Ronald Goldman

ISSUE PRESENTED Whether Orenthal James Simpson is guilty of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Facts and Proceedings A. OJ Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, 35, and Ronald Lyle Goldman, 25, are stabbed to death. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Lyle Goldman were found murdered outside of Nicole’s house in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California. Both victims had been stabbed multiple times throughout their bodies, Brown showed defensive wounds on her hands. Medical examiners were able to determine that the two had been dead for approximately two hours before police arrived to the scene. Detectives informed OJ Simpson of the murder of his ex-wife shortly after. The next day, Mr. Simpson…

On January 24, 1995, O.J. Simpson was brought to trial. Simpson was charged with the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Both bodies were found with repeated injuries that imitated being stabbed with a knife. There were 72 witnesses presented; the majority of them suggested that Simpson had a motive and the opportunity to kill Nicole. The prosecutors were doing an excellent job tying Simpson to both of the murders. After the second prosecution, however, they started losing the…

A court case that shocked America and their trust in the legal system. The topic of this paper is the trial and evidence that was presented. Orenthal James Simpson “former NFL player, broadcaster, and actor was accused of two counts of murder on June 12, 1994”(Britannica). The victims were Simpson’s ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her personal friend Ron Goldman. The two were found stabbed to death outside an apartment building in Los Angeles California. Due to Simpson’s relationship with the…

Nicole complained about her marriage to friends and family members, telling them that O.J. was physically abusive. They had a fight in 1989 New Year's Eve party, in which he allegedly threatened to kill her, he pleaded no contest to spousal battery. He brushed off the incident in an interview with ESPN, noting "We had a fight. We were both guilty. No one was hurt. It was no big deal, and we got on with our life." She eventually filed for divorce in 1992. On June 12, 1994, the bodies of Nicole…

‘Media event’ is a term first coined by Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz with regard to the festive viewing of television. A media event consists of three levels—syntactics (the interruption of the normal routines), semantics (the asserted meaning of the event) and pragmatics (the response of a committed audience). (Dayan and Katz 1992, p. 14) These occasions are preplanned, promoted and presented live to the viewers (Dayan and Katz 1992, pp. 5-7) which thus create a disruption of dailiness including…

was set free, his life was in a down spiral of tragedy. He struggled with money, and resorted to drugs and alcohol as an outlet in life. Years later, he would be tied in a different case for a robbery in Las Vegas in 2008. The judge for the case was in fact the same judge who heard the trials of The People v. O.J. Simpson. Because this judge knew O.J. was guilty for the murder of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, she gave Simpson the worst possible punishment for this case. This resulted in a…

“Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were fatally stabbed on the evening of June 12, 1994, their bodies discovered early the next morning… O.J. Simpson, her ex-husband, was acquitted Oct. 3, 1995, of their deaths in a trial that riveted the nation and divided many along racial lines” (latimes.com editors). The trial faced many challenges during the time, it was even considered the “Trial of the Century” because it caused so much controversy. O.J. Simpson was an American Football…

Nicole and her old friend Ronald Goldman met up. Ironically, both Nicole and Ronald were murdered that night. They were found outside of Nicole’s house stabbed to death. “Nicole’s head was almost severed from her body and Goldman had struggled so hard it took 30 stabs to finish him off” (Younge). O.J.’s friend tried to persuade him to give up and surrender. Instead, he went on a low speed chase and was arrested later that day. His DNA was found at the crime scene. Also, the DNA of the two people…

O.J. Simpson was a household name before the trial. Most people in my generation doesn't understand that neither did I. All I knew him for was being on trial for doing something to his wife. And me being a huge sports fan never knew he was a heisman trophy winning running back and an NFL superstar. His stardom was the biggest the world has ever seen. Not only was he great on the field his off the field presence was just as good. He became a really famous actor as well starring in the Naked gun…

January 24, 1995 marked the first day of the events that produced what was nicknamed “ The Trail of the Century” . The first official day of the trial of Orenthal James Simpson versus The People took place in June of 1994 in Los Angeles California when Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found dead outside of Brown’s home. Brown's ex-husband O.J was the first to be notified and questioned upon his return from his Chicago trip. Soon after Nicole’s funeral Simpson failed to surrender to…