OJ Simpson

By amandamacdonald

  • Crime

    Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found brutally murdered outside her condo

  • OJ notified

    OJ is notified of his ex-wife's death, and takes the first availible flight from Chicago. He is questioned for three hours and voluntarily gives police blood and DNA.

  • Defense

    Robert Shapiro becomes OJ's defense autorney

  • Funerals

    Both Nicole and Ron's funerals are held. OJ attends Nicole's with their children.

  • Car Chase

    Oj Simpsonbe is about to be arrested for two counts of murder but he runs leading police on a slow moving 60 mile car chase in his Bronco.

  • Trial will be held

    The judge rules that there is enough evidence to put OJ on trial

  • OJ pleads not guilty

  • DNA

    DNA tests conclude that OJ's blood has the same genetic make up as the blood found at the crime scene.

  • 1st jury

    Jury is selected. Panel including eight african americans, one white, one Hispanic and two people of mixed race.

  • 2nd Jury

    The jury is reselected including seven african americans, four whites and one Hispanic.

  • Procedural errors

    It is brought to the attention of the court that ther police made procedural errors when gathering evidence.

  • The Glove does not fit!

  • Possible fraud

    Frederic Rieders, a forensic toxicologist, says he found evidence of blood preservative in two pieces of evidence, implying police planted the evidence. Since the blood taken from OJ by police was unaccounted for it became a possibility.

  • FingerPrints

    ilbert Aguilar, police fingerprint specialist, says O.J.'s prints were not among 17 sets at crime scene

  • Shoeprints

    Henry Lee, forensics expert, testifies to finding three shoeprints at crime scene didn't match O.J.'s Bruno Magli shoes; said police mishandled evidence.

  • Racism is brought in

    Ito rules defense can tell jury of two instances of Fuhrman being racist.

  • Gloves Match

    Glove expert says he's "100% certain" gloves were same.

  • Blood in the truck confirmed match

    State crime lab expert says most sophisticated DNA test finds Goldman's blood in O.J.'s Bronco

  • OJ is not guilty

    Verdict of not guilty is announced and O.J. Simpson is set free.

  • Civil trial begins

  • OJ found liable

    Jury finds Simpson liable and awards plaintiffs $8.5 million in in compensatory damages