O.J. SIMPSON

Career

Buffalo Bills (1969-1977) San Francisco 49ers (1978-

1979) Rated Number 40 NFL Player

of all time by NFL.com (in 2009)

6 time Pro Bowl selection Heisman Trophy (1968)

Arnold Friberg oil paintingO.J. Simpson Breaks for Daylighthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFtmH9ACyfo

NFL Career

First professional football player to rush for more than 2000 yards in a season

Record for single season yards per game average (143.1 ypg)

Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985

Personal Life

Married Nicole Brown in 1985 (second wife)

Had two children (Arnelle and Jason) with first wife Marguerite

OJ and Nicole had 2 more children, Sydney and Justin

Divorce

Pleaded no contest to a domestic violence charge in 1989

Separated from Nicole Brown Divorced in 1992

June 12, 1994

Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman were found dead

Outside of Brown’s condominium

Blood Evidence

Five drops of blood were found leading away from the crime scene, along with a sixe 12 shoeprint.

Blood was found in OJ Simpson’s Bronco Blood drops were on OJ’s driveway and in the

foyer of his home Blood soaked sock was located in OJ

Simpson’s bedroom- bloodstained glove was found in his residence

DNA extracted and profiled from each bloodstained article

Incriminating Evidence

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Evidence.html

Trail of DNA leaving the crime scene was consistent with OJ’s profile- as was the DNA found entering Simpson’s home

Simpson’s DNA profile was found in the Bronco along with that of both victims

The glove contained the DNA profiles of Nicole and Ron, and the sock had Nicole’s DNA profile

Simpson’s House

Bloody footprints- size 12 Bruno Magli shoes

OJ said he did not have that type of shoe. After the trial a picture was shown of him wearing the shoes.

OJ Simpson Bronco Chase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=22&v=yxqP1_MFPnc

OJ’s Suicide Note

http://www.cnn.com/US/OJ/suspect/note/

Kato Kaelin Staying in a guest house on

Simpson’s property His story contradicted

Simpson’s version of events He rambled and was

inconsistent in his testimony- less than ideal witness

Said there was a thump outside of his wall

Mark Fuhrman Detective Denied use of “n” word within

the last ten years Had proof he had gone on

racist rant on tape Refuses to answer questions-

citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination

Had he planted evidence or not?

Dream Team

Johnnie Cochran F. Lee Bailey Robert Shapiro Alan Dershowitz Barry Scheck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ZGaL9Q6tE&feature=player_embedded

Gloveshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=S2YbY9eYmdM

Prosecution

Marcia Clark Christopher Darden

Simpsons blood was found at the murder scene- victims’ blood was found inside his car and home-

At the scene- there were five blood drops leading away from the slain bodies of Nicole and Ron- toward the rear alley- four of which were immediately to the left of the bloody size 12 shoes prints

Killer had been wounded on the left side of his body-

Morning after the murders, Simpson was observed by the police to be wearing a bandage on his left middle finger

When the bandage was removed that afternoon- he had a deep cut on the knuckle of his finger

DNA tests on all five blood drops and on three bloodstains found on the rear gate at the crime scene showed that all of this blood belonged to Simpson

Two DNA tests were used (PCR and RFLP) PCR test is less precise that RFLP

But can be conducted on smaller blood samples as well as samples that have degenerated because of bacteria and/or exposure to elements

PCR tests were conducted on four out of the five blood drops

Three drops: Only 1 out of 240,000 people had DNA with the markers found in the sample

Fourth drop: had markers which one out of 5200 people would have- Simpson was one of those people

Fifth drop- RFLP test- one of out 170 million people would match these markers- again Simpson’s blood did

Richest sample was the rear gate- RFLP test showed that only one out of 57 billion people had those markers- Simpson was one of these people

Just from blood evidence- one out of 57 billion chance that Simpson is innocent

Fifty seven billion is approximately ten times the current population of the entire world