OJ Simpson Case Summary

Facts:
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of OJ Simpson and her friend Ron
Goldman were found murdered between the time of 10-12 PM in front of Nicoles own home.
Both had been stabbed to death and showed the signs of defensive wounds on their hands and
forearms.

After several days of investigation, many crucial DNA samples of evidences found at the scene
of the crime had been analyzed which lead police to OJS as their prime suspect.

OJ was the former American football star, actor and sport commentator. He travelled to
Chicago on the night of murder, so police contacted him and inform about the murder and he
rushed home. As police were on the way to arrest him, he got into the friends car lead police
on a chase. He was in back seat with a gun pointing stating that he was going to kill himself.
After several hours, the chase finally ended with police vehicles and 15 helicopters involved in
the chase when he surrendered at his home to police.

After arrest OJ was put on trial and all of the evidences seemed to point to him being
responsible for murder. He had no alibi, and he even changed his story several times.

Prosecution arguments:
The prosecution arguments and the evidences which made OJ Simpson responsible for murder
were:

a) Blood samples from the crime scene, blood found on the outside, doors, steering wheel,
and carpets of his vehicle that matched Simpons DNA.
b) Trace amounts of blood found in a rare imported size, 12 shoe prints near the bodies. OJ
owned a similar pair
c) Glove matching the DNA and blood of Nicole, Ronald and OJ.
d) Hairs consistent with that of OJ found on Ronald shirt.
e) OJS middle finger of left hand was found cut after the day of murder.
f) OJ had previously been involved in domestic violence incident with Nicole Brown.
g) His driver, Alan Park, testified that OJ was not home at time of murder.
The prosecution used the DNA evidence and OJs weak alibi as their main arguments for
the case.

Defense arguments:
The Dream Team, the defense team hired, available by best lawyers and experts of the
country gave the following strong arguments:

a) The DNA evidences were not accurate and reliable due to errors made by cops collecting
evidence.
b) Leading criminalist Dennis Fung admitted to not wearing rubber gloves while collecting
evidences as well as having missed a few drops of blood on the fence by the bodies
and only returning to the crime scene weeks later to collect the evidence.
c) Prosecution argued OJS middle finger of left hand was cut during the fight with Goldman
but defendants counter replied there is no fight in the gloves.
d) If the glove doesnt fit, you must acquit was a phrase coined by one of Simpons
lawyers when the glove found on scene, supposedly the murderer, did not fit OJ.
Jury Selection:
The first jury selected after 10 weeks was dismissed because of unusual media
broadcast. So, final jury comprised with 9 black, 2 white and 1 Hispanic, of them 10
women, 2 men and 1 Hispanic was selected.
Jury Decision and Sentence:
After many months of deliberation and numerous witness within the criminal trial, 12
Juries finally came to a verdict, Mr. Simpson was found not guilty in both counts of
murder. Many critics of the trial argued that the mishandling of the evidences by the
police department was the reason for this verdict.