The O.J. Simpson Murder Saga: 20 Years Later!

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**Fight Censorship on YouTube** United States -- The O. J. Simpson murder case (officially the People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held at the Superior Court in Los Angeles County, California, that spanned from the jury being sworn in on November 2, 1994, to opening statements on January 24, 1995, to a verdict on October 3, 1995. The former professional football star and actor O. J. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a waiter, Ronald Lyle Goldman, in June 1994. The case has been described as the most publicized criminal trial in American history. Simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted more than eight months. Simpson hired a high-profile defense team, initially led by Robert Shapiro and subsequently led by Johnnie Cochran, and which also included: F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Gerald Uelmen (the dean of law at Santa Clara University), Robert Blasier, and Carl E. Douglas, with two more attorneys specializing in DNA evidence: Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. Los Angeles County believed it had a solid prosecution case, but Cochran was able to persuade the jurors that there was reasonable doubt about the DNA evidence (a relatively new form of evidence in trials at the time) -- including that the blood-sample evidence had allegedly been mishandled by lab scientists and technicians -- and about the circumstances surrounding other exhibits. Cochran and the defense team also alleged other misconduct by the Los Angeles Police Department. Simpson's celebrity and the lengthy televised trial riveted national attention on the so-called "Trial of the Century". By the end of the criminal trial, national surveys showed dramatic differences in the assessment of Simpson's guilt between most black and white Americans. Later, both the Brown and Goldman families sued Simpson for damages in a civil trial that came to a total of 40 million dollars. On February 6, 1997, a jury unanimously found there was a preponderance of evidence to hold Simpson liable for damages in the wrongful death of Goldman and battery of Brown. On February 21, 2008, a Los Angeles court upheld a renewal of the civil judgment against him. "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976: Allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." Legal Notice: The Attorney Depot™ utilizes YouTube (Google) as a video hosting & advertising portal. We act and operate (since 2008) as an independent business entity. We are in no way employed, affiliated, subservient to, agents of, or acting on behalf of YouTube, or her parent company Google, in the posting of videos, or the sale of advertisement, or advertisement space on our account space, or posted videos. Visit us @: Scribd Legal Documents: http://www.scribd.com/leegal_counsel Streat Beatz: http://streatbeatz.blogspot.com/ Facebook (Private Movies): https://www.facebook.com/streatbeatz Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leegal.counsel Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CorruptJusticeNews Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAttorneyDepot Twitter: http://twitter.com/AttorneyDepot Twitter: http://twitter.com/Wilabee