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Essay: O.J. Simpson Case – Domestic Violence

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O.J Simpson and His ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson had a long history of domestic violence. One incident was a number of 911 calls that took place on October 25, 1993 where O.J Simpson managed to break into Nicole’s house where he threatens to kill her after an incident that happened long ago in their relationship that he always brought up. Nicole calls the police and asks for help and tells how O.J got inside the house and how he’s ranting about the past and his threats to her. Later it is discovered that O.J had a history of abusing his ex-wife for over 17 years. He abused her verbally, physically, and the list goes on. There had been over 50 incidents of some type of violence of Nicole Brown Simpson. Out of over 50 incidents there had only been a handful of times the police had been contacted. One incident was on January 1,1989 where O.J beat Nicole so bad she was sent to the hospital.

Double Homicide

The double homicide of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman happened at about 10:15 p.m on June 12, 1994 and their bodies were not found till 12:10 a.m on June 13,1994. Their bodies were found outside of Nicole’s Bundy Drive Condo in Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA. On June 12th Nicole Brown Simpson took her daughters out to eat at Mezzaluna at 6:30 pm and left at about 8 p.m, later Mezzaluna restaraunt was called about her mother’s glasses and waiter Ronald Goldman offered to take them back to Nicole. Later Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are found murdered at 12:10 a.m outside of her condo. Both Nicole B.S. and Ron Goldman were knifed to death by an unknown suspect. Nicole was stabbed multiple times in the head, neck, and she had defensive wounds on her hand. Later Officer Rob Riske, one of the first to arrive on the scene, found a bloody glove. The detectives hopped over the O.J’s gate so they can tell O.J. about the news of Nicole being murdered, where in the back they found blood splattered everywhere in a white bronco.

Nicole B.S was found outside of her front door of her  condo barefoot. She had her throat slashed by a knife. It was assumed that she had talked with her murdered before the incident. That Night Ron Goldman was also found outside Nicole B.S’ condo; he was returning Nicole’s glasses. Ron Goldman was slashed and stabbed and found a few feet away from Nicole’s body.

Famous Bronco Car Chase

On June 17th, 1994 after being asked to capitulate in relation with the murder of his ex-wife and friend, O.J. led the cops on a high speed car chase across Los Angeles’ freeways. The car chase took place in different locations, some of them are : Los Angeles, CA, San Fernando Valley, Torrance, CA ( freeway 110), Parker Center in Downtown Los Angeles, Freeway 5 in Orange County, and Freeway 405. The police tried to obtain custody of O.J because of his connection the to the crime.

The Key Players

First key person Is Brian “Kato” Kaelin who is famous for being a guest of O.J in his L.A house the night of the murder. He is known for his blonde hair , and for having a vague testimony and rambling through most of it. Next is Allan Parker, who was O.J.’s limo driver the night of the murder, he was supposed to take O.J. to the airport for a flight. He witnessed that O.J. might not have been at his home during the murder. He is known for being shocked at the verdict because his testimony was thrown out because there was “too many cars in front of O.J.’s house”. Mark Fuhrman was the investigator for the case who found the bloody glove. He was accused of planting a glove to frame O.J because he was seen as racist. There was an audio recorded showing Fuhrman’s remarks. Marcia Clark was the star prosecutor who worked as special trials lawyer. She felt guilty about the acquital. Robert Kardashian was the defense attorney and an old friend of Simpson. Kardashian walked out O.J the day after the murder with a garment bag. He was the center of speculation whether or not Simpson was guilty. O.J. Simpson fled to Rob’s home and it was thought that Rob Kardashian had the bloody clothes, weapon, etc. Johnny Cochran led the “dream team” for O.J Simpson. He was the defense attorney acquittal to convince jury there was enough doubt of the crime, famous for saying “if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit”. He is also known for his concise closing. Dennis Fung was the L.A.P.D criminologist, who found contaminted evidence. He spent the most time on stand with the DNA evidence he found , which took nine days.

The Evidence

Jill Shivey’s Story was that during the night the road was lit and visible and she saw the driver was clearly O.J Simpson, and that she had seen him flee the crime scene. Kato Kaelin’s story was that he and O.J had a Mcdonalds run at 9:36 pm , after that he doesn’t know where O.J. went, He said he hear loud thumps on his wall a little before 11 p.m. Allan Park’s story was that he had came to pick up O.J and take him to the airport to get him to a flight to Chicago, but he knocked time after time and no one answered, and he explained that he saw a shadowy figure about 6 feet 200 pounds and resembled an african american. Mark Fuhrman climbed over the gate of O.J.’s house to let the detectives in , they entered private property without a search warrant. Some pieces of physical evidence found from the crime scene were a hair that belonged to O.J, and Goldman found on Goldman’s shirt. Another piece of evidence were Fibers found in O.J’s glove in his Bronco. Blood on O.J’s Bronco with DNA was found in the car which belonged to Nicole Simpson. Bundy found O.J’s left glove at Simpson’s residence. Rockingham found the right glove with DNA which was found at the residence also. A pair of bloody socks were found in O.J’s home which belonged to Nicole B.S. Shoes prints that were on the Bronco’s carpet were also found.

The Verdict

In the Criminal case (State v. O.J. Simpson) Simpson was found not guilty of killing Nicole B.S and Ron Goldman but a civil court jury held him responsible for their deaths. In the Civil Case (Simpson/Goldman Family V. O.J. Simpson) A civil court jury ordered that he pay 25 million dollars to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Lastly, I believe O.J. Simpson Murdered both Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman because there is so much evidence that he was at the crime scene and there is evidence that he’s the one who did it.

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