Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murdered

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Jun 12, 1994:

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murdered

Nicole Brown Simpson, famous football player O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, and her friend Ron Goldman are brutally stabbed to death outside Nicole's home in Brentwood, California, in what quickly becomes one of the most highly publicized trials of the century. With overwhelming evidence against him, including a prior record of domestic violence towards Brown, O.J. Simpson became the chief suspect.

 

Although he had agreed to turn himself in, Simpson escaped with friend A.C. Cowlings in his white Ford Bronco on June 17. He was carrying his passport, a disguise, and $8,750 in cash. Simpson's car was spotted that afternoon, but he refused to surrender immediately. Threatening to kill himself, he led police in a low-speed chase through the freeways of Los Angeles as the entire nation watched on television. Eventually, Simpson gave himself up at his home in Brentwood.

 

The evidence against Simpson was extensive: His blood was found at the murder scene; blood, hair, and fibers from Brown and Goldman were found in Simpson's car and at his home; one of his gloves was also found in Brown's home, the other outside his own house; and bloody shoeprints found at the scene matched those of shoes owned by Simpson.

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20 years later, the real verdict on O.J. Simpson

 

By Juan Williams Published June 12, 2014 FoxNews.com

Remember where you are at this moment.

Twenty years after the fact, the real verdict on the O.J. Simpson murder trial is finally in.

With a far more diverse population and polls showing blacks and whites reporting better race relations, the results are overwhelming: O.J. Simpson is guilty of murder.

It wasn’t always this way.

In 1995, 60 percent of black people said Simpson was innocent of charges that he killed his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, on June 12, 1994.

Black people were so angry with racist cops then, they didn't want to see anyone put on trial except the police.

But today, a newly released CNN/ORC International poll finds a majority of black Americans, 53 percent, say Simpson was guilty. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/12/20-years-later-real-verdict-on-oj-simpson/