Let's go to 1994 and have a look at this Simpson wife murder case that shocked the whole country. One of the protagonists of the case is Simpson, a famous American football player. When I was in high school, because of my excellent football ability, I was competed by universities, and finally I became an excellent football player in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s by my own efforts.
Simpson was elected to the Rugby Hall of Fame with 1985. In addition, he became the first black man to receive an advertisement in American history. Although there was still serious racial discrimination at that time, he had left the black group. He divorced his black wife and married a white woman. It seems that he has completely left his black life and become a black man without discrimination, but in 1994, this admirable black star was jailed.
1On the evening of June, 994, Simpson's wife (divorced) Nicole was found dead at home. A colleague named Ron Goldman died with her. Judging from the wounds of the murderer, it is obvious that she was killed by a sharp weapon. After the incident, the police came to Simpson's house and found obvious blood on the car in front of him. After ringing the doorbell, the police climbed into Simpson's house and found a bloody glove in the back garden. All the evidence seems to prove that Simpson was the murderer. The police arrested Simpson. Considering his reputation, at the urging of his lawyer, the police conducted a separate trial and released him shortly after the trial. After several days of investigation, the police finally identified Simpson as the main suspect.
When Simpson got the news, he offered to turn himself in the next day. However, there was still no sign of him the next day. When the police arrested him, they found Simpson missing. Then the police began to hunt Simpson all over the city like scenes in American movies, and it was also broadcast live on TV. So more than 90 million Americans witnessed this shocking scene. Dozens of police cars and a white car of the helicopter team began to chase Simpson, and the result can be imagined. Simpson was forced to stop, but then an unexpected scene appeared. Simpson asked the police to take him home under the threat of suicide, and then he negotiated with the police in the car. I don't know what agreement was reached for hours. Simpson put down his pistol and surrendered easily.
The trial begins.
The judge thought that Simpson couldn't stand his ex-wife being entangled with other men after divorce, so he rose up and killed people. Moreover, the police have two key evidences. One is a pair of bloody socks in the bedroom of the crime scene. The DNA is exactly the same as Simpson's. In addition, there is a pair of bloody gloves, one of which was found at Simpson's house and the other at the crime scene. The gloves are the blood of Simpson and two victims, and Simpson has scratches on his hands, which just proves the possibility that he left blood at the scene.
However, there was a dramatic scene at the trial site. Simpson tried on gloves, but he couldn't put them on at all. In the end, this seemingly irrefutable case became an unsolved case because it could not prove the reliability of the evidence. Simpson was acquitted, and all the evidence except gloves seemed to prove Simpson was the murderer. Is he really that easy to be acquitted?
In fact, there are factors beyond the case itself behind this case, which is also the reason why Simpson was acquitted. In addition to Simpson's wife murder, there are several major social events that have affected the United States. One is that a black driver was beaten by a white policeman, but the white policeman was acquitted.
The second thing is that a black girl was shot dead by a Korean cashier in a Korean supermarket, but in the end, the cashier was only sentenced to five years' probation and only needed to do 400 hours of community service every year. Black girls were beaten but whites were acquitted, and black girls were shot but not jailed. This caused great social contradictions at that time. If another black star is killed, it is likely to cause social unrest. At that time, among the policemen who arrested Simpson was a policeman named Foreman, who was a racist.
Although he strongly denied it, the lawyer took out a video of him cursing black people, so a black lawyer put forward a hypothesis at the trial. If the murderer is someone else, is it possible for foreman to frame the defendant for racial discrimination? This assumption put the white police and judges in a dilemma. In the end, the judge can only declare Simpson innocent.
Simpson kept himself away from the black community, but in the end he escaped because of his skin color. However, Simpson did not escape from prison in the end.
Simpson was sentenced to 33 years for armed robbery in 2008. As far as the case itself is concerned, it is impossible to convict him of such a heavy crime. Coincidentally, the date of sentencing was the same as the date of his acquittal.