Orenthal James Simpson, or O.J. Simpson was tried for the most publicized murder in history between the months of January 1995, and October 1995. O.J. Simpson was a public figure, a hero for the black community, and when the news came out that his wife Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered, it shocked everyone. Even more shocking, and what gave the case publicity, was that O.J. Simpson was being accused of the murder. Not only did he apparently murder his Ex-wife Nicole, but he also murdered Ronald Goldman.
The trial in a lot of people’s opinions got out of hand because of publicity. The public had a huge role in the determination of what happened in the courtroom. At one point, they even demanded a piece of evidence be made public, and they got their wish. The justice system had many flaws during the O.J. case, a major one being racism. One witness, detective Mark Furhman was a big part of racism in the O.J. case. Racism in not only the O.J. prosecution, but in the LAPD was a big part of the defense’s case. The defense, and prosecution had almost the entire jury dismissed in order to play the race card in their own way. Personally, I feel like race had too big of a role in the case. …show more content…
The court tried too hard to make everyone happy, and in doing so they caused many of the jurors to look track of the evidence and base everything off emotion. In the case of O.J. Simpson, the justice system was not fair. The way money and publicity was used to sway not only the publics opinion, but the juries opinion was incredible. O.J. Simpson benefited greatly from the brutality of the police force at the time, and if something like the OJ case happened again today, I could almost guarantee police brutality would be a
The trial in a lot of people’s opinions got out of hand because of publicity. The public had a huge role in the determination of what happened in the courtroom. At one point, they even demanded a piece of evidence be made public, and they got their wish. The justice system had many flaws during the O.J. case, a major one being racism. One witness, detective Mark Furhman was a big part of racism in the O.J. case. Racism in not only the O.J. prosecution, but in the LAPD was a big part of the defense’s case. The defense, and prosecution had almost the entire jury dismissed in order to play the race card in their own way. Personally, I feel like race had too big of a role in the case. …show more content…
The court tried too hard to make everyone happy, and in doing so they caused many of the jurors to look track of the evidence and base everything off emotion. In the case of O.J. Simpson, the justice system was not fair. The way money and publicity was used to sway not only the publics opinion, but the juries opinion was incredible. O.J. Simpson benefited greatly from the brutality of the police force at the time, and if something like the OJ case happened again today, I could almost guarantee police brutality would be a