The overwhelming evidence to O.J.’s guilt was the D.N.A samples found in his Ford Bronco. Chiefly it was blood evidence which Simpson has never been able to explain away. Evidence found was O.J.’s blood, Nicole’s blood, both of which is POSSIBLE, since they obviously knew each other, had many opportunities to ride in this vehicle etc. However, also found was Ron Goldman’s blood in the Bronco, and this was the sticking point. How did Goldman’s blood get in Simpson’s truck?
During the trial, and what swayed the jury toward Simpson’s acquittal was the prosecuting attorneys many blunders (Simpson trying on the bloody glove, found at the crime scene in court and OBVIOUSLY faking out the jurors into believing that the glove didn’t fit him, even though the glove belonged to him), the Judge Lance Ito’s total inability to keep the trial focused, under control and keeping it from becoming a circus, which it did, the jury who claimed that the DNA evidence was too difficult for them to understand and therefore for the most part they ignored it, and finally and most likely the most important reason was Simpson’s attorneys. Johnny Cochran, Simpson’s lead attorney, turned the courtroom into freak show, blaming the LAPD, calling them racists (Officer Mark Foley was their main target, he testified that he wasn’t a racist, and later in the trail a video was found with Foley using some rather colorful language, including the dreaded “N” word) calling them incompetent and accused the LAPD of planting evidence.
In the end, the jury, overwhelmed with DNA evidence they didn’t understand nor even really considered, listened to Cochran’s ridiculous theories (the main theory went something like this… Mark Foley is an LAPD Officer, LAPD officers are racists, O.J. is black, the LAPD planted evidence on O.J. because he’s black and famous, Foley most likely planted the evidence because he’s a racist and used the “N” word, therefore O.J. is innocent) and the jury who had been sequestered throughout the whole trail was just tired of the whole thing, I believe they only deliberated for about 6 or 7 hours on a trail that took approx 7 months.
A year or 2 later, Simpson was found responsible for Nicole’s and Ron Goldman’s death in a civil suit filed by the Goldman family and was ordered to pay the Goldman’s 35 million dollars, to date, Simpson hasn’t paid anything.
As far as Simpson’s “celebrity” status, he wasn’t a big star by any means, but he was very well known and had a good life going for him. Publicly, Simpson was loved by just about everyone, but during the trial America discovered who O.J. Simpson REALLY was, and most didn’t like what they saw.
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