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

On October 3, 1995, the jury in O.J. Simpson‘s murder 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 all of the photographs of the trial so that you can evaluation 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 rental in Brentwood in L.A., by a suspect with a knife.

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

O.J.’s trial — presided over by Judge 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 decide determined to carry the decision till the subsequent day.

The “not guilty” verdict shocked many … who could not consider 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 a component within the acquittal.

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

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