Sunday, October 9, 2011
"If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit."
October 3rd 1995, OJ "The Juice" Simpson was found not guilty by the jury of the case of the murder of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman, who were found dead outside Brown's condominium. This is the most important trial in sports history and could even be known as the trial of the century, because it is a trial of a celebrity, and at the time one of the best football players of all time. Also, it was at the time by far the most watched legal case on TV so far, and also had the most notable division in racial lines because when looking at polls of African Americans the case decision is seen as correct; however, among White Americans the case decision is seen as not adequate or in need of revision. When looking at the case most people would say that OJ had definitely murdered the two people, but yet the defense somehow won by means of not enough details that lead OJ to be the killer and produced one of the most well-known legal quotes, "If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit." This was said by the defense as OJ had just attempted to put on a bloodied leather glove found at the crime scene, and it is very controversial because in the legal video it seems as if OJ did not try his "best" to get the glove on, which may have well won him the case as that was the main source of proof to send him to jail. Overall, this is one of the most important legal cases in history because it had so much effect socially on all Americans at the already unsteady racial period.
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