Oj Simpson
Oj Simpson. Tyler Kurutz . “What Happened”. June 12, 1994 One man comes through the back door of the Simpson’s home Goes to the front to find Nicole Simpson and brutally slashing her, nearly severing her neck from her shoulders
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Oj Simpson Tyler Kurutz
“What Happened” • June 12, 1994 • One man comes through the back door of the Simpson’s home • Goes to the front to find Nicole Simpson and brutally slashing her, nearly severing her neck from her shoulders • Then struggled with and repeatedly, about 30 times, stab Ronald Goldman • Goldman was returning sunglasses
“What Happened” • OJ Simpson was aboard AA flight #668 to Chicago at this point • He took off from LA at 11:45 taken to airport by limo driver Allan Park • However the Limo left the Simpson estate on Rockingham drive late (about a half hour late)
At the Hotel • When Simpson arrived in Chicago he received a call from the police • When they told him about the murder of his wife, he did not ask who what how or why • Later told that he smashed glass in grief which would explain the cut on his hand
Beginnings of the Trials • Robert Shapiro-Simpson’s Attorney and the arresting officer, agreed to have Simpson turn himself in by June 17 at 10 am • Didn’t show • Found what was believed to be a suicide note at his house • At 6:20 someone saw Simpson in his bronco with his friend AC Cowlings
Simpson’s run ended in his own driveway • Found in AC Cowlings car: • $8,750 in cash • a false beard and mustache • a loaded gun • and a passport • Trial is taken to Downtown district instead of Santa Barbara district where it happened (big mistake for the prosecution)
Plead • “Absolutely one hundred percent not guilty, Your Honor."
The Gloves • Prosecutor, Christopher Darden, called for Oj to try on the gloves in front of everyone • As he tried them on he said things like “They don’t fit. See?” • Then Simpson’s attorney Johnnie Cochran said the famous line, “If it don’t fit, you must acquit.” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2YbY9eYmdM&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=jRth45yU_2Q – 4:20
Decision • After 3 hours deliberating about the case that had produced 150 witnesses over 133 days and had cost $15 million to try • They acquitted Orenthal James Simpson at 10 am on October 3, 1995 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=infLrZjJpNc
