FBI releases documents on O.J. Simpson

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FBI releases documents on O.J. Simpson​

The FBI released 475 pages of documents relating to O.J. Simpson, the NFL Hall of Fame running back who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. The trial was one of the most publicized criminal trials in modern history. Simpson was the main suspect in the killings.The report shows the investigators focused heavily on a shoe that was believed to be worn by Simpson. Reports try to draw the connection between the shoe prints left at the crime scene and those worn by Simpson. A jury acquitted him in the 1994 murders on Oct. 3, 1995. Simpson maintained his innocence throughout the rest of his life. He died of cancer at the age of 76 on April 10. The FBI publicly releases records it maintains on individuals after they die.

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Calif. law bars former LAPD officer convicted of perjury in OJ Simpson trial from policing​

Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the O.J. Simpson trial three decades ago, is now barred from law enforcement under a California police reform law meant to strip the badges of police officers who act criminally or with bias. Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killing of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles. The slayings and Simpson’s trial exposed divisions on race and policing in America. Fuhrman reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson’s home but his credibility came under withering attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias. Under cross-examination, Fuhrman testified that he had never made anti-Black racial slurs over the previous 10 years, but a recording made by an aspiring screenwriter showed he had done so repeatedly. Fuhrman declined to comment Friday when reached by phone. “That was 30 years ago. You guys are really up to speed,” he told an Associated Press reporter.

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FBI releases 500 pages on OJ Simpson investigation 30 years after brutal murders​

The FBI released roughly 500 pages in connection with the mid-1990s O.J. Simpson investigationin which the former NFL star was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Investigators took a close look at the bloody Bruno Magli shoe print found at the scene, clothes, Simpson’s infamous Ford Bronco and hair samples. Wednesday marks 30 years since the infamous double murder, which shocked the country with its brutality and dominated headlines for more than a year. Rather than surrender to police as he had agreed to, Simpson instead led police on an infamous low-speed chase through southern California, riding in his white Ford Bronco as fellow NFL retiree Al Cowlings drove. Investigators went to great lengths to try and link the shoe print to Simpson. It was his size and came from a rare Italian brand that sold less than 300 of that particular model across the country, according to reports from his trial. At trial, an FBI expert on shoe treads testified that he traveled to two factories in Italy as part of the investigation, the New York Times reported at the time..

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Nicole Brown Simpson’s murder 30 years later: Where are OJ's children now?​

O.J. Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, Jason Simpson, Sydney Brooke Simpson,
Justin Ryan Simpson pose at the premiere of "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult,"
in which O.J. starred, on March 16, 1994, in Los Angeles.​

Where are Arnelle, Jason, Sydnwy and Justin

When Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered alongside her friend Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994, her two children were 8 and 5 years old.
After neighbors found the bodies at Brown's Brentwood, California townhome, police woke the sleeping children and escorted them out the back door to spare them the grisly sight. Their father, former NFL player O.J. Sjmpson, was famously arrested for their killings, then acquitted after what many called the "Trial of the Century." More than 100 million people in the United States, alone, watched his televised not-guilty verdict.

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O.J. Simpson's Bronco chase captivated the country in 1994. Reporters who were there recall the 'insanity' of the manhunt​

On June 17, 1994, Los Angeles police gave chase to NFL Hall of Fame star O.J. Simpson, who was in the backseat of a white Ford Bronco driven by his friend/former teammate Al "A.C."

Ninety-five million Americans were glued to their TVs on June 17, 1994​

Would O.J. Simpson live or die? That question kept 95 million Americans locked to their TVs on June 17, 1994, during his infamous car chase. “People … didn’t know what was going to happen next,” helicopter journalist Zoey Tur, who broadcast the low-speed chase for KCBS-TV, tells Yahoo Entertainment. “They couldn’t take their eyes off of it.” Former Fox 11 L.A. reporter Jane Wells, who covered the 60-mile pursuit from the ground, likened the can’t-look-away appeal to gladiators of ancient Rome. “You want to come out and see the show. Is he going to die?” she said. It had been five days since the ex-NFL star’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were slain outside her Brentwood, Los Angeles, home. The morning of the chase, LAPD filed murder charges against O.J. and negotiated his surrender. America, newly introduced to reality TV via 1992’s Real World and perhaps imagining a 1991 Thelma & Louise ending, was transfixed as it played out over three hours on live TV. People were so invested in the fate of “the Juice” — by then an NFL commentator, movie actor and commercial star — Game 5 of the NBA Finals was shown in split screen. Drivers on L.A. freeways, following the news on their car radios, pulled over to cheer what may have been O.J.’s final play.

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How OJ Simpson's infamous Bronco standoff led to record pizza sales and prank calls on live TV as 95 MILLION watched LA cops chase him down​

June 17, 1994 was already scheduled to be one of the busiest days on the US sports calendar. Not only were New York Rangers fans celebrating the team's first Stanley Cup victory in more than half a century, but the city's beloved Knicks were squaring off with the Rockets in Houston for Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Throw in Arnold Palmer's final US Open round in his native Pennsylvania, as well as the start of the World Cup in Chicago, and much of the country had its Friday afternoon all scheduled. Then OJ Simpson dialed '911,' leading to an unforgettable spectacle watched by an estimated 95 million television viewers. A beloved NFL star, actor, and football analyst, Simpson stood accused of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend Ronald Goldman. But rather than turning himself in, the Heisman winner climbed into the back of his friend and former teammate's Ford Bronco for a leisurely paced police chase through the LA freeways. Over the ensuing hours, Domino's Pizza would report record sales, ABC anchor Peter Jennings took a prank call on live television, and the country was introduced to the Kardashians.

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