The 30 for 30 film ‘No Crossover” detailed the event of Allen Iverson’s trial and tribulations throughout his life. The film was spoke mainly about the trial that change his life from a not so average high school student to being a felon. Iverson was born to a teenage mom named Ann. Iverson was a great athlete in his high school years. He played multiple sports including basketball and football. Iverson was born in Hampton, Virginia in 1975, and got caught up in some early legal issues. A brawl…
The assassination of the Archduke of Austria initiated World War I, which began in 1914 and lasted 4 years before ending in 1918. Australia being a part of the Commonwealth became involved in this war and fought alongside Britain. When the war started they encouraged people to enlist in this war. Most people did not know what war would be like - difficult, gruesome and totally out of the comfort zone by any standards, and so they enrolled. Some of the reasons for enlisting were pride, patriotism…
Character: Bill Snyder Chronological/Timeline Hook: The architect to the "greatest turnaround in college football history". Snyder has not only turned this Kansas State Wildcats team around not once, but twice. Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info., relevant relationship info., etc.): Bill Snyder was born October 7, 1939. His birthplace was St. Joseph, Missouri. Snyder attended the University of Missouri for one year before enrolling at William Jewell College in…
In January of 1989 Nichole Brown Simpson made a 911 call claiming that she was being attacked by her husband, OJ Simpson. In the police report, the authorities were called to their home. When they arrived to the home, the housekeeper told the police they were not needed. After that Nichole came sprinting across the lawn and collapsed…
segregation in the fictional town of Maycomb. Orenthal James Simpson was also an African-American and he was convicted of a double murder in…
Why was everybody so fascinated with the O.J. Simpson trial? When we hear the name Orenthal James Simpson we don’t think of his Heisman trophy or his first overall pick in the NFL Draft. We think about the trial of the century, the double murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The O.J. case was one of the first cases nationally televised; being televised people got to see what happened and therefore, started the fascination with the case. But what made it so fascinating? Was it…
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…
OJ Simpson: The Prosecution The year 1994, was like any other year. The movies The Lion King and Forest Gump were released, the shows Friends and Sister to Sister had started and other musical acts came to light while others pasted. 1994, was going smoothly so far until the summer of ‘94, the world from that moment forward would witness the most shocking, jaw-dropping case of it’s time, the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman and the conspiracy that OJ Simpson, the beloved football star,…
Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro and F. Lee Bailey were OJ Simpson’s highly priced defense attorneys. They were what the media named “The Dream Team”. Rich in celebrity connections and prior high profile cases these men turned the murder trial of OJ Simpson into the lynching of the LAPD police…
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…