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John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer/AP When asked. [44][45] She was considering staying at the shelter because she was afraid of what Simpson might do to her, as she was refusing his pleas to reconcile their marriage. Former NFL player Phillip Adams died by apparent suicide in South Carolina after he shot and killed five people Wednesday, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two. Simpson trial: The prosecution rests", "Hairs Found at Crime Scene Are Microscopically Similar to O.J. Judge Ito denied the defense's motion to suppress the incidents of domestic violence, but only allowed witnessed accounts to be presented to the jury because of Simpson's Sixth Amendment rights. Simpson would commit suicide, escape, be arrested, or engage in some kind of violent confrontation. In the Bronco, police found "$8,000 in cash, a change of clothing, a loaded .357 Magnum, a United States passport, family pictures, and a disguise kit with a fake goatee and mustache". Judge Lance Ito presided over the trial in the C.S. Simpson: Week-by-week Week 16: May 812, 1995", "Some O.J. The "Blade Runner" has gone from worldwide hero to murder suspect with charges he shot and killed his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The blood on the back gate was collected on July 3, 1995, rather than June 13, the day after the murders. [297] Martz stated that it was impossible to ascertain with certainty the presence of EDTA, as while the presumptive test for EDTA was positive, the identification test for EDTA was inconclusive. Cochran responded to Fuhrman's pleading the Fifth by accusing the other officers of being involved in a "cover-up" to protect Fuhrman and asked Judge Ito to suppress all of the evidence that Fuhrman found. They are among those killed as protests have roiled American cities in the week since the death of George Floyd . [286] The defense alleged that the drop of blood on the back gate at the Bundy crime scene, which matched Simpson, and the blood found on a pair of socks in Simpson's bedroom, which matched Brown, were planted by the police. The jury dismissed Shipp's claims after defense attorney Carl E. Douglas accused him of being an alcoholic who was testifying against Simpson because he wanted to promote his acting career. [46] She had reported a set of keys missing from her house a few weeks earlier. Most of the public, including Simpson's friend Al Michaels,[95] interpreted his actions as an admission of guilt yet thousands of people encouraged him to flee prosecution and were sympathetic to his feelings of guilt. From an original jury pool of 40 percent white, 28 percent black, 17 percent Hispanic, and 15 percent Asian, the final jury for the trial had ten women and two men, of whom nine were black, two white, and one Hispanic. Following his attorney's instruction, Fuhrman replied, "I choose to assert my Fifth Amendment privilege". Dark blue cotton clothing fibers were found on both victims. Simpson the night of the killings had a quieter life in Paso after the trial", "Testimony of limo driver Allan Park in the O.J. LAPD officer and long time friend of both Simpson and Brown, Ron Shipp, testified on February 1, 1995, that Simpson told him the day after the murders that he did not want to take a polygraph test offered to him by the police because "I've had a lot of dreams about killing her. Simpson Trial on Blood Drops Found at Crime Scene", "Months into Trial, State Begins Unveiling Crucial Blood Evidence", "Detective Tells of Trail of Blood at Simpson Home", "The Trial of O.J. The prosecution believed that Simpson had driven his Bronco to and from Brown's home to commit the murders, saw that Park was there and aborted his attempt to enter through the front door and tried to enter through the back instead. Bodziak also testified that, despite two sets of footprints at the crime scene, only one attacker was present because they were all made by the same shoes. Simpson, Brown and Goldman's DNA on a bloody glove found behind his home. Darden noted the police did not arrest Simpson for five days after the 1994 murders. [432][433], The 1997 film Lost Highway, directed and co-written by David Lynch, was partially inspired by the case. [16] A poll of Los Angeles County residents showed that most African-Americans thought that the "not guilty" verdict was justified, while the majority of Whites thought it was a racially motivated jury nullification[17][18] by the mostly African-American jury. Evidence is Sealed with a Kiss", "Juror Explains Why She Denied Being Victim", "Marcia Clark Explains Domestic Violence Bias in OJ Simpson Trial", "Expert on Battered Women Criticized for Backing Simpson Defense", "Court.com Trials O.J. [152] The volume of DNA evidence in this case was unique and the prosecution believed they could reconstruct how the crime was committed with enough accuracy to resemble an eyewitness account. : Made in America director Ezra Edelman, no plausible alternative theory has emerged since the trial. He wrote his taking the 5th amendment was to avoid prosecution for perjury. [412] Presiding Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki did not allow the trial to be televised, did not sequester the jury, and prohibited the defense from alleging racism by the LAPD and from condemning the crime lab. He also admitted the defense played the "race card", "from the bottom of the deck". investigator cringes at case's TV retelling", "Was O.J. [340], African American LAPD Police Chief Willie Williams indicated that he had no plans to reopen the investigation, saying of the acquittals, "It doesn't mean there's another murderer". Simpson reportedly demanded that he be allowed to speak to his mother before he would surrender. [415] Results from a polygraph test that Simpson denied taking showed "extreme deception" when he denied committing the murders. Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld were two additional attorneys who specialized in DNA evidence. Is Innocent and I Can Prove It | William C. Dear", "Rose McGowan Tells All in New Memoir 'Brave': 14 Shocking Allegations", "Simpson's Attempt to Bar Evidence is Turned Down", "Goldman Friend is Slain Resisting Robbery", "Families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman enraged by Discovery documentary; O.J. [323] After the trial, Fuhrman said that he was not a racist and apologized for his previous language, saying he was play-acting for a screenplay when he made the tapes, and had been asked to be as dramatic as possible. [413] The physical evidence did not change but additional evidence of domestic violence was presented as well as 31 pre-1994 photos of Simpson wearing Bruno Magli shoes,[414] including one that was published 6 months before the murders, proving it could not be a forgery. An initial collection was made on June 13; the defense accused Vannatter of planting the victims' blood in the Bronco when he returned to Simpson's home later that evening. [290] Dr. Rieders then claimed it was a "typo"[291][292] but the prosecution produced a direct copy from the EPA confirming the normal amounts of EDTA found in unpreserved blood. [256] The prosecution denied that contamination happened in the LAPD crime lab as well because the result would be a mixture of the "real killer(s)" DNA and Simpson's DNA but the results showed that only Simpson's DNA was present. [63] They noted that all of the evidence samples were testable and that most of the DNA testing was done at the two consulting labs, not the LAPD crime lab where contamination supposedly happened. Simpson Cases", "Trayvon Martin Racial Divide Biggest Since O.J. The following day, a grand jury was called to determine whether to indict him for the two murders but was dismissed on June 23, as a result of excessive media coverage that could have influenced its neutrality. [39][40] She documented an incident in which he spied on her having sex with her new boyfriend. Kaelin let the limousine in, and Simpson finally came out through the front door a few minutes later, claiming he had overslept. Uelmen then briefly spoke with the other members of the defense and said he had just one more question: "Did you plant or manufacture any evidence in this case?" The prosecution presented exhibits showing the position next to the house number on the curb in which Simpson's Ford Bronco was found the next morning, implying that the limousine driver would surely have noticed the Bronco if it had been there when he arrived to pick Simpson up. [231] The evidence was then "contaminated" in the LAPD crime lab by criminalist Collin Yamauchi, and Simpson's DNA from his reference vial was transferred to all but three exhibits. Simpson's trial, such as the iconic line "Well, it is finally official: Murder is legal in the state of California" after Simpson's acquittal. [47], A few months before the murders, Simpson completed a film pilot for Frogmen, an adventure series similar to The A-Team. Simpson' Shows Just How Complicated The Case Was", "Ito Bars Simpson Team's Attempt To Link Drug Dealers To Killings", "Simpson Prosecutor Incurs Ito's Wrath Over Tirade", "Simpson Judge Bars Use Of Drug-Killing Theory", "CourtTV.com Trials O.J. The 32-year-old gunman played in 78 NFL games over five seasons for six teams. [186] He then drove over to the Ashford entrance and rang the intercom three times, getting no answer, starting at 10:40pm. Simpson's DNA found on a trail of blood drops leading away from the victims, towards and on the back gate at Bundy. Kane, 40, pleaded guilty to. Clark added that Fuhrman did not know whether Simpson had an alibi, if there were any witnesses to the murders, whose blood was on the glove, that the Bronco belonged to Simpson, or whether Kaelin had already searched the area where the glove was found. The knife was recovered and determined to be similar to the one the coroner said caused the stab wounds. [138] The decision may have affected the trial's outcome because it resulted in a jury pool that was less educated, had lower incomes, and contained more African Americans. Former NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth was released from prison Monday morning after serving an 18-year sentence for conspiring to murder the mother of his unborn child. Lange, who had interviewed Simpson about the murders on June 13, realized that he had Simpson's cell phone number and called him repeatedly. [317] Lt. Frank Spangler also testified that he was with Fuhrman for the duration of his time there and stated he would have seen Fuhrman purloin the glove if he had in fact done so. [71] At 10:07am on Tuesday, October 3, 1995, Simpson was acquitted on both counts of murder. Simpson trial: Transcript of Bronco call", "O.J. HOUSTON - The 16-year-old son of Antonio Armstrong has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting that killed . Tommy Kane has been approved for day parole as he serves an 18-year sentence for killing his estranged wife, Tammy Shaikh in 2003. A white athlete from Washington allegedly almost killed his Black girlfriend in a domestic violence incident on Friday and even expressed surprise that she made it out alive, according to. Police said Kazemi, 20, shot McNair in his left temple as he slept on his couch in the early hours of Saturday. 0:00. Trice died due to injuries suffered during a college football game against the University of Minnesota on October 6, 1923. In response, Fred Goldman, who was himself Jewish, referred to Cochran himself as "the worst kind of racist ever" and a "sick man" for comparing Fuhrman to Hitler while associating himself with Farrakhan, who was widely considered a black supremacist and anti-Semite, while Robert Shapiro, also Jewish, expressed that he was particularly offended by Cochran comparing Fuhrman's claims to the Holocaust, claiming that no comparison would ever be possible. - An autopsy performed one year after Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his 22-year-old girlfriend and killed himself found signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Rapper Jay-Z's song "The Story of O.J." [175][176] The relevant statistic was "of the murdered spouses who were also victims of abuse, what percentage of them were murdered by their current or ex-husband?" However, this fraud was not racially motivated: all the officers involved were minorities themselves[376] and were actually found to be affiliated with one of the gangs they were supposed to be policing.[377][378][379]. Lange testified that 14 other officers were there when Fuhrman arrived and all said there was only one glove at the crime scene. Fung testified he could not see blood on the socks he collected from Simpson's bedroom[144] but the prosecution later demonstrated that those blood stains are only visible underneath a microscope. [303], The prosecution responded by showing that a different photograph showed that the blood was present on the back gate on June 13 and before the blood had been taken from Simpson's arm. Latinos and African Americans both believed that fraud was taking place in the LAPD but disagreed on the cause. Simpson Facts and Fictions: News Rituals in the Construction of Reality And wrote that the racial gap in polling is a manufactured product of selective reporting of facts by the media due to them treating the trial as a form of entertainment and not as a legal proceeding. Simpson in 1977[22] when she was 18 and working as a waitress at the Daisy (a Beverly Hills private club). [66] A trail of the assailant's bloody shoe prints ran through the back gate. Just pull over and I'll come out and stand by you all the rest of my life". [32] She wrote that she felt conflicted about notifying the police of the abuse because she was financially dependent on Simpson. On the other hand, the defense's research suggested that black women would not be sympathetic to Brown, who was white, because of tensions about interracial marriages. [145] The media described this incident as a "Jury Revolt" and the protesters wearing all black as resembling a "funeral procession". Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara, 69, were pronounced dead in their home in Rock Hill along with grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5, the York County coroner's office . [421], William Dear published O.J. I am truly heartbroken. [170] Cochran said that she would testify that Simpson does not fit the profile of an abuser that would murder his spouse. [390][391][392][393][394], Simpson gave two high-profile interviews regarding the case in 1996 with Ross Becker[395] and in 2004 with Katie Couric. rule". Rozier played 6 games in the NFL before falling out of the league. Lynch found it remarkable that Simpson, who he believed committed the murders, could continue a casual lifestyle afterward. so he instead dedicated his entire argument to attacking the LAPD, particularly Fuhrman, Lange and Vannatter. Ito ruled that the evidence was inadmissible as being protected because of clergy-penitent privilege. [380], In November 2006, ReganBooks announced a book ghostwritten by Pablo Fenjves based on interviews with Simpson titled If I Did It, an account which the publisher said was a hypothetical confession. Prosecutors then spoke with Guerra, who said Lopez was lying and claimed the defense offered both housekeepers $5,000 to say they saw the Bronco that night. He and Brown married on February 2, 1985. According to the Montreal Gazette, Kane got arrested in May 2019 after he refused to take part in a urine test and admitted to using cocaine. [86] Jack Ferreira and Mike Smith were among those watching the chase not knowing why;[94] they felt part of a "common emotional experience", one author wrote, as they "wonder[ed] if O.J. After the trial, Goldman's father filed a civil suit against Simpson. Prosecutor Marcia Clark Says Upcoming TV Series 'O.J. Robert Rozier. Carruth, 44, was found. [23][24] They began dating although Simpson was already married. Measuring the distance between the prints indicated that the assailant walked rather than ran away from the scene. [381] The interview was interpreted as being a form of implied confession because Simpson used first person language ("Obviously I must have [removed the glove]" [382]) in explaining how he committed the murders. Three years later, the former Cardinal joined up with the "Brotherhood," a black supremacist group, whose membership was predicated on murdering a Caucasian.. The chase ended at 8:00pm at his Brentwood estate, 50 miles (80km) further, where his son, Jason, ran out of the house, "gesturing wildly",[99] and 27 SWAT officers awaited. 3. [128][bettersourceneeded] The U.S. Supreme Court received a message on the verdict during oral arguments, with the justices quietly passing the note to each other while listening to the attorney's presentation. [citation needed]. When the defense accused their own witness of changing his demeanor to favor the prosecution, he replied "I cannot be entirely truthful by only giving 'yes' and 'no' answers". [11] The pursuit and Simpson's arrest later on the same day were among the most widely publicized events in American history. The officer who responded to that call, Detective John Edwards, testified next that when he arrived, a severely beaten Brown ran from the bushes where she was hiding and to the detective screaming "He's going to kill me, he's going to kill me", referring to Simpson. York. Simpson trial: Houseguest Kato Kaelin testifies", "Limousine Driver Deals a Blow to Simpson", "Limousine Driver Puts Dent In O.J. After the recital, Simpson returned home to a voicemail from Barbieri ending their relationship. His remaining assets were seized and auctioned off with most being purchased by critics of the verdict of the criminal trial to help the plaintiffs recoup the costs of litigation. The video from the Dance recital that Simpson attended earlier that night shows him wearing a similarly colored shirt. He is the namesake for Jack Trice Stadium, Iowa State's football stadium. [21] The Goldman family was awarded compensatory and punitive damages totaling $33.5 million ($56.5million in 2021 dollars), but have received only a small portion of that figure. [125] According to Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post, the acquittal was "the most dramatic courtroom verdict in the history of Western civilization". Former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was found in Mississippi dead of multiple gunshot wounds back in 2010 after being reported missing days before in Tennessee. District Attorney Gil Garcetti elected to file charges in downtown Los Angeles, as opposed to Santa Monica, in which jurisdiction the crimes took place. I really don't know about taking that thing". However, the prosecution never introduced it as evidence during the trial. Simpson trial: Testimony about Simpson's trip to Chicago", "Potential Witness Says He Saw Simpson Arranging Bag at Airport", "Prosecutors Say Another Witness Saw Simpson Put Black Bag on Airport Trash Can", "Witnesses Who Testified for O.J. The following day, Ito dismissed the three deputies anyway, which upset the jurors that did not complain because the dismissal appeared to lend credence to Harris's allegations, which they all denied. [158] The prosecution then called Brown's sister to the witness stand. In 2007, former WWE superstar, Chris Benoit, killed his wife and their son in a murder-suicidewhich took place at their home in Georgia. [222] Bloomingdales employee Samuel Poser testified he remembered showing Simpson those shoes but there was no store record of him purchasing them. "[405], In the documentary O.J. [236] Dr. Huizenga admitted afterwards that Simpson could have committed the murders if he was in "the throes of an adrenaline-rush". [448], R&B group H-Town dedicated their album Ladies Edition, Woman's World (1997) to Brown, to help victims of domestic violence.[449]. A doctor, his wife, and their two grandchildren were found shot dead inside his home . The glove found at Simpson's home that belonged to the murderer had hair and clothing fibers consistent with Simpson, Brown and Goldman as well as fibers from a 19931994 Ford Bronco and Brown's Akita dog. On September 6, 1995, Fuhrman was called back to the witness stand by the defense, after the prosecution refused to redirect him, to answer more questions. However, a taped July 29 statement by Lopez did not mention seeing the Bronco but did mention another housekeeper was also there that night, Sylvia Guerra. A porter at the airport testified that Simpson checked only three bags that night,[75] and the police determined that the missing luggage was the same knapsack the limousine driver had mentioned earlier. Around 10:55pm., a dogwalker who lived a few blocks away from Brown came across Brown's Akita dog barking in the street outside her home. Marcia Clark published Without a Doubt in 1998 about the case. . [95][90] The chase was so long that one helicopter ran out of fuel, forcing its station to ask another for a camera feed. And they got really upset when the Simpson trial was over, and people would come up to me on the street and say, 'God, I loved your show. [181][182] Kato Kaelin testified on March 22, 1995, that he last saw Simpson at 9:36 pm that evening. 's Ex-Agent Makes A Big Claim About The Gloves", "The O.J. Simpson and His Trial", "Nothing Can Stay Hidden Forever: The True Crime Legacy of, "OJ Simpson 20 years later: 5 memorable pop-culture references", "20 Things Saturday Night Live Tried To Sweep Under The Rug (And Failed)", "Did O.J. [163] Harris was dismissed on April 6 because she failed to disclose that she was a victim of domestic violence from her ex-husband. [387][388][389] Robert Kardashian admitted that prior to the jurors visiting Simpsons home that the defense team had switched out his photos of white women for photos of his children and switched out a picture of a nude Paula Barbieri (Simpson's girlfriend at the time, who was white) for a Norman Rockwell painting from Cochran's office. Simpson Unearth the Dead for Entertainment", "Simpson Expands on Slaying Remark Made to Magazine", "O.J. [259][260], The contamination claim was made by microbiologist Dr. John Gerdes. [1], Opening statements were made on January 24, 1995. [256] Gerdes testified that because of the LAPD's history of contamination, he would not consider any of the PCR DNA matches in this case reliable because the tests were carried out by the LAPD. [69] The flight was due to leave at 11:45pm, and a limousine arrived early at Simpson's Rockingham estate to pick him up at around 10:25pm. Was Guilty", "CNN O.J. The fibers from the glove found at Simpson's home microscopically match the one found at the crime scene, proving they were each other's mate. [190] He then discarded the glove, came back and went through the front door. Prosecutors Hank Goldberg and William Hodgman, who had successfully prosecuted high-profile cases in the past, assisted Clark and Darden. [193], LAPD criminalist and hair fiber expert Susan Brockbank testified on June 27, 1995, and FBI Special Agent and fiber expert Doug Deedrick testified on June 29, 1995, to the following findings:[201][202], On June 19, FBI shoeprint expert William J. Bodziak testified that the bloody shoeprints found at the crime scene and inside Simpson's Bronco were made from a rare and expensive pair of Bruno Magli Italian shoes. Goldman then came upon the scene to return some eyeglasses and was murdered as well in order to silence him and remove any witnesses. Simpson wanted a speedy trial, and the defense and prosecuting attorneys worked around the clock for several months to prepare their cases. Simpson: The Key Players in His Murder Trial", "O.J. Simpson Trial", "Exercise Video Shows O.J. Simpson trial: Night of the murders timeline", "Unbloodied Feet of Nicole Simpson Indicate That She Died First, Investigator Testifies", "Nicole Simpson's Grisly Death Described To Jury", "O.J. [41] Afterwards, Brown said she felt her life was in danger because Simpson had threatened to kill her if he ever found her with another man. Lange then informed Simpson that blood was found inside his car; at this point, Simpson admitted that he had cut his finger on June 12, but said he did not remember how. Simpson in a House Divided | Office of Justice Programs", "OJ Simpson Juror: Not-Guilty Verdict Was 'Payback' for Rodney King", "Confusion for Simpson kids 'far from over', "The Simpson Case: The Fugitive; Simpson Is Charged, Chased, Arrested", "Power Struggle in the Simpson Camp, Sources Say Shapiro, Cochran Increasingly Compete For Limelight In Case", "List of the evidence in the O.J. [86] Every television network showed the chase;[94] ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and local news outlets interrupted regularly scheduled programming to cover the incident, watched by an estimated 95 million viewers nationwide;[103][104][95][105] only 90 million had watched that year's Super Bowl. Steve McNair: Killed by his his 20-year-old Mistress, Sahel Kazemi. On June 27, 1994, Time published a cover story, "An American Tragedy", with a photo of Simpson on the cover. Shapiro noted that an increasingly distraught Simpson had begun treatment for depression. [70] Both the limousine driver and Kaelin would later testify that Simpson seemed agitated that night. Commentators agree that the defense capitalized on anger among the citys African-American community toward the LAPD, which had a history of racial bias, to convince the majority-Black jury to acquit Simpson. Carruth, a former wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, was sentenced to 18 to 24 years in 2001 after a jury found him guilty of conspiring to murder Cherica Adams. Simpson Blacker. The final wound inflicted ran deep into her neck, severing her carotid artery. The prosecution did not present this evidence at trial after Camacho sold his story to the National Enquirer for $12,500. Ito then met with the jurors, who all denied Harris's allegations of racial tension among themselves. While details remain scarce about the case, the situation took an even more tragic turn Thursday morning. Covering Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, Gilbert, the valley . Simpson's Dream Team Played the "Race Card" and Won", "Race and Justice: Rodney King and O.J. The jury arrived at the verdict by 3:00pm on October 2, after four hours of deliberation, but it postponed the announcement. (Reuters) -A former professional football player shot and killed a prominent South Carolina doctor, his wife, two grandchildren and another man before taking his own life at his home. In July 2019, his ex-wife, Sherra . A decade ago, Phillip Adams achieved his dream of becoming an NFL player.But on Wednesday, the former San Francisco 49ers draft pick shockingly killed five people in South Carolina, including two young children.. Posted Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 1:52 pm CT. HOUSTON, TX Antonio Armstrong and his wife Dawn were gunned down in their two-story home early on the morning of Friday, July 29. [406][407][408] Juror Lionel Cryer, who gave Simpson a Black Power salute after the verdict, said in retrospect he would render a guilty verdict. [277][278][279] They accused prison nurse Thano Peratis,[280] criminalists Dennis Fung,[144] Andrea Mazzola,[146] and Colin Yamauchi,[232] and Vannatter[281] and Fuhrman,[282] of participating in a plot to frame Simpson. [141][142][clarification needed], On April 5, 1995, juror Jeanette Harris was dismissed when Judge Ito learned she had failed to disclose an incident of domestic abuse. [187] At approximately 10:50 pm he saw a "tall African American shadowy figure resembling Simpson" approach the front door before aborting towards the southern walkway that leads to Kaelin's bungalow. [131][132] The image was darker than a typical magazine image, and the Time photo was darker than the original, as shown on a Newsweek cover released at the same time. [95][86][90] The officer backed off, but followed the vehicle[98] at 35 miles per hour (56km/h),[10] with up to 20 police cars following her in the chase. She then fired three more shots at close range, sat on the couch next to his body . ATLANTA >> A former NFL player's mistress, apparently jealous that he was taking his wife on a trip to Las Vegas, drove to his home near Atlanta, kidnapped her romantic rival and led o VOA News. While Deputy District Attorneys Marcia Clark, William Hodgman, and Christopher Darden believed they had a strong case against Simpson, Cochran and the defense team persuaded the jury that there was reasonable doubt concerning the DNA evidence in this case. All the proceeds went to the Goldman family who said they have received only 1% of the money that Simpson owes from the wrongful death suit. Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, whose most noted drive was the final one of the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Saturday afternoon in a downtown condominium.. [143] Afterwards, Harris gave an interview and accused the deputies of racism and claimed the jurors were dividing themselves along racial lines. [311] Unlike the sock and the back gate, the defense provided no physical or eyewitness evidence to support their claim that the prosecution could then refute. Her Testimony In The O.J. Ito denied the request, stating that pleading the fifth does not imply guilt and there was no evidence of fraud. [290][293] The prosecution also had Dr. Rieders admit that EDTA is also found in food[294] and specifically the ingredients used in McDonald's Big Mac and French fries[289] that Simpson had eaten earlier that night with Kato Kaelin. [293], FBI special agent Roger Martz was called by the defense on July 25, 1995, to testify that EDTA was present in the evidence samples, yet instead said he did not identify EDTA in the blood, contradicting the testimony given by Dr. Rieders the day before. President Bill Clinton was briefed on security measures if rioting were to occur nationwide. 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