The most televised trial in recorded history was a murder trial where a famous NFL football player was accused of murder. The O.J. Simpson murder trial was controversial because of numerous reasons. He pled not guilty to the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. The evidence and the time leading up to his arrest would make anyone believe that he was guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, but the jury in 1995 found him not guilty. I believe that there is overwhelming evidence against O.J. Simpson, and he should have been found guilty for two murders. O.J. Simpson was a famous black football player married to a beautiful young white woman. There were many incidents of domestic disputes and he was found guilty in 1989 of spousal battery. He claimed numerous times
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It was proven that O.J. Simpson had a pair of gloves just like the bloody glove found at the murder scene. When he was asked to try on the glove at trial, the glove mysteriously did not fit. His attorneys noted “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit”. There are many reasons why this glove might not have fit his hand: weight gain, trickery, or the glove shown in court could have been similar but not the same. The jury saw this as enough evidence to claim his innocence, but the prosecuting attorney could have pursued this in a different way. The O.J. Simpson criminal trial was the “Trial of the century”. There was DNA evidence connecting him to the blood stains left at the scene. That seems to me like enough evidence to find anyone guilty. DNA is undeniable. Multiple pieces of the evidence were placed in the same bag rather than in individual bags. (Study.com). The Simpson defense attorneys claimed this evidence was contaminated. This was a problem for the investigators because they knew the standard procedure for evidence collection. It seems to me that the LAPD knew that they were covertly helping O.J.
It was proven that O.J. Simpson had a pair of gloves just like the bloody glove found at the murder scene. When he was asked to try on the glove at trial, the glove mysteriously did not fit. His attorneys noted “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit”. There are many reasons why this glove might not have fit his hand: weight gain, trickery, or the glove shown in court could have been similar but not the same. The jury saw this as enough evidence to claim his innocence, but the prosecuting attorney could have pursued this in a different way. The O.J. Simpson criminal trial was the “Trial of the century”. There was DNA evidence connecting him to the blood stains left at the scene. That seems to me like enough evidence to find anyone guilty. DNA is undeniable. Multiple pieces of the evidence were placed in the same bag rather than in individual bags. (Study.com). The Simpson defense attorneys claimed this evidence was contaminated. This was a problem for the investigators because they knew the standard procedure for evidence collection. It seems to me that the LAPD knew that they were covertly helping O.J.