Looking Back 30 Years to When O.J. Simpson Was Acquitted

On October 3, 1995, the jury in O.J. Simpson‘s homicide trial walked into the courtroom in Downtown Los Angeles and introduced they’d discovered the previous soccer standout not responsible.

Thirty years later, the proof within the case, the spectacle of it and the controversial verdict are nonetheless ingrained within the public consciousness … and, we have got all of the pictures of the trial so that you can assessment each second.

O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson have been married from 1985 to 1992 … two years later, Nicole and the person she was relationship, Ron Goldman, have been brutally murdered exterior her condominium in Brentwood in L.A., by a suspect with a knife.

O.J. was set to show himself in a number of days after the our bodies have been found … however, on June 17, 1994, he held a gun to his personal head behind a white Ford Bronco — pushed by his shut buddy and former USC teammate Al Cowlings. The next low-speed cop chase shut down the Interstate 405 freeway … and, captured the nation’s consideration

O.J.’s trial — presided over by Choose Lance Ito — started in January 1994 and got here to an finish with the decision supply on October 3, 1995.

The jury really got here to a verdict the day earlier than, after simply 4 hours of deliberation … however, the choose determined to carry the decision till the following day.

The “not responsible” verdict shocked many … who could not imagine the jury missed the mountain of DNA proof within the case. Many felt the racial make-up of the jury — with eight Black members — might have performed an element within the acquittal.

Simpson all the time maintained his innocence — vowing to seek out Nicole’s actual killer — nonetheless, a civil courtroom discovered him liable of the murders and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in restitution. That quantity ballooned to properly over $100 million with accrued curiosity.

O.J. — who later served 9 years in jail after being discovered responsible on armed theft and kidnapping expenses — died in 2024 … and our personal Harvey Levin, who lined O.J.’s trial again within the day, mentioned on “TMZ Reside” he is positive Simpson did kill his ex-wife and Goldman.