This e-single, a compilation of articles from The New York Times, chronicles the sensational 1995 murder trial of O. J. Simpson, the former football star.
From the start, the Simpson case had all the right elements for a sizzling tabloid story: celebrity, power, money, sex and murder. It all began in June 1994, when Simpson became the prime suspect in the brutal slaying of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend, Ronald L. Goldman. After trying to flee from the police in a wild car chase that was broadcast live across the nation, Simpson was charged and arrested. The subsequent murder trial, dubbed “the trial of the century,” became one of the longest-running, most widely covered and most racially divisive court cases in U.S. history.
From the start, the Simpson case had all the right elements for a sizzling tabloid story: celebrity, power, money, sex and murder. It all began in June 1994, when Simpson became the prime suspect in the brutal slaying of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend, Ronald L. Goldman. After trying to flee from the police in a wild car chase that was broadcast live across the nation, Simpson was charged and arrested. The subsequent murder trial, dubbed “the trial of the century,” became one of the longest-running, most widely covered and most racially divisive court cases in U.S. history.
