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O.J. Simpson Criminal and Civil Trials – Compared & Contrasted
Oj Simpson Murder Case Facts
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© Donald Reinhardt, September 11, 2012
MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: the new and 7th season of BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime! Simpson murder case (officially The People of the State of California v.Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held in Los Angeles County Superior Court.Former National Football League (NFL) player, broadcaster and actor O. Simpson was tried and acquitted on two counts of murder for the June 12, 1994, slashing deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her. Orenthal James 'O.J.' Simpson was a popular and record-breaking football player who became even more famous when he was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman on June, 12, 1994.
Therewere two O.J. (Orenthal James) Simpson trials, one criminal and one civil, andO.J. won the criminal trial and was acquitted but he lost in the civil trial.Why were the two trial results different?
Criminal and Civil O.J. V j singh cheating. Simpson Trials – The Similarities and theDifferences
Therewere different prosecutors, different lawyers and different results with thesetwo different juries, but essentially there was the same evidence plus someadditional important new evidence in the civil trial. In the criminal case, theO.J. trial was to prove guilt 'beyond a reasonable doubt' to convict. Beyond areasonable doubt is a higher bar to reach and attain. In the civil trial therehad to be reasonable cause to convict and there was a conviction and a judgmentwithout a jail sentence. However, in the civil trial it was possible to callO.J. Simpson as a witness and to question and cross examine his statements madeto the police in Los Angeles. Further additional evidence with photographs ofthe Bruno Magli shoes size 12 was presented and as many as 30 photographsproved that he possessed and wore a pair of these shoes which he denied he everowned or used. Lower lumbar scoliosis treatment. This bloody shoeprint was of a Bruno Magli shoe was found at themurder scene and in the Bronco carpeting. 
The O.J. Simpson Case and the Common Evidence in Both the Criminal andCivil Trials
Hereare some of the most important and indisputable facts in this case:
Simpson's blood was found at the crime scene –the Bundy property of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson
Simpson's black knit cap with some of his hair inside was at the Bundy murder scene
A bloody Bruno Magli shoeprint matching Simpson's shoe and size 12 was at that crime scene and also in the Bronco car he drove
The murder timeline indicated the murders took place somewhere between 10:15 and 10:40 PM
A white bronco or jeep car was seen fleeing the Bundy residence in Brentwood
The white Bronco was seen again only a short distance removed from the murder scene when it almost crashed into a Ms. Shively's car and she recognized and identified the driver as O.J. Simpson at about 10:55 PM
A white Bronco arrived at Rockingham residence of OJ Simpson and shortly thereafter a limousine driver saw an O.J. Simpson-like, 6 foot 2' figure enter the house from the back to the front and soon the lights went on.
The driver buzzed the residence again (he had been waiting for almost 20 minutes for Simpson) and Simpson said he had overslept was finished showering and would be right down to get driven to the airport
There was blood found in the Bronco and the blood was of three types: O.J. Simpson's blood (related to a cut on his finger), Nicole Brown Simpson's blood, his murdered wife, and Ron Goldman's blood, the young man who was there to deliver reading glasses left behind at the Mezzaluna restaurant for a post-recital family dinner in honor of the Simpson's daughter Sydney.
O.J. Simpson had no valid alibi or witness to prove where he was at the time of the murder
Chris Darden Prosecutor Claim – Simpson Murder Glove Tampering?
At a recent meetingChristopher Darden, one of the prosecutors in the original Simpson criminaltrial, proposed that the glove that did not fit easily onto O.J. Simpson's hand,during an attempt to show that the glove was a fit, had been altered by thedefense team during a brief period of their studying the glove. It was Dardenwho originally had encouraged the prosecution to have Simpson try the gloves onand during this period of demonstration by Simpson actually having greatdifficulty putting the glove on there was great drama that was observed by all–the judge, the jury, the defense team and the prosecutors and the world-widetelevision audience. These matching leather gloves each had blood on them, hadbeen wetted and dried and were deemed to possibly have shrunk by one full size.Further, while the gloves were being put on OJ was wearing protective latexgloves and the latex inhibited a smooth transition into the leather gloves.Darden essentially damaged his own prosecution case as O.J. struggled, winced,fought and even smiled quizzically as he tried to slide and maneuver the gloveson. Finally, in a great act filled with drama he held the gloves up as a poorfit. Soon Johnnie Cochran, O.J.'s lead defense lawyer, was espousing the point,'if it does not fit, you must acquit.' Alan Dershowitz, one of Simpson's Dream Team of lawyers, said the prosecution made major errors and lost the case as a result of the glove testing event and several other errors. Dershowitz noted under California law Simpson could have been made to test the glove in the absence of the jury and the results assessed outside the jury room. Unfortunately for the prosecution, this test did not happen outside the jury's view but was done right in front of the entire courtroom.
Chris Darden's recent assertion of glovetampering probably is wrong because if he thought that tampering occurred that should havebeen presented at the time of the actual trial – it was not charged then and now 18years it is irrelevant, even if it provides some interesting discussion, storyor hypothesis.
Oj Simpson Murder Case Facts

Nevertheless, the O. J.Simpson criminal trial was all great theater and great defense and soon, thestronger evidence all around –the DNA, the blood, the footprints, the glovefound at Bundy and the other blood and material evidence at O. J.'s Rockinghamestate began to fade as charges of racism by the police investigators, plantedevidence and poor specimen handling began to cast shadows here and there andeverywhere amidst the prosecution's case. And, when that criminal case jury,finally arrived at a verdict, it was a clear 12:0 decision for acquittal and averdict of not guilty because the defense team had created reasonable doubt andconfusion.
O.J. never took the stand inhis criminal trial, but in the civil trial he had to and it was here that theplaintiffs' attorney Petrocelli grilled and riddled O.J.'s statements andshowed how O.J.'s spousal abuse was real, his anger was often, he was lyingtime and time again and he had no alibi that was valid. And all the evidencethat was in the shadows before at the criminal trial, now emerged brighter andclearer as shoe photos were matched to crime scene photos, DNA results were clearly linked and timelineswere shown to coincide with witness who saw a white car resembling the Broncoat two different times.
O.J. SimpsonCriminal and Civil Trial Conclusions
So, what are we to believeafter everything is said and done about these trials? The evidence is theevidence and the evidence is strong that O.J. Simpson committed these murders.Because the criminal trial lasted almost 10 months and O.J. had a very strongand large defense team, the defense created sufficient doubt, confusion andpersonal attributions of racism to cause the criminal case to be thrown intothe area where 'beyond a reasonable doubt' could not work.Nevertheless, the Simpson civil trial of the plaintiffs – the Goldman and Brownfamilies – clearly showed that O.J. Simpson lied consistently when on thestand, did not have an alibi and the overwhelming forensic evidence stood upwell. In the civil trial guilt was established and a 33 million dollar judgmentand claim was brought against Simpson. None of this money will ever be receivedby either family, but the conviction stands and will not be overturned.
Today, O.J. Simpson sits injail on another series of charges in Nevada related to kidnapping and the useof deadly force in a robbery where Simpson said he was simply trying to retakehis stolen and cherished personal memorabilia. His sentence is for 60 years.

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Oj Case Facts

© Donald Reinhardt, September 11, 2012
MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: the new and 7th season of BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime! Simpson murder case (officially The People of the State of California v.Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held in Los Angeles County Superior Court.Former National Football League (NFL) player, broadcaster and actor O. Simpson was tried and acquitted on two counts of murder for the June 12, 1994, slashing deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her. Orenthal James 'O.J.' Simpson was a popular and record-breaking football player who became even more famous when he was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman on June, 12, 1994.
Therewere two O.J. (Orenthal James) Simpson trials, one criminal and one civil, andO.J. won the criminal trial and was acquitted but he lost in the civil trial.Why were the two trial results different?
Criminal and Civil O.J. V j singh cheating. Simpson Trials – The Similarities and theDifferences
Therewere different prosecutors, different lawyers and different results with thesetwo different juries, but essentially there was the same evidence plus someadditional important new evidence in the civil trial. In the criminal case, theO.J. trial was to prove guilt 'beyond a reasonable doubt' to convict. Beyond areasonable doubt is a higher bar to reach and attain. In the civil trial therehad to be reasonable cause to convict and there was a conviction and a judgmentwithout a jail sentence. However, in the civil trial it was possible to callO.J. Simpson as a witness and to question and cross examine his statements madeto the police in Los Angeles. Further additional evidence with photographs ofthe Bruno Magli shoes size 12 was presented and as many as 30 photographsproved that he possessed and wore a pair of these shoes which he denied he everowned or used. Lower lumbar scoliosis treatment. This bloody shoeprint was of a Bruno Magli shoe was found at themurder scene and in the Bronco carpeting. 
The O.J. Simpson Case and the Common Evidence in Both the Criminal andCivil Trials
Hereare some of the most important and indisputable facts in this case:
Simpson's blood was found at the crime scene –the Bundy property of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson
Simpson's black knit cap with some of his hair inside was at the Bundy murder scene
A bloody Bruno Magli shoeprint matching Simpson's shoe and size 12 was at that crime scene and also in the Bronco car he drove
The murder timeline indicated the murders took place somewhere between 10:15 and 10:40 PM
A white bronco or jeep car was seen fleeing the Bundy residence in Brentwood
The white Bronco was seen again only a short distance removed from the murder scene when it almost crashed into a Ms. Shively's car and she recognized and identified the driver as O.J. Simpson at about 10:55 PM
A white Bronco arrived at Rockingham residence of OJ Simpson and shortly thereafter a limousine driver saw an O.J. Simpson-like, 6 foot 2' figure enter the house from the back to the front and soon the lights went on.
The driver buzzed the residence again (he had been waiting for almost 20 minutes for Simpson) and Simpson said he had overslept was finished showering and would be right down to get driven to the airport
There was blood found in the Bronco and the blood was of three types: O.J. Simpson's blood (related to a cut on his finger), Nicole Brown Simpson's blood, his murdered wife, and Ron Goldman's blood, the young man who was there to deliver reading glasses left behind at the Mezzaluna restaurant for a post-recital family dinner in honor of the Simpson's daughter Sydney.
O.J. Simpson had no valid alibi or witness to prove where he was at the time of the murder
Chris Darden Prosecutor Claim – Simpson Murder Glove Tampering?
At a recent meetingChristopher Darden, one of the prosecutors in the original Simpson criminaltrial, proposed that the glove that did not fit easily onto O.J. Simpson's hand,during an attempt to show that the glove was a fit, had been altered by thedefense team during a brief period of their studying the glove. It was Dardenwho originally had encouraged the prosecution to have Simpson try the gloves onand during this period of demonstration by Simpson actually having greatdifficulty putting the glove on there was great drama that was observed by all–the judge, the jury, the defense team and the prosecutors and the world-widetelevision audience. These matching leather gloves each had blood on them, hadbeen wetted and dried and were deemed to possibly have shrunk by one full size.Further, while the gloves were being put on OJ was wearing protective latexgloves and the latex inhibited a smooth transition into the leather gloves.Darden essentially damaged his own prosecution case as O.J. struggled, winced,fought and even smiled quizzically as he tried to slide and maneuver the gloveson. Finally, in a great act filled with drama he held the gloves up as a poorfit. Soon Johnnie Cochran, O.J.'s lead defense lawyer, was espousing the point,'if it does not fit, you must acquit.' Alan Dershowitz, one of Simpson's Dream Team of lawyers, said the prosecution made major errors and lost the case as a result of the glove testing event and several other errors. Dershowitz noted under California law Simpson could have been made to test the glove in the absence of the jury and the results assessed outside the jury room. Unfortunately for the prosecution, this test did not happen outside the jury's view but was done right in front of the entire courtroom.
Chris Darden's recent assertion of glovetampering probably is wrong because if he thought that tampering occurred that should havebeen presented at the time of the actual trial – it was not charged then and now 18years it is irrelevant, even if it provides some interesting discussion, storyor hypothesis.
Oj Simpson Murder Case FactsNevertheless, the O. J.Simpson criminal trial was all great theater and great defense and soon, thestronger evidence all around –the DNA, the blood, the footprints, the glovefound at Bundy and the other blood and material evidence at O. J.'s Rockinghamestate began to fade as charges of racism by the police investigators, plantedevidence and poor specimen handling began to cast shadows here and there andeverywhere amidst the prosecution's case. And, when that criminal case jury,finally arrived at a verdict, it was a clear 12:0 decision for acquittal and averdict of not guilty because the defense team had created reasonable doubt andconfusion.
O.J. never took the stand inhis criminal trial, but in the civil trial he had to and it was here that theplaintiffs' attorney Petrocelli grilled and riddled O.J.'s statements andshowed how O.J.'s spousal abuse was real, his anger was often, he was lyingtime and time again and he had no alibi that was valid. And all the evidencethat was in the shadows before at the criminal trial, now emerged brighter andclearer as shoe photos were matched to crime scene photos, DNA results were clearly linked and timelineswere shown to coincide with witness who saw a white car resembling the Broncoat two different times.
O.J. SimpsonCriminal and Civil Trial Conclusions
So, what are we to believeafter everything is said and done about these trials? The evidence is theevidence and the evidence is strong that O.J. Simpson committed these murders.Because the criminal trial lasted almost 10 months and O.J. had a very strongand large defense team, the defense created sufficient doubt, confusion andpersonal attributions of racism to cause the criminal case to be thrown intothe area where 'beyond a reasonable doubt' could not work.Nevertheless, the Simpson civil trial of the plaintiffs – the Goldman and Brownfamilies – clearly showed that O.J. Simpson lied consistently when on thestand, did not have an alibi and the overwhelming forensic evidence stood upwell. In the civil trial guilt was established and a 33 million dollar judgmentand claim was brought against Simpson. None of this money will ever be receivedby either family, but the conviction stands and will not be overturned.
Today, O.J. Simpson sits injail on another series of charges in Nevada related to kidnapping and the useof deadly force in a robbery where Simpson said he was simply trying to retakehis stolen and cherished personal memorabilia. His sentence is for 60 years.
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Oj Case Facts'101 PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT PROOVEO.J. SIMPSON MURDERED NICOLE'
August, Bob. 2012.'The Real OJ.' Accessed,September 4, 2012 @ bobaugust.com
Patterico. 2006. 'The O.J. Posts — Part Six: WhyPetrocelli Won the Civil Trial, While Clark and Darden Lost the Criminal Trial.'Accessed,September 11, 2012 @ patterico.com/2006/08/25/the-oj-posts-part-six
Reuters. 2012. 'Ex-prosecutorclaims O.J. Simpson attorney tampered with glove.' Accessed September, 9, 2012 @reuters.com/article/2012/09/08/ 
Walraven, J. 1995.'The Simpson Trial Transcripts.'Accessed September 11, 2012 @ walraven.org/simpson/
Orenthal James Simpson, Nevada Prison Inmate. Photo Credit: Lovelock Nevada Prison 