By: Cassie Sardo, Celyne Moh, Janice Kim, Vick Noh Background of
OJ Simpson Trial Slide 2 JurorSeatSexAgeRaceOccupationAdditional
Information 1991Male30sAsian/BlackPostal WorkerBelieves DNA is like
a genetic fingerprint. 3412Female60sWhiteBank EmployeeBelieves
interracial marriages can cause problems.
1863Male30sWhiteUnknownHis DNA knowledge came from the Discovery
Channel and the movie Jurassic Park. 2944Female20sWhiteUnknownShe
grew up with Simpson as a hero 2665Female40sWhiteStage
ManagerFeelings that the criminal justice system is flawed.
2576Female30sHispanicUnknownShe felt Simpsons marriage was
dysfunctional. 3337Female60sBlackGrandmotherHer husband was a
parole officer and her brother-in-law was killed by a robber. Jury
Slide 3 Jury Continued.. 2908Male40sMiddle EasternCompany ManagerAn
open-minded man 3269Male50sWhiteUnknownSkeptical about the validity
of evidence. 40010Female50sWhiteWorking momStrong religious beliefs
and unbiased when it comes to race. Her daughter had a situation
with domestic violence with a boyfriend.
8811Female30sWhiteUnknownShe lived near the crime scene.
22712Male50sWhiteUnknownHis father was a police officer. He called
interracial marriages impractical. Slide 4 Judge Judge: Lance Ito
Worked as a district attorney Married to LAPD official Irreverent
childhood Appointed in 1989 Bad courtroom manager Still an LA Judge
Slide 5 Prosecutors Lead Prosecutor: Marcia Clark (Deputy District
Attorney) Clarks co-counsel: Christopher A. Darden (Deputy District
Attorney), widely experienced in murder trials Despite no murder
weapon or witnesses to murder, prosecutors believed they had a
strong cased supported by DNA evidence Prosecution presented dozens
of expert witnesses (DNA printing, blood and shoeprint analysis)
Opening weeks of trial: presented evidence of Simpsons history of
physical abuse to his wife Slide 6 Defense Lawyers aka Dream Team
Robert Shapiro: Civil litigator and senior partner in the Los
Angeles law firm Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen &
Shapiro, LLP. Graduated from UCLA and obtained his Juris Doctor
from Loyola Law School. He had never tried a murder case before the
O.J. Simpson case. Slide 7 Alan Dershowitz: A distinguished law
professional. Has spent most of his career as Professor of Law at
Harvard Law School. Was involved in high-profile legal cases and as
commentator on the Arab Israeli conflict. He is notable for his
role in overturning the conviction of Claus von Blow for the
attempted murder of his wife in 1984. At the time of the O.J.
Simpson trial, he was more recognized for appellate law than
criminal or trial law. Johnnie Cochran: A high profile, stylish Los
Angeles lawyer. Drove around in a Rolls Royce and had once worked
in the Los Angeles district attorneys office. Slide 8 Carl E.
Douglas: Specialized in police misconduct cases. As managing
attorney at the Law Office of Johnnie Cochran Jr, he was viewed as
Cochrans right hand man. Robert Kardashian: Attorney and
businessman. He practiced law for about a decade after he earned a
law degree from the University of San Diego and then went into
business. He has been a friend of Simpson. When he presented the
O.J. Simpson case, it had been over 20 years since Kardashian had
practiced law. Slide 9 Gerald Uelmen: Dean of law at Santa Clara
University. Barry Scheck: New York attorney who specialized in DNA
evidence. Peter Neufeld: New York attorney who specialized in DNA
evidence. Slide 10 Sources
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/
famous/simpson/do_7.html
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/
famous/simpson/do_7.html http://www.cnn.com/US/OJ/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_cas e
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson_murder_cas e Slide 11 OJ
trial evidence/ car chase By Brian Fuchs, Stephen Grover, Calvin
Hartman, Mike Kost, Tim Olsen Slide 12 Crime Scene Evidence Many
aspects of evidence found at crime scene Blood drops that matched
OJ OJ had a cut on his finger after the murders Bloody shoe prints
that matched a size 12 shoe OJ wore a size 12 Hairs found in dark
knit cap matched OJs hairs and fibers resembled that of his Ford
Bronco Slide 13 Crime Scene Evidence Cont. Bloody extra large glove
was found by Simpsons guest house Contained the genetic markers of
both victims Bloody socks found at the foot of Simpsons bed that
contained the victims genetic markers Blood found smeared in OJs
Ford Bronco that had the genetic markers of OJ and victims
Suspicious time frame that showed OJ could have killed the victims
Slide 14 Car Chase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcyyCi2b2AY&edufilt
er=d3ViuWqXvxQy1rRgssBz8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcyyCi2b2AY&edufilt
er=d3ViuWqXvxQy1rRgssBz8Q June 17 th 1994 Accomplice Al Cowling Low
speed chase on I-405 Slide 15 OJ Simpson By: Maddie Ricca, Jared
Winston, CJ Doornheim, Nick Siegel Slide 16 Blood Evidence OJ had a
cut on his left middle finger when interviewed by the police the
day after the killings Bloodstains on paper wrapping that was
supposed to be holding dry blood samples There was blood found on a
gun inside OJs car Blood found in the foyer and master bedroom in
OJs home One dark, cashmere-lined Aris Light leather glove, size
extra- large, was found at the murder scene Ms. Simpson bought
Simpson two pair of such gloves Slide 17 DNA Evidence DNA tests
showed blood on glove found on Simpsons property appeared to
contain genetic markers of Simpson and both victims A long hair of
Ms. Simpsons was also found on that glove Socks found at the foot
of Simpsons bed were tested and found the genetic markers of
Simpson and his ex-wife Blood spots in Simpsons Bronco contained
DNA matching Bropj-0wns, Goldmans, and Simpsons blood Defense
stated DNA results were unreliable Slide 18 Works Cited
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/index/nns25.htm
http://www.bxscience.edu/publications/forensics/articles/
dna/r-dna02.htm
http://www.bxscience.edu/publications/forensics/articles/
dna/r-dna02.htm
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson/ev
idence.html
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson/ev
idence.html Slide 19 Rose Marie Vigneron, Megan Farrell, Austin
Berninger, TJ McHugh, and Joey Schwartz Slide 20 Footprint evidence
Bloody shoe prints were found leading away from the bodies and from
the back gate of the condo Significance Shoe size was size 12 same
as OJ Tested for DNA matches Initial testing did not rule Simpson
out as a suspect More tests matches were found between Simpson's
blood and blood samples taken from the crime scene (both the shoe
prints in blood and the gate samples). Slide 21 Trial Explanation
Prosecution: tried to place Simpson at the murder scene by showing
that Bloomingdale's in New York, where Simpson sometimes shopped,
carried such shoes. Defense: Thousands of people bought such shoes;
noted that no murder shoes were ever recovered and that the
prosecution had no evidence that Simpson ever purchased such shoes;
raised the possibility that unexplained "imprints'' that didn't
match the Bruno Magli sole also were at the crime scene. Slide 22
Glove Evidence Fibers on the bloody glove found behind OJ's house
match carpeting in OJ's car (type: Bronco) Kato (witness) hears
thumps outside his window between 10:50 p.m. and 10:51 p.m. He
heard the thumps near where the bloody glove is found. A bloody
glove matching the one at the murder scene is found behind OJ's
house near the air-conditioning unit, where Kato hears three
thumps. A bloody glove matching the glove found at the murder scene
that was found on OJ's property within hours of the murders
contains a hair with the same microscopic characteristics as Ron's
and Nicole's. Slide 23 Pieces of Evidence for Gloves (2) The glove
at the murder scene and the glove at OJ's home are extra large:
OJ's size. Both gloves are matching (left and right). Both gloves
are identical to the type Nicole bought for Simpson at
Bloomingdales in December of 1990. one of only two hundred pairs
like them sold through out the whole country that year. Photos and
videos of OJ show him wearing the exact same gloves that match the
ones found at his home and the murder scene. An expert testifies
the bloody gloves would have fit OJ except that blood and moisture
caused the extra-large gloves to shrink a full size. Slide 24 Trial
explanation Prosecution: Simpson lost the left glove at his
ex-wife's home during the struggle and, in a rush, inadvertently
dropped the right glove while trying to hide it; explained that
evidence gloves didn't fit Simpson in a courtroom demonstration
because the gloves shrunk from being soaked in blood and Simpson
had rubber gloves on underneath. Defense: glove behind guest house
was planted by Detective Mark Fuhrman, a racist cop trying to frame
Simpson; blood on glove may have been planted by police; gloated
that evidence gloves didn't fit; hair analysis isn't sophisticated
enough to be trusted. Slide 25 Works Cited
http://theweek.com/article/index/233084/oj-simpsons-
glove-did-johnnie-cochran-tamper-with-evidence
http://theweek.com/article/index/233084/oj-simpsons-
glove-did-johnnie-cochran-tamper-with-evidence Slide 26 OJ The
Juice Simpson By: Jamie Smith, Sarah Kissane, Mary Mei, and Jenny
Haggis Slide 27 The double murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and
Ronald Goldman occurred on June 12, 1994 Nicole had been stabbed
multiple times in the head and neck -The wound on her neck was so
deep that the larynx could be seen and the vertebra C3 was incised
The Crime Slide 28 2 counts of First Degree Murder The Charges
Slide 29 Many people believe that Ronald Goldman most likely
arrived after Nicoles murder and was stabbed to death. Just another
matter of wrong place, wrong time. However, others believe that
Nicole and Goldman were both alive and well when they were both
confronted by OJ. The Speculation Slide 30 Simpson and Brown began
dating when she was 18 and he was 30 She had 2 children with OJ
Brown was 26 years old when she married Simpson. The Victim Slide
31 OJ abused her and in a 911 tape she told the operator that she
needed assistance because OJ was going to beat the shit out of me.
She divorced OJ in 1992 and won $433,000 in a cash settlement and
$10,000 per month in child support Nicole Brown Simpson was
murdered on June 12, 1994 The Victim Cnt. Slide 32 Was an energetic
young man who lived in Southern California Was well liked by all
who knew him He was employed as a waiter at a trendy restaurant and
was also a model on the side Claimed that he was only friends with
Nicole The Second Victim Slide 33 Many believe that Goldmans death
was an accident and was simply in the wrong place at the wrong
time. They think that he was never the intended target He claimed
that he was returning Nicoles glasses which her mother left at the
restaurant The Second Victim Cnt Slide 34 Nicole was found outside
her condominium Brown was discovered in a rumpled heap at the
bottom of the stairs at her condo. Her feet were protruding through
the bottom of the fence. Goldman was also found sprawled against
the fence. The Crime Scene Slide 35 THE VERDICT? Acquittal on all
counts OJ SIMPSON now serving a lengthy sentence in Nevada state
prison for an armed robbery of his own (stolen?) sports
memorabilia. Significance of sports memorabilia; it was supposed to
have been sold to raise monies to pay Goldman family. the wrongful
death civil case; Goldman family sued OJ (less burden of proof
needed) and they won OJ claimed bankruptcy from trial costs but
memorabilia showed up later...interesting by JMP Slide 36
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson /goldman.htm
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson /goldman.htm
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson
/brown-simpson.htm
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson
/brown-simpson.htm
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson /oj.htm
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson /oj.htm
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-oj-anniv- arrest,0,922015.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-oj-anniv- arrest,0,922015.story
http://www.bobaugust.com/photo.htm#no1 The Bibliography Slide 37
Slide show a collaborative effort of period 6 SUPA forensic class
2012-13
