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Harneet Singh Saluja Project Supervisor- 17014 (Criminal Law) Dr. Ivneet Walia 9" Semester (Asst Prof of Law) B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) ROUGH DRAFT THE PEOPLE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA vs. ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON A Case Study Brief Facts of the Case: The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court in which former National Football League (NFL) player, broadcaster and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Lyle Goldman. The pair were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in the Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles on the night of June 12, 1994. The trial spanned eleven months, from the jury's swearing-in on November 9, 1994. Opening statements were made on January 24, 1995, and Simpson was acquitted of both counts of murder on October 3 of the same year. The trial is often characterized as the trial of the century because of its international publicity and has been described as the "most publicized" criminal trial in history. Law Involved: Richard Gabriel, a jury consultant for Simpson, wrote that more educated jurors with higher incomes were more likely to accept the validity of DNA evidence and the argument that domestic violence is a prelude to murder. Gabriel notes that African Americans, unlike other minorities, are far more likely to be receptive to the claim of racially motivated fraud by the police.