Oj Simpson Research Paper

Families of murder victims, rape victims and sex trafficking victims deal with increased PTSD, depression, suicidal thoughts or actions, and an increased chance of substance abuse. Unfortunately across the country and around the world the people who committed these crimes are acquitted during their trials. They are unable to sleep at night due to fear that the person who hurt them or someone they knew could come back and hurt them. In America today, people of higher social statuses are able to get away with more crimes such as murder, child pornography, sex trafficking, rape and even dog fighting. To begin, OJ Simpson was a common household name from June 12th 1994 until around October 2nd 1995 due to the events after the murder of his ex
wife and a waiter at her home in LA while their two kids were inside (Goldman). During and after the trial was a very interesting time for people who associated themselves with OJ, many men sided with OJ and many women sided with the Brown and Goldman family. The LAPD had all of the evidence to incriminate Mr. Simpson but because OJ was a former NFL player, he was/is a very wealthy African American man who had a very established lifestyle was found not guilty. This same kind of situation happened in 2007 when Michael Vick was taken to court for running a dogfighting ring and lying about it except for the fact that he was found guilty for inhumane actions (marquette)