OJ Simpson Case

The Orenthal James Simpson Murder case was a turning point or “the crime of the century” because OJ was charged for two accounts of first degree murder. Initially, he was found innocent because the jury was convinced there was still reasonable doubt, and they should never condemn someone if there wasn’t concrete DNA evidence. It was allegedly claimed that the DNA evidence had been mishandled by the scientists. After the trial, the victims families’ filed a civil lawsuit against Simpson where he was found responsible for both deaths. Personally this case made my head spin. There were so many different aspects and perspectives to it that it was hard to make a decision solely based on the facts. I don’t know what I would have done if I was part of the jury. There was so much emotion and controversy involved throughout the whole trial. There was a celebrity aspect to OJ because no one wanted to believe that someone like him could be a murderer. Likewise, his lawyers were constantly bringing up random previous incidents about racial slurs in other situations. Its understandable to feel a certain emotion about the racism in previous court cases. Its also important to acknowledge that this type of negativity could impact a verdict especially when there is a certain level of hatred towards one side, party, or race. Personally I feel like the media didn’t even clear anything up, they just fueled more fury between both sides. Its one thing to get people thinking about the situation or urging them to voice their opinions, but its a completely different thing to spark straight up controversy and aggravate the public. As much as I’ve tried to rationalize the case myself, every time I  get convinced about OJ being guilty or not, I rethink my opinion because of the media.