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
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
Judge Lance Ito was criticized for poor stewardship while presiding over the trial
Marcia Rachel Clark is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and television producer. She was the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case.
Clark at the 2011 Texas Book Festival