Posted on 06/12/2009 9:16:14 AM PDT by JoeProBono
LOS ANGELES -- Much has changed in the 15 years that have passed since the murders of O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.
The Brentwood condominium where the two were found brutally stabbed to death on the night of June 12, 1994 is now barely recognizable. The new owners have changed the facade of the building on Bundy Drive and given it a new entryway.
The owners apparently grew tired of tour buses driving by and gawkers taking pictures.
The once nearby Mezzaluna Restaurant, where Nicole had her last meal, has been replaced by a Pete's Coffee House.
On the night of the murders, Nicole and some family members had eaten at Mezzaluna, where Goldman worked as a waitor. Nicole's mom later realized she had left her glasses there, and Goldman offered to bring them to Nicole's townhome.
Their bodies were later discovered in pools of blood outside the condo.
On June 17, 1994, O.J. Simpson, the primary suspect at the time, failed to turn himself in to police. He had left a rambling suicide note, which was read aloud to reporters by one of his lawyers, Robert Kardashian.
Simpson finally surrendered following the now-infamous white Bronco chase on the 405 Freeway.
O.J. was tried and acquitted in the murders the next year despite overwhelming evidence that prosecutors said tied him to the crimes. He was later found liable in a civil trial and ordered to pay $33 million.
Simpson lived a free man until recently when he was convicted in the robbery of two memorabilia dealers he accused of stealing from him. The former NFL star is currently serving a nine year prison sentence in Nevada.
And yet in all that time OJ was unable to find the real murderer
Hundreds...
Of course, it is amazing that he is so sure the killer is a golfer. I didn’t see that brought out in the courtroom.
It was apparent to me as soon as the jury was selected that the anti-White racism and anti-Semitism of the jury would result in an acquittal. I’m amazed that anyone ever expected a different result. I remember predicting the outcome to a young lawyer in our firm. He thought I was all wet. He was stunned when they acquitted him.
It was the overt racism of White juries in the South that led to the federal government stepping in to make sure that blacks got justice now. No one dares to say that the reverse is happening now. No one dares to attack anti-White racism.
I know. I am getting old. I was in the process of graduating high school when this happened.
Wow, they’re both black!
RIP Ron and Nicole.
I remember Jim Rome and callers messing with ORENTHAL all the time during trial
Graduating HIGH SCHOOL?!? < sigh >
I was already out of college looking for my first “real” job.
Please don’t say you are “getting old”. Please.
I agree the jury was a bunch of goofs, but the bungling prosecution and Det. Mark Fuhrman didn’t help things either. There’s plenty of blame to go around.
Yeah my fav one was did you hear John Elway going be in Next OJ Movie
Yeah he going play Slow White bronco GET IT LOL!
Was a chef, had a set of custom knives freshly sharpened, and didn't like that parents got divorced.
Makes sense.
February 26, 2001 By Hugh Aynesworth THE WASHINGTON TIMES
DALLAS — A private investigator has published a book about the O.J. Simpson murder case and, unlike most other authors, he thinks there is a strong possibility Simpson did not kill his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.
William C. Dear said last week he had spent more than $600,000 and almost six years on the project.
His 339-page book, "O.J. Is Guilty, but Not of Murder," due out this month, offers several new views on the murders. He also, like others before him, castigates the Los Angeles police and county prosecutors for what he calls "a relentless rush" to convict the former football star, often overlooking possible evidence that should have been considered.
Unlike preceding books, Mr. Dear's tome offers a "strong suspect," Simpson's son Jason, and claims the Los Angeles Police Department bought Jason's alibi for the time of the slayings without seriously checking it.
Mr. Dear charges that the young Mr. Simpson, 24 at the time of the murders, was a mentally deficient alcohol and drug user who had exhibited intense rage, attacking a former employer and at least two ex-girlfriends. In fact, Mr. Dear says, he was on probation at the time of the slayings for attacking the former employer and had a history of attempted suicides.
"I'm not accusing him of murder," said the Dallas private eye, "but this man with a known history of intermittent rage disorder, who had with him that night a set of ultra-sharp chef's knives and who obviously lied about his alibi, should have been questioned at length."
Rest of the story ...
Probably tipped off by the gloves.
Ah!
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