In 1995, former football player OJ Simpson was acquitted of the brutal murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. The case became known as the “trial of the century” and marked the history of the United States.
“Trial of the century”
Simpson pleaded “100% innocent” and assembled a “dream team” of famous local and national lawyers, including civil rights attorney Johnnie Cochran, famed defense attorneys F. Lee Bailey and Alan Dershowitz, and DNA expert Barry Check. Simpson's friend Robert Kardashian, father of the Kardashian sisters, was also on the team.
Lead prosecutors Marcia Clark and Chris Darden focused on the timeline, domestic violence and DNA evidence found on the bloody glove discovered at the crime scene and on another at a property owned by OJ Simpson.
But the “dream team” raised questions about the police’s handling of the evidence and accused one of the lead detectives, Mark Fuhrman, of racial bias. Although Simpson never took the stand, one of the most fascinating moments was when prosecutor Darden asked Simpson to put on the infamous gloves – one of which police said was found at the crime scene, the other on Simpson's property.
Simpson had difficulty doing this in front of the judges, showing how the gloves didn't fit. In his summary, Cochran uttered the now famous line: “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”
The case became a cable news sensation and a national obsession as tens of millions of viewers tuned in at home and work.
Source: CNN Brasil
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