The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted fo
Judge Lance Ito presided over the trial
C.S. Foltz Criminal Courts Building
Police officers examining the crime scene
Crime scene photo at Brown's home.
On Tuesday, October 3, 1995, the verdict in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson was announced and Simpson was acquitted on both counts of murder. Although the nation observed the same evidence presented
Simpson's mugshot, June 17, 1994
Mark Fuhrman
While Johnnie Cochran was hailed as a hero by the general African-American community for getting Simpson acquitted, he was widely criticized by both whites and blacks and perceived as a racist himself for allegedly turning the murder trial into a race trial