OJ Simpson was an idolized NFL player, actor, and broadcaster. He was loved by all and defied all racial barriers during the 1900s. People didn’t see him for the color of his skin, they saw him as an American hero. This was until June 12, 1994 when Nicole Simpson, OJ Simpson’s ex wife, as well as Ronald Goldman were found murdered. This was the beginning of the end of most Americans respect and adoration for OJ Simpson. OJ became the prime suspect of their murders. This case is well known to this day for many reasons, including the LAPD’s tampering with evidence. One way the LAPD ignored the law is when they entered OJ’s home without talking to OJ, and without a search warrant. This resulted in an illegal search where the evidence that was found would not be admissible in court. At the time, the LAPD was known to be racist, so when Detective Fuhrman denied using any racial slurs in the past 10 years, the defense looked into it. They found recordings of Fuhrman using the term “nigger” numerous times in interviews. This caused the jury to believe that Detective Fuhrman wasn’t a credible witness. Therefore, the jury rarely talked about him or the …show more content…
I think there is more evidence proving his innocence than his guiltiness. The corruption in this case and the racism in the LAPD helped the defense show that there was not enough evidence to prove that OJ was guilty. There are many reasons why I think OJ is innocent, but the piece of evidence that I think is most important is that all of OJ’s blood at the crime scene contained EDTA. EDTA is something that is put in test tubes with blood to prevent blood clots. EDTA is not found naturally in people's blood, which means someone had to have planted OJ’s blood at the scene. Another crucial piece of evidence is that the crime scene showed a major struggle so the murderer would have been severely bruised, and all OJ had on him was a
The crime scene in the case of the murder of JonBenét Ramsey was the home of the Ramsey family, with a home as large as the Ramsey’s the search for evidence took some time. The first notable mistake was the allowance of Ramsey family friends to enter the scene instead of clearing everyone from the crime scene as per common police protocol. Leading detective on the case Steve Thomas who wrote a book on the investigation and all other aspects of the case has been quoted as saying “Good police procedure would have been to empty the house immediately and take the inhabitants to the police station, post a patrol officer inside the front door, and allow entry only to authorized personnel. Another perimeter should have been established some distance away to preserve the grounds(Thomas, S., 2000).” With the introduction
In March of 2021, ABC aired a 20/20 episode detailing the JonBenet Ramsey murder. This episode aired only 9 month prior to the 25th anniversary of this tragic murder in the Ramsey family. The morning of December 26, 1996, Patsy Ramsey wakes up to find a ransom note of the bottom steps of the back staircase in their home in Boulder, CO. Immediately following the discovery of the ransom note, Patsy calls 911 in a panic, explaining that her 6 year old daughter, JonBenet Ramsey had been kidnapped. Shortly after calling the police, Patsy’s husband, John Ramsey wakes up and tey both wait for the police to arrive.
Evidence is vital for any crime scene. No matter the case, police need to be carefully precise, speedy, and methodical to be able to collect this crucial evidence. With the very well handled cases out there, some slip through the cracks. Evidence that is linked to a crime can be contaminated, destroyed, or forgotten about which leads to finding a suspect to be hard. One example of this happening is the infamous murder case of JonBenet Ramsey.
Finally, Wayne Williams took the stand and testified, which resulted in very unfavorable attention from the jury (The Atlanta, n.d.). His angry and combative demeanor on the witness stand left jury members with little sympathy (The Atlanta, n.d.). It only took the jury approximately ten hours to deliberate and reach a guilty verdict, however, if the fiber evidence was not presented I do not believe the deliberation would have been so quick and most likely would have resulted in a not guilty
Orenthal James Simpson, known as "O.J. Simpson". Born in San Francisco California on July 9 in 1947. He was a former American football player. Since 1985, he was a member of the Hall of Fame. He was not only a football player; he was also an actor and television presenter.
This is what caused the prosecutors to wonder why O.J. showed little emotion during the trial. Much of the evidence found caused
The murder of Emmett Till was a day that no one will ever forget it was the most horrific murder of all time. July 25, 1941 Emmett Louis Till was born Emmett was raised in a nice middle class neighborhood in the southside of Chicago, Illinois being raised by a single mother after his father Louis Till was hung in the army after being accused of rape and a killing. Emmett Till attended Mccosh Elementary school and was one of the first African American kid to get honor roll. July 25, 1946 Emmett aka “Bobo” was diagnosed with Polio at the age of five but Emmett managed to have a full recovery by the age of eight. August 1955 Emmett’s uncle Moses Wright from Money, Mississippi came to visit his sister Mamie Till and Emmett, Moses and Emmett
OJ Simpson was a very achieved person player until he made one big mistake. The trial of OJ Simpson was a long stressful process to prove a star innocent or guilty of murder. This took Place in the state of California on October 3, 1995. OJ was tried for a murder crime of his ex-wife and another man. In the end OJ turned out to be not guilty of this crime.
The fact that O.J. bought the same type of weapon that was used for the murders gives a pretty good conclusion that he is guilty. Another piece of evidence left at the crime scene was bloody shoeprints. William Bodziak, a shoe print specialist, said that the shoe prints were left by size twelve Bruno Magli shoes. O.J. Simpson wore size twelve shoes, which means the shoes definitely could have been his. The shoes have yet to be recovered, ironically, just like the knife.
The reason O.J. was found not guilty of murder and acquitted in criminal court, but found guilty of the tort of harm and ordered to pay damages in the civil court lies in the structure of our legal system, in regards to criminal cases and civil cases. The distinct difference between criminal cases and civil cases provides further explanation regarding the O.J. Simpson case. Criminal cases deal with crimes against society. It is the government, not the victim, who brings action against the charged individual. In criminal cases, the penalties can include a number things including jail time.
“Emmett Till and I were about the same age. A week after he was murdered . . . I stood on the corner with a gang of boys, looking at pictures of him in the black newspapers and magazines. In one, he was laughing and happy. In the other, his head was swollen and bashed in, his eyes bulging out of their sockets and his mouth twisted and broken.
In this PBS documentary, The murder of Emmett Till, Stan Nelson illustrates a racial hardship and crime against the African-American community. Lynching is a mob of Caucasian people that hang in African-American in a public place to show white supremacy. Emmett Tills murder trial was completely tried in a completely biased courtroom and there was even circumstantial evidence which places JW Millam and Roy Bryant kidnapping young Emmett Till, whose body was later found. I believe that in this murder and trial we see truly how far hatred and racism can rise by just one simple act. The murder of Emmett Till caused an uprise in the civil rights movement.
Throughout the trial, many key pieces of incriminating evidence were blatantly lied about or just ignored. When the officers were cross examined, they boldly lied and said that they didn’t hurt king too much: “Those batons are heavy… not that much damage was done,” (New York Daily News, 1). Contrary to what the officer said, baton weight shouldn’t matter when it's been documented that the officers struck King over fifty times in a row: “In 81 seconds of video footage captured on a bystander's camcorder, police were seen kicking and clubbing King 56 times,” (Matiash, Rothman 1). This quote from two Time magazine authors disproves the flawed statement from the officer while he was in trial. The Time authors were citing the official investigative report of King’s injuries, and were even taking notes from the 81 second video a bystander took.
Simpson suffered from two types of arthritis at the time of the murder being rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Along with this he suffered from injuries from his football career and close to the time of the murder he had been suffering from severe sweats late at night as stated by his doctor Robert Huizenga(Trial). Overall, his ailments would have severely limited if not eliminated any potential for OJ Simpson to have murdered both Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman with nothing but a small cut on his hand. Outside of the small cut, OJ had no injuries on his body. Both the limo driver that took OJ to the airport and an airport employee whose friend got OJ’s autograph following the murder said that they saw nothing, although the limo driver later stated that he would not have noticed it if it was there(Trial).
There was multiply evidence that, traced back to O.J. Simpson. His blood was recovered and fingerprints were local on the back fence. Later they found his hair in a knit hat at the crime scene, which the same kind of fiber was found on Goldman’s clothing. Fibers from simpson’s car were also similar to the knit hat. In his vehicle, he had blood from both victims and a pair of bloody socks in his house, along with the right glove that was missing from the crime scene.