The biggest part of the trial was the evidence. The submission of the blood samples, the DNA testing, and the articles of clothing made the case what it was. Amidst all the accusations of planted evidence and conspiracy plans against Simpson, the jury and Judge Ito had to try to sift through and find Simpson guilty or not guilty.

On June 12, 1994 Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered with what appeared to be a single-edged sharp weapon, most likely a knife. Nicole Brown was the ex-wife of a celebrity; this made things complicated in any crime. Brown, age 35, was born in West Germany in 1959. She was working as a waitress at the Beverly Hills nightclub "The Daisy" in 1977 when she met OJ, she was 18, he was 30. When she was 19, the two began living together and they seemed like the perfect couple, the famous football player and the pretty, young, blonde. On Feb

One of the more example-based pieces of evidence was a large knife. Prosecution witness Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran told the jury that he believed the killings were done with a single-edged knife. Prosecution thought this would be an incriminating argument as Simpson had bought a knife like the one thought to be the weapon prior to the murders. However, during cross-examination, Sathyavagiswaran said that he could not be positive (Darden). The most important fact regarding the knife is that the weapon has not been recovered, has anyone thought to look in OJ's kitchen?

Los Angeles Police Department Mark Furhman caused a lot of controversy regarding the evidence in the case. Furhman testified many times over the duration of the trial on the police initial an thorough investigation of the crime scenes. On July 5, he said that they entered the Rockingham estate because there was concern for Simpson's safety, they were afraid of another homicide. Furhman told the jury that he had gone to investigate some thumps that groundskeeper Kato Kaelin had heard. He was alone with the Bronco and the walkway where Simpson's blood was found. While there it has been speculated that Furhman planted blood samples in strategic places to incriminate Simpson. Also submitted was a transcript in which Furhman uses racial language regarding African-Americans. The defense thought this would prove that Furhman had hatred towards Simpson. However, of the multiple uses of expletive language used by Furhman in the transcript, only a few were shown to the jury. A few are nothing to some people. Though the defense, but twenty-five are another story. The defense though this had been an unfair judgment that would hinder their case. It has been said that Furhman single-handedly let a murderer go free (Toobin).

DNA testing is what the scientists used to prove that the blood matched that of the victims and Simpson. It is usually a foolproof way to determine those factors. Prosecution witnesses have testified that the DNA tests undeniably place OJ Simpson as the murderer, but the defense witnesses support the claim that the samples had been contaminates or could have been planted as a part of a conspiracy theory against Simpson. One of these witnesses was Dr. John Gerdes, director of a DNA lab in Denver testified that the LAPD Crime Lab has a "substantial contamination problem," (Darden). This testimony alone put doubts in the mind of every juror on the validity of the blood samples.

On June 17, 1994 when police charged Orenthal James Simpson, Brown's ex-husband, and after leading police on a 60 mile low speed chase down the highways of southern Los Angeles in his friend Al Cowling's white Bronco, was arrested and jailed with out bail, the story became even more complicated. This was when the police knew this would not be just any murder case. This was OJ Simpson, the famous football player, this would be complicated. Their only hope of conviction was the evidence that would place him as the murderer.

One of the defense's main arguments was that Simpson was not physically able to commit the crimes as he had an arthritis problem. To counter act this the prosecution submitted two tapes. The first was a copy of the OJ Simpson Exercise Video, taped two and a half weeks before the murders in which Simpson seemed in top condition. The second was a promotional video from March 1994 during which Simpson claims that he has been relieved of his arthritis and was beck to top health. Both of these showed that he would have had no problems physically in committing the murders.

Simpson defense case for contaminated blood samples. (1996, December 13). The New York Times, A23.

On the glove found at Rockingham, it was found that it contained several hairs from Brown, one with blood; ripped hairs from Goldman; fibers of Goldman's shirt and jeans; fibers from the Bronco carpeting; and fibers that matched the supposed outfit of the defendan

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