important in understanding the handling of cases in the system (Bellis, 2007). The explanations based on crime and control of the same make sense and differences in the correlations, despite the perspectives on the school of thoughts. The famous O. J. Simpson murder case is one of the many examples that can be used to drive the literature sense into perspective. The case was a trial held with the suspect being responsible for his ex-wife’s death, as well as her
Investigation Techniques and process of A Homicide The O. J. Simpson double murder case, also titled “People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a trial in which James O.J Simpson, a former National Football League player was convicted at the Los Angeles County Superior Court of two murder offenses on June 12, 1994. He was accused of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, a restaurant waiter at Mezzaluna. The trial spans for a period of eight months. The
The O. J. Simpson murder case was a criminal trial held at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which the former NFL star and actor O. J. Simpson was trial on two counts of murder for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown, and a waiter named Ronald Goldman. The O.J. trial could be seen as a historical lens and cultural lens as well. The reason why I use those two perspectives was because; in history the black people has been treated as non-human, criminals, and properties. And in a culture
The story of Orenthal James Simpson is one for the books of history. The O.J. Simpson murder trial is the case that is considered to be the most publicized case ever to touch the earth. This case especially is remembered for having the world, and most of all, this country at odds. For months, people would only talk about, whether O.J. Simpson was guilty or not guilty. But before anyone can make that decision of O.J. Simpson being guilty or not, readers must look at the evidence and most importantly
well-known athlete is O. J. Simpson. The victims of the double homicide were Nicole Brown Simpson, O. J.’s ex-wife, and Ronald Goldman. Did O.J. Simpson really commit the double homicide? To this day, this is a controversial question. Kidnapping a friend in an attempt to flee and threatening to kill himself all before even being arrested and accused for the crime, testimonies kept from the jury, along with other significant evidence are sure signs that O. J. Simpson should have been found
The O.J. Simpson trial was an emotional, time consuming, battle where one side consisted of the families of two murdered people, and the other of a famous athlete and actor alongside his defense team, that kept the world glued to their seats in front of their television screen. I believe that there was no justice in this case. Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman lost their lives and no one was put in prison to pay for these murders, yes, Simpson had to pay a large sum of money to the families of these two
O.J Simpson trial is possibly the most publicized and controversial trial in american History. Many would argue that the trial is used as a basis of what not to do in a murder trial. Evidence Blood drops were found alongside bloody shoe prints leading away from the bodies of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Blood was also found on a gate at the back of the house. It was later tested and came back positive for Simpson's genetic markers. During an interview the day after the murders Simpson had
There was a time when Orenthal James Simpson was a very respected running back for the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers, he was nicknamed “The Juice,” and was inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame in 1985. But O.J. is most famous for the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson, murder trial. During the case, many issues regarding race affected the people’s emotions toward his verdict, and his innocence. With the evidence there was racial controversy
O. J. Simpson was not found guilty of murder but was found liable (the equivalent of guilty) in the wrongful death case. “The reason for that is that the murder case was in the criminal system and the wrongful death case was a civil action” []. “For reasons such as different laws, procedures and a different burden of proof, it was possible for one jury not to convict O. J. of the murder charges and another jury to hold him responsible for the civil trial.” [] The 2 court systems are very different
NFL culture The prosecution built their case against Simpson with various incriminating bits of evidence. This evidence included 85 pages documenting 50 domestic violence incidents over the course of 17 years were presented (CORA, 2015). The strategy of the prosecutors was to demonstrate that the murders were a logical culmination of increasingly abusive, obsessive behavior (Noble, 1995). This evidence did not match up with the crime, according to an interview from Time in which Rita Smith, the Executive