later on there was a picture found with him wearing the same exact pricey pair of shoes. This only strengthened the case that he was guilty.To go along with the footprint, in OJ’s house there was a bloody sock found as well that shared his and Nicole's DNA. More and more evidence seemed to contradict OJ’s statement of being framed, it seemed almost impossible for OJ not to be found guilty.
Another point to prove OJ should have been charged with manslaughter,was a suicide note written by Simpson himself. Before being brought into court, OJ composed a note that explained why he was going to kill himself, which made OJ seem extremely liable for the murder of two innocent people. Why would Simpson act suspiciously guilty, claiming he wanted nothing more than death right after the murder of his ex-wife? The only logical explanation, would be he could not own up to himself and take the responsibility for committing such a wicked crime. Furthermore, to take a look into OJ’s suicide note, in it he wrote “Do not feel sorry for me, I had a great life” (On Conveying). This just continues to explain that he felt extremely remorseful and he did not want any sympathy for being a murder. Lastly, OJ went through extreme measures to try and not get caught by the police.When Simpson discovered the police were after him, got in his car and took the officers on almost a two hour high speed car chase. It is obvious that OJ did not want to get caught, if he was innocent, he would have talked to the police like a reasonable person. A normal uninvolved person would not hold a gun to their head in a vehicle and make police follow them for hours. Why would an innocent person try to be running away? OJ expressing that he wanted death right after he found out he was going to be blamed for the murder of Nicole and Ronald just goes to prove another example on why he should have been convicted of murder.
Through the most intriguing murder case of the century, several of OJ’s friends and witnesses took a stance to contradict OJ.
The first of many to give solid proof OJ was guilty was a local store owner (Challenges to). This store owner testified with recipes that OJ, indeed purchased a fourteen inch knife from his store just six weeks before the murder happened. By looking at the wounds on the victims, the police to think that that was the type of knife used at the scene of the crime. Another person to go against OJ’s alibi, was his limo driver. OJ’s driver said when he arrived at OJ’s home and he did not see OJ’s car parked there. The time the limousine driver pulled up to OJ’s estate was right around the time the murder would have been taking place. So, OJ was more than likely not home during the crime. Since OJ was supposed to be getting a ride from his driver at the time, but was nowhere to be found the limousine driver rang OJ’s doorbell, and of course there was no answer. Out of curiosity the driver looked around where OJ could be, so he checked around the back of OJ’s house. After finding no evidence that OJ was home, he went to return to the limo and he claimed he saw a “tall black man” right outside the door to OJ’s home (O.J. Simpson). The last person to provide evidence against OJ was Nicole's sister, Denise. Denise, heartbroken about the loss of her sister sobbingly, told the jury that she witnessed with her own eyes OJ beat and injury Nicole before. Denise’s …show more content…
testimony went against OJ’s “dream team” of lawyers proving that OJ was indeed more than capable of committing murder. Having so many people to go against OJ should have gave the jury more than enough evidence that OJ committed homicide.
Information shows that OJ should have been convicted of murder based off of evidence found at the crime scene, a note talking about OJ wanting to end his life, and many testimonies against him. The debate of OJ’s trial remains a pondering mystery; however it is much easier to go with the popular belief “innocent until proven guilty.”
Works Cited
“DNA Evidence in the O.J. Simpson Trial O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the
Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996.” DNA Evidence in the O.J.
Simpson Trial O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=37&id=&page=. Accessed 28 Feb. 2017.
Fairchild, Halford H., and Gloria Cowan. “The O. J. Simpson Trial: Challenges to Science and
Society.”Journal of Social Issues, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9 Apr. 2010, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1997.tb02130.x/full. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
“On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error
Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996.” On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=38&id=&page=. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000091525/BIC1?u=gree71958&xid=52394447. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." World of Criminal Justice, Gale, 2002. Biography in
Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K2425100322/BIC1?u=gree71958&xid=6d4bf905. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
found dead in Los Angeles, California. Nicole was OJ’s ex wife, the two were known for having consecutive conflicts with each other. OJ was even investigated by police prior to the murder, for domestic violence several times. Ronald was a fellow friend of Nicoles. The following day, Simpson was charged with double homicide. The entire case lasted over a full year, which created an exceeding amount of worldwide attention. Simpson claimed to the court that he was not guilty of the charges brought on him even though there was several documentation against him. Most people thought with all the proof against OJ it would be almost impossible for him to found innocent, but somehow despite everything OJ was not charged with homicide. Evidence proves that Simpson was guilty of murder; such evidence includes a glove found at the crime scene (with his and his wife’s blood on it), a suicide note written by OJ himself, and multiple witnesses that went against his alibis.
During the case, several pieces of evidence were brought up against OJ. Arguably, the most obvious reason to find Simpson guilty was a leather glove found at the investigation. Christopher Darden asked OJ to put on a glove that was found at the crime scene in the summer of 1995. This individual bloody glove was one of the evidence found by an officer where the two bodies were found. Another policeman, discovered the other glove, when searching around Simpson's home. This glove happened to be drenched in blood as well. It was proven that the blood on both of the gloves came from Nicole, Ronald, and even Simpson himself (DNA Evidence). There was even a photo of OJ wearing the same exact gloves that were found. To attempt to defend himself, OJ claimed that this was a poor attempt to frame him. During the time, OJ was asked to put on the glove in front of the jury, he had just recently stopped taking his medication for arthritis. If a person is taking something to ease the pain of arthritis, then just stops all of the sudden it makes one's joints swell up ( DNA Evidence). So when OJ placed the gloves on his hands and claimed that they did not fit because they were too small it could have easily been because his joints were inflamed at the time. Another reason, why the gloves seemed too tight could have been because they were frozen and bloody,which would make them stiff and harder for OJ to get on. If the gloves were covered in blood, it would make them decrease in size and that would just create another excuse for OJ on why the gloves could not be his. As a final point to prove that the gloves had to be OJ’s and he was not framed is because any logical murder is not going to use the exact glove size that fit him. There is no doubt that the first thought on everyone’s mind is that the gloves were OJ’s. So, OJ would be more than cable to pick a pair of gloves that barely first him in the first place. That would seem like the only rational thing to do. Other solid evidence found at the scene of the murder included a bloody footprint. This footprint matched OJ perfectly from the type of shoe to the exact size. The shoe print was of an extremely hard to find pair of shoes in fact, there are only a few to ever be made. OJ at first said that there is no such proof that he had ever owned such shoes, but later on there was a picture found with him wearing the same exact pricey pair of shoes. This only strengthened the case that he was guilty.To go along with the footprint, in OJ’s house there was a bloody sock found as well that shared his and Nicole's DNA. More and more evidence seemed to contradict OJ’s statement of being framed, it seemed almost impossible for OJ not to be found guilty.
Another point to prove OJ should have been charged with manslaughter,was a suicide note written by Simpson himself. Before being brought into court, OJ composed a note that explained why he was going to kill himself, which made OJ seem extremely liable for the murder of two innocent people. Why would Simpson act suspiciously guilty, claiming he wanted nothing more than death right after the murder of his ex-wife? The only logical explanation, would be he could not own up to himself and take the responsibility for committing such a wicked crime. Furthermore, to take a look into OJ’s suicide note, in it he wrote “Do not feel sorry for me, I had a great life” (On Conveying). This just continues to explain that he felt extremely remorseful and he did not want any sympathy for being a murder. Lastly, OJ went through extreme measures to try and not get caught by the police.When Simpson discovered the police were after him, got in his car and took the officers on almost a two hour high speed car chase. It is obvious that OJ did not want to get caught, if he was innocent, he would have talked to the police like a reasonable person. A normal uninvolved person would not hold a gun to their head in a vehicle and make police follow them for hours. Why would an innocent person try to be running away? OJ expressing that he wanted death right after he found out he was going to be blamed for the murder of Nicole and Ronald just goes to prove another example on why he should have been convicted of murder.
Through the most intriguing murder case of the century, several of OJ’s friends and witnesses took a stance to contradict OJ.
The first of many to give solid proof OJ was guilty was a local store owner (Challenges to). This store owner testified with recipes that OJ, indeed purchased a fourteen inch knife from his store just six weeks before the murder happened. By looking at the wounds on the victims, the police to think that that was the type of knife used at the scene of the crime. Another person to go against OJ’s alibi, was his limo driver. OJ’s driver said when he arrived at OJ’s home and he did not see OJ’s car parked there. The time the limousine driver pulled up to OJ’s estate was right around the time the murder would have been taking place. So, OJ was more than likely not home during the crime. Since OJ was supposed to be getting a ride from his driver at the time, but was nowhere to be found the limousine driver rang OJ’s doorbell, and of course there was no answer. Out of curiosity the driver looked around where OJ could be, so he checked around the back of OJ’s house. After finding no evidence that OJ was home, he went to return to the limo and he claimed he saw a “tall black man” right outside the door to OJ’s home (O.J. Simpson). The last person to provide evidence against OJ was Nicole's sister, Denise. Denise, heartbroken about the loss of her sister sobbingly, told the jury that she witnessed with her own eyes OJ beat and injury Nicole before. Denise’s …show more content…
testimony went against OJ’s “dream team” of lawyers proving that OJ was indeed more than capable of committing murder. Having so many people to go against OJ should have gave the jury more than enough evidence that OJ committed homicide.
Information shows that OJ should have been convicted of murder based off of evidence found at the crime scene, a note talking about OJ wanting to end his life, and many testimonies against him. The debate of OJ’s trial remains a pondering mystery; however it is much easier to go with the popular belief “innocent until proven guilty.”
Works Cited
“DNA Evidence in the O.J. Simpson Trial O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the
Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996.” DNA Evidence in the O.J.
Simpson Trial O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=37&id=&page=. Accessed 28 Feb. 2017.
Fairchild, Halford H., and Gloria Cowan. “The O. J. Simpson Trial: Challenges to Science and
Society.”Journal of Social Issues, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9 Apr. 2010, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1997.tb02130.x/full. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
“On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error
Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996.” On Conveying the Probative Value of DNA Evidence: Frequencies, Likelihood Ratios, and Error Rates O.J. Simpson and the Criminal Justice System - Proving the Case 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1996, heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals%2Fucollr67&div=38&id=&page=. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000091525/BIC1?u=gree71958&xid=52394447. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.
"O. J. Simpson." World of Criminal Justice, Gale, 2002. Biography in
Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K2425100322/BIC1?u=gree71958&xid=6d4bf905. Accessed 2 Mar. 2017.