White house, and this is cnn cnn Breaking News were beginning with Breaking News. Oj simpson is dead at 76 after losing a battle to cancer according to his family, simpson, maybe one of the most controversial people in our nations history before his murder trial, which divided the country and essentially turned to me into an outcast. He was a celebrated Football Star who won the Heisman Trophy and who was also an actor and a pitch man, universally loved by americans but that life is he knew it ended on june 12, 1994 when his exwife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, ron goldman were found stabbed to Death Outside of her home in los angeles. The shock of their murders intensifying five days later for hours time stood still is nearly 100 million americans watched on tv. At this simpson taking police on a low speed chase 60 miles through los angeles in that white Ford Bronco Simpson would go on to surrender and stand trial for the murders he was eventually acquitted in what was dubbed the trial of the century. And it aired on television daily, almost daily for 11 months capturing the worlds attention here was one of those historic moments from trial we, the jury and embarrassing tidal action find the defendant or oren. Thank James Simpson not guilty of the crime of murder in violation of penal code section 1807, a felony upon Nicole Brown Simpson a human being as charged in count one of the inflammation superior court of the state of california, County Of Los Angeles in the matter of the people state of California Versus or anthony James Simpson. We the jury in the above and tidal action find a defendant or James Simpson not guilty of the crime murder, and violation of penal code section 1807, of felony up on ronald lyle goldman, a human being as charged in count two of the information we, the jury and the Button Title Action further, find a special circumstance that the defendant or theyll James Simpson has in this case been convicted of at least one prime of murder of the firstdegree. And one or more crimes of murder of the first or Second Degree to be not true. You hear the sobbing in the courtroom after that historic moment, one that was widely unexpected, despite his acquittal, Simpsons Reputation never fully recovered, both legally and in the court of opinion. He was eventually found liable for the murders in a civil trial. To the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Much of one which he never actually paid. Legal troubles, followed him for decades, especially after being sentenced to 9303 years in prison for a 2007 Las Vegas Hotel robbery. Simpson was released on parole in october of 2017. Today, a post from the Simpson Family on simpsons verified x account said this on april 10th, our father or enthralled James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren during this time would transition his family. Ask that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace lets discuss all the angles of the story with cnns jean casarez, investigative journalists, dianne diamond, who is the first reporter at the murder scene in 1994, and attorney or riva martin is also with us lets start with jean casarez, gene this story touches so much of American Life and what was happening in the 1990s from so many angles, but perhaps one of the most enduring legacies of the Simpson Trial is the way that it defined how americans view the legal system no, absolutely. And theyre really two oj simpsons, right . I mean, theres the Football Icon and theres also the one that was charged in to criminal cases, convicted in one acquitted in another. But i think because there were cameras in that courtroom, you saw a legal story play out and that trial went four months. Cnn covered it walltowall. Court tv had their cameras. It made the Court Tv Network at that point in the mid 90s. But you got to see witnesses, you got to see demeanor. Youve got to see social issues. You got to see a dream team of a defense to show to show that youve got to have a highquality defense of tyranny or team. And you also saw the outcome. But the mystery remained because the mystery of what happened to oj to the victims in this case, to Nicole Brown Simpson, to ron goldman. I just got off the phone with david cook. David cook has been the attorney one for the goldmans for years and he is the one that has tried to collect the monies from the resulting civil verdict because he did not win in The Civil Court in california. And i think as you have mentioned, they struggled for years. The goldmans to get any type of monetary damages that they were awarded that was the justice they got was civil court and i spoke to david cook minutes ago and asking him, what did you get, what did you ever get in the form of justice from that civil trial . Do you remember the book . If i did it . That was a book that came out. Well, the goldmans got the right to that book and it became, i did it and it was on the New York Times best seller. And thats how the goldmans got some of the civil judgment that they were due from that civil trial following the criminal trial in los angeles. I read that book and it was sort of stunning that oj simpson, after being acquitted, had written a book is if he had committed the murders and that the way this family had to get some of the damages was 200 it out there as if he had done it, that that was a way that they could get some of the monetary damages that they were due. It was really kind of its donning and didnt seem like something that should happen lets talk with dianne diamond. She is an investigative journalist, as we said, she was the first reporter at the scene of Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldman murders. And i think diane what kind of all transported back to 1994 when we are here seeing that oj simpson died take us back to 1994. And when you arrive there and what it was like yeah, briana, thats it. That was the first thing i thought about when i heard about oj simpsons Passing Today was that murders seen . My camera man and i rolled up on the brentwood apartment of Nicole Brown Simpson just as they were loading the bodies into a mortal truck. And the more than truck pulled away and there we were standing outside on the sidewalk along pathway going up to her front gate and the pavers on the sidewalk. Were full of blood there were pawprints from her dog who had gotten loose after the murders and had gone down to the corner and started whole playing in, alerted some neighbors and we went inside the front gate and i was done to see there wasnt a cobra and symptoms living room. It was all glass the candles were still going on the horse up on the Fireplace Mantle piece, and there was a big picture of oj and their two children and it was so eerie to be standing there literally in pools of blood. The police had gone. There was no police presence. There were some police tape, some, but we sort of ducked under that. And there i was standing where those two people had been murdered and the cancels were still burning on the mantle piece. It thats the first thing i thought of today when i heard about this news wow, really insightful color of what those moments were like. Lets bring in a riva martin and a riva one of the things that ojays trial brought to light was the way in which questions about policing and the way that communities of color are policed were too often ignored, i think by the country as a whole. And they were central to this case and they were a huge part of why oj was acquitted absolutely. We cant forget the testimony of mark kermode, one of the detectives that was very involved in the collection of evidence. And the investigation of Nicole Grounds death as well as ron goldman and mark firm and perjured himself on the witness stand. He was asked a question under. A withering crossexamination by Johnnie Cochran about making former racist statements using the inward and he lied about it. And there was evidenced he had done a recording with someone else and they were able to bring that in and impeach him. And in fact, he had to plead no contest to Perjury Charges that were filed against him after the trial of oj simpson ended. So we cannot underestimate the racist nature of policing new los angeles during the period of this oj Simpson Trial. This is right after the 1992 civil unrest where we watched in Los Angeles WhitePolice Officers protect affluent neighborhoods while they allowed neighborhoods in black and brown communities to burn, where we watch the police be engaged in all kinds of violent conduct against protesters. So that was the backdrop in which this trial was happening. And the racism of the la Police Department was on full display in this trial, there were gaping holes in the prosecutors case, not just with marc furmans perjured testimony, but also with the collection and preservation of evidence. Johnnie cochran called it a contaminated cesspool assess pool of, of contamination. We just heard diane, so she walked up to the crime scene and she could have walked under the tape. Thats how poorly this crime scene he was maintained was preserved. And yet they were forced to put on a case using the evidence from that contaminated crime scene and using these Police Officers, many of whom white mark furman, had a horrific history and pass with respect to the treatment and statements about africanamericans and yet even a contaminated crime scene. And this is also the early days of dna, right . And what should have been its so interesting to think about if this case have been tried 20 years later, it probably would have just been a slam dunk on dna because contamination doesnt make dna more likely to match a suspect, it would make it less likely to match a suspect. And yet the defense was able to overcome that evidence or riva i wonder is as you look back on this because it did reveal so much about what was going on in los angeles with policing, what was going on in the nation. How did the verdict age over time . I dont think age well brianna, i think folks who had formed an opinion about his guilt back when this happened in 1994, probably still believed that hes guilty. Those that believed that this was a setup that he was framed by Los Angeles Police detectives. Problem we still believe that this was a setup by the Police Department and theres ample evidence. I think for each of those positions with respect to this this notion that this was a framing, one of the detectives involved in the case took blood, took a vial of blood from oj simpson at the Police Department put that vial in his jacket get pocket, and then went to the crime scene that allow the warriors, the Defense Attorneys argue, basically make the argument suggestion to the jury that the blood at oj simpsons are at the crime scene was actually smeared on by this blood vile that was taken from this detective. So those kinds of mistakes make it very difficult for us to have any faith in the criminal Justice System or in the evidence that was presented by the prosecution. But yet here we are. If oj simpson didnt do it, theres never been any one else identified as the murderer. So for those folks that believe oj simpson is guilty, they dont have any other alternative theres never been any other person identified as a suspect dianne, we do want to give you the last word is someone who closely covered this story and this case as jean casarez put it a moment ago, you can split oj simpsons life into two chapters. Essentially, this was the central Turning Point of it 20 years removed nearly from the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman what are your reflections on everything thats transpired and the legacy ultimately of the biggest moment of ojays life. Yeah, i think that the doublemurder, whoever committed it a courts a jury said he didnt do it. And then his conviction for an Armed Robbery in las vegas, which we havent mentioned yet. I think that honestly stains the football hero, the Hertz Rentacar guy running through the airport looking so handsome i think people will remember him more for the criminal aspect of his life rather than the athletic dion diamond or riva martin and jean casarez. Thank you all so much for the perspective were covering this Breaking News from all angles they with cnn news central. Well be right back theres debris and this guy parents, husbands and wives wish i couldve done something differently. You can just make it better for those that follow Space Shuttle columbia, the final flight, two part finale, Sunday At Nine On Cnn sometimes, investing can feel like youre going at it alone especially when it comes to adding crypto to your portfolio. But it doesnt have to be that way as the Worlds LargestCrypto Asset Manager, youll find a lot of People HoldingGrayscale Funds which means youre investing In Good Company grayscale Crypto Investing begins here a widely filter. 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