Research Paper On Oj Simpson

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5 days after the death of ojs ex-wife Nicole Simpson and friend Ron Goldman were found dying. OJ Simpson and friend AL Cowlings took police on a 50 mile slow speed car chase down southern California highways on June 17 1994. The car chase cut of almost every other channel in America and the game five of the NBA finals was taking place and they even cut that off too. The chase took over an hour and a half. OJ later drove to his house in Brentwood where he surrendered, but he had an hour standoff with police as he didn't want the media to see him in handcuffs so he surrendered at

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