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The bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of former football star O.J. Simpson, and Ronald Lyle Goldman are found outside Nicole Simpson’s Brentwood townhouse.
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After agreeing to turn himself in to authorities, Simpson and former USC teammate Al Cowlings lead police on an internationally televised car chase. Simpson is arrested and charged in the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend.
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O.J. Simpson pleaded not guilty to charges that he murdered his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Lyle Goldman.
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Simpson proclaims that he is “absolutely, 100% not guilty.” Simpson had been arraigned on June 20 in Municipal Court, where his preliminary hearing was held.
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Judge Lance A. Ito, jurors and attorneys tour Simpson’s Rockingham Avenue home (demolished in 1998), the crime scene and other key locations.
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Brian “Kato” Kaelin, on the stand for a second day, describes his evening with O.J. Simpson in the hours before the stabbings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman.
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Dennis Fung, an LAPD criminalist, concedes that errors were made at the crime scene.
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Jurors get their first look at the autopsy photographs of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman
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The presentation of evidence in the O.J. Simpson murder trial concludes dramatically as both sides rest their cases.
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Less than a day after beginning deliberations in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson and after having one witness testimony read back jurors reach verdicts, a stunning announcement that shocks Simpson, legal analysts, police and the enormous national television audience that has been viewing the proceedings.
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O.J. Simpson is acquitted of two counts of murder. The verdicts set the football Hall of Famer free 474 days after he was arrested and charged with a brutal double homicide.