Him being a racist doesn't necessarily mean that he planted the evidence,
but if there is any proof of that,
it should have a bearing on the case.
He can't even get his lies straight in the courtroom.
We've advanced our ability to extract information from blood
This bloodstain was on the console that is consistent with a mixture
of the defendant, Ron Goldman, and Nicole Brown.
The socks, thrown hastily at the foot of the defendant's bed.
The blood on one spot matched the defendant.
The blood on another spot matched Nicole.
Consistent with a mixture of the samples of Mr. Simpson,
Nicole Brown, and also Ronald Goldman.
And that is the aim of DNA testing.
You can listen and you'll say, "By God. I think the man did it."
Guilty as sin. There's so much evidence.
I mean, they've got evidence on me. I can't explain some of this stuff.
Do you think plea bargain when you hear these DNA results?
Are you kidding? You here today? Absolutely not.
My name is Dennis Fung. D-E-N-N-I-S F-U-N-G.
Good afternoon, Mr. Fung. How are you, sir?
Would you agree that it is the role of the criminalist
to preserve the integrity of evidence?
That is one of the roles. Yes.
And that would mean that it's your job to make sure
that evidence is not contaminated?
Yes.
When you arrived at the crime scene,
you saw that there was a blanket over the body of Nicole Brown Simpson.
Did you make any inquiry about where that blanket had come from?
No, I didn't.
Know where the blanket come from?
Probably the inside of the house.
Do you know whether there's trace evidence on that blanket or sheet?
- Trace evidence? - Trace evidence from her body.
I would have no way of knowing what was on that blanket.
And Mr. Goldman's body was eventually placed in the area of that blanket?
Yes.
That's a terrible mistake
from the point of view of a criminalist, isn't it?
I would prefer that it was not done.
Officer Riske, I want to show you on exhibit 56
two photographs side-by-side.
You take a look at the envelope in these two different photographs.
- See the grouting here? - Yes, sir.
Envelope's on the other side?
Yes.
Can you explain how that envelope got moved?
No.
- You can't? - No.
You never saw the glove in any different position
prior to the time it was collected?
I don't recall it being in a different position. No.
You'll notice the fingers of the glove
are pointed toward a tennis shoe.
- Do you see that? - Yes.
This next exhibit. Can you see where the V part of the glove
is now pointing in another direction?
Yes, sir.
And that the fingers of the glove are now pointed in a different direction?
- Yes. - The glove moved.
- You see that? - Yes, sir.
- Were you there when this happened? - No, I wasn't.
When you are collecting an item,
you would not touch that item with your bare hand, would you?
I would try not to.
Well, you say you'd try not to. It would be wrong to do that, wouldn't it?
If it was for prints, yes.
Did you touch that envelope with your bare hands
while collecting it, Mr. Fung?
- Sure of that? - Yes.
No question about it in your mind?
Yes.
Your Honor, with permission, I'd like to show this clip.
There! There!
How about that, Mr. Fung?
You want to see that again in slow motion, Mr. Fung?
- I don't need to see it in slow motion. - All right.
So, what you said before wasn't true.
It was to the best of my recollection at the time.
You see what is marked as 116?
- Yes. - That's a blood drop on the gate.
- Yes. - That's what you saw on July 3rd.
Yes.
Let's look back at the picture of the gate on June 13th.
Where is it, Mr. Fung?
I can't see it in the photograph.
Issues concerning whether there have been any tampering of evidence in the past.
These are all relevant issues.
How many times have you taken blood from Parker Center out to a crime scene?
This may have been the first time.
I don't know.
I can't recall right now any other times that I've done that.
I made the decision to hand-carry it to the criminalist
who was processing all the other evidence.
- Where was the criminalist? - At Rockingham.
I drove straight to Rockingham, checked in,
and immediately gave the blood to the criminalist
who'd finished his work and was leaving.
In your experience, have you ever before been in a situation
where a detective obtained a blood sample from a suspect
and instead of booking it downtown where it was taken,
drive it all the way back to a crime scene?
I have…
I can't remember one instance where that's happened.
Could you please start with Juror #1
and show her and the rest of the jurors here
that section that you saw the bloodstain with your naked eye
when you first received the sock?
Do you believe that it was planted?
I'm not sure of that.
I don't recall if I did or not.
I don't recall saying that.
I don't recall.
We have presented an extremely compelling case concerning the science.
The defense has made accusations that are empty and baseless.
Fung was reported to have gone up to Barry Scheck in the hallway and said,
"You're gonna owe me a beer when this is over."
It's never personal. We're just doing our job, I think he understood that.
Outside, Fung was hounded by reporters…
Green light!
And not even the media cornering him at a red light
could dampen his glee now that it was all over.
He had one of the duffel bags kind of strapped over his shoulder.
The tag reads, "Aris Leathers by Isotoner, extra-large, cashmere lined."
Your Honor, at this time, the people would ask that Mr. Simpson step forward
and try on the glove recovered at Bundy
as well as the glove recovered at Rockingham.
I'm handing Mr. Simpson the… left glove, Rockingham.
That's People's 77.
Your Honor, it appears Mr. Simpson seems to be
having a problem putting the glove on his hand.
I object to counsel's statements.
Sustained.
Too small.
I think the jury understands that latex gloves,
in addition to some poor acting by the defendant,
contributed to the gloves not going on his hand completely.
Prosecutors just won't leave those gloves alone.
They've subpoenaed NBC Sports for copies of their football games.
Can you tell us whether the glove worn by the defendant
in those photographs is style number 70263?
Yes, it is.
The gloves at Rockingham and Bundy don't fit.
Do you understand that? Don't fit.
And they can never make them fit. Bye!
After more than 300 hours of testimony, and a parade of 58 witnesses,
the prosecution in the O.J. Simpson trial rested its case today.
The defense case will start Monday morning.
Our case will be right to the point. Quick witnesses…
Are you therefore saying that you have not used that word
in the past ten years, Detective Fuhrman?
Yes. That's what I'm saying.
…they would be a liar. Would they not?
Yes, they would.
- All of them, correct? - All of them.
I really love being a policeman.
This job is not rules. This is a feeling.
Fuck the rules, we'll make them up later.
Leave that old station, Ed.
It's got the smell of niggers that've been beaten and killed in there for years.
Anything out of a nigger's mouth for the first five or six sentences
is a fuckin' lie.
Niggers. They're easy.
I use them to practice my kicks.
Did you ever try to find a bruise on a nigger?
It's pretty tough, huh?
You've got 200 niggers that are trying to take you prisoner.
You just chase this guy, beat the shit out of him.
We basically tortured them.
We broke numerous bones in each one of them.
Their faces were just mush.
You know why we stopped the choke?
We stopped the choke because a bunch of niggers
have a bunch of these organizations in the south end
and because all niggers we've choked out and killed, 12 in ten years.
Really extraordinary, isn't it?
Is any of it true?
Do you consider yourself a racist?
We were not aware of the tapes.
- Should he have told you? - We were not aware of the tapes.
This is a blockbuster.
This is a bombshell.
This is perhaps the biggest thing
that's happened in any case in this country in this decade.
And they know it. They've got to face up to it.
They are just going all-out to smear Mark Fuhrman
in the very cynical and shrewd effort
to pull this jury away from the evidence,
to manipulate them, to play them like fiddles.
They see their case floating out the window.
They cannot rehabilitate Mark Fuhrman.
There's no need to dance around this. He has committed perjury.
It is absolutely outrageous for us to have to endure this at this point.
This decision is inexplainable.
O.J. Simpson is a man who has been wrongfully accused
and, we believe, framed.
- The cover-up continues. - "The cover-up continues."
He is one of the most disgusting human beings
I have ever had to listen to in my life.
Release the Fuhrman tapes! Judge Ito is unfair!
He suggests that racism ought to be the most important thing
that any one of us ought to listen to in this court.
That any one of us in this nation should be listening to.
And it's because of racism,
we should put aside all other thought,
all other reason,
and set his murdering client free.
If they can railroad O.J. Simpson,
they can railroad every Black man, woman, and child in America.
Detective Fuhrman, was the testimony that you gave
at the preliminary hearing in this case completely truthful?
I wish to assert my Fifth Amendment privilege.
Have you ever falsified a police report?
I wish to assert my Fifth Amendment privilege.
Detective Fuhrman, did you plant or manufacture any evidence in this case?
I assert my Fifth Amendment privilege.
We came to this court seven months ago, expecting a fair trial.
My son had a right to it.
This is now the Fuhrman trial.
It's not the trial of O.J. Simpson,
who is accused of murdering my son and Nicole.
What more does anyone need out there
to understand that we have now demonstrated this man had motive,
he had opportunity,
and now he's claimed the Fifth out of his own mouth.
Free O.J.! Free O.J.! Free O.J.!
Mr. Simpson wants to testify.
He would like to set the record straight. Feels he has nothing to hide.
Good morning, Your Honor.
As much as I would like to address some of the misrepresentations made
about myself and Nicole, concerning our life together,
I am mindful of the mood and the stamina of this jury.
I have confidence that they will find, as the record stands now,
that I did not, could not, and would not have committed this crime.
I have four kids, two kids I haven't seen in a year.
They ask me every week, "Dad, how much longer?"
Mr. Cochran, he's been mouthing off for the past 12 months.
Okay, Johnnie. All right.
These are baseless allegations of conspiracies, contamination, and the like.
Now's the time to put up or shut up.
From the very first orders issued by the LAPD so-called brass,
they were more concerned with their own images,
the publicity that might be generated from this case,
than they were in doing professional police work.
And it's up to you the jury to weed out the distractions, weed out the sideshows,
and determine "What evidence is it that really helps me answer this question?"
Who then polices the police?
You police the police. You police them by your verdict.
You're the ones who send the message.
Your verdict talks about justice in America
and it talks about the police and whether they're above the law.
It would be a tragedy if you found the defendant not guilty
in spite of all that
because of the racist attitudes of one police officer.
Blame the police, blame the prosecution,
point the finger elsewhere, create a smokescreen,
and that's what they've done in this case, ladies and gentlemen.
Smoke and mirrors.
Mark Fuhrman is a lying…
Did he lie?
- …perjuring… - Yes.
…genocidal racist.
Is he the worst LAPD has to offer?
Yes.
Officer Fuhrman went on to say
that he would like nothing more
than to see all niggers gathered together and killed.
That does not mean
that we haven't proven the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
You may reject the whole testimony.
You can then wipe out everything that Fuhrman told you,
including the glove.
But remember, it's only the evidence that they can't otherwise explain
that they resort to the desperation theories
of contamination and planting.
Contaminated, compromised, and corrupted.
The planting theory is ridiculous.
But there's a fourth C that goes along with how these things happen
that relates to this forensic testimony.
And the fourth C has to do with cover-up.
Now, if you plant the blood,
aren't you gonna plant it close to the time you collect it?
What are you gonna do? Plant it, hope somebody finds it later?
Somebody… played with this evidence, and there's no doubt about it.
Stop this cover-up. Stop this cover-up.
If you don't stop it, then who?
The defining moment in this trial,
the day Mr. Darden asked Mr. Simpson to try on those gloves,
and the gloves didn't fit.
Remember these words. "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
My faith is in one place now.
My faith is not in with the police, not with the LAPD.
My faith is in the juror.
After months of testimony and legal maneuvering,
jury deliberations begin today in O.J. Simpson's murder trial.
The jury in the Trial of the Century has reached a verdict.
They did it almost instantly
despite our astonishment, despite our shock.
It could go either way.
Some people think when you have a quick verdict in a case like this,
it's good for the defense.
Others think it's good for the prosecution.
Would you get the fuck out of here, you fucking asshole?
Can I fucking hit him?
No.
Four hundred cameras maybe, outside that building.
Who's nervous? Is anybody nervous? Yeah.
Now, let's go to the courtroom. The moment has arrived.
All right, Mrs. Robertson, would you…
Do you have the envelope with the sealed verdict?
Yes, Your Honor.
And I would caution the audience
during the course of the reading of these verdicts… to remain calm.
Mr. Simpson, would you please stand and face the jury.
Mrs. Robertson?
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.
In the matter of the People of the State of California
versus Orenthal James Simpson, case number BA097211.
We the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant Orenthal James Simpson…
…not guilty of the crime of murder upon Nicole Brown Simpson.
Not guilty of the crime…
Not guilty of the crime of murder…
Not guilty…
"We the jury in the above entitled action find
the defendant Orenthal James Simpson
not guilty of the crime of murder upon Ronald Lyle Goldman,
a human being as charged in count two of the information."
Not guilty of the crime of murder…
section 197-A, a felony.
O.J. is not guilty!
We got it! We got it!
How do you feel about the verdict?
I think that this is a victory for all mankind.
In the beginning, I knew O.J. was innocent.
There needs to be an investigation,
and maybe Fuhrman and some more people need to go to jail,
and also, LAPD needs to be reformed.
There are a lot of problems with this country
that we need to all get together to try to work out,
and I just hope that it can start today.
It's also for the millions of other Black men out there
that have gotten stomped and sent to prison,
that didn't have the resources to fight a case.
Not everyone here is happy. I noticed that you are not.
I feel so bad for her.
She said if he ever did it, he'd get away with it.
That's what she said. And he knows he did.
I think he's guilty as hell.
I think he got off because the jury was mainly Black.
If you are a hero, and you play football and you make a lot of money,
I guess you can commit murder.
As a Black woman, I was scared for O.J.
because we have seen it happen over and over again.
I think it's absolutely appalling.
It gives me no faith in the jury system whatsoever.
Oh, the Juice is loose. He's loose!
He's loose! He's loose!
Detective Fuhrman, did you plant or manufacture any evidence in this case?
And why should we believe you now?
- Yes! - Yes.
What happened with the… Oh, they're still talking? Is this live?
- Yeah. - Yes, that's live.
We are, all of us, profoundly disappointed with the verdict.
Apparently their decision was based on emotion.
That overcame the reason.
Look at this guy trying to… He's campaigning.
Oh, he's in pain.
None of you will ever know…
the personal sacrifices everyone here made.
Yeah, this was the one case, you got the wrong guy.
Like all those other cases you let who did it get away.
No one here has spared any effort.
Everyone here has put in 110%.
I'm not bitter.
And I'm not angry.
But I'd also like to thank the lawyers on our prosecution team.
I am honored to have…
Talk to O.J. Come on.
Barbara, my position was always the same,
that race would not and should not be a part of this case.
I was wrong.
Not only did we play the race card,
we dealt it from the bottom of the deck.
This stuff about playing a race card is preposterous.
It would be malpractice if a man has racist views in a case
and a lawyer doesn't pursue that.
Anybody who says that
doesn't know how to try cases, doesn't know anything.
Don't play with O.J.!
Why don't you sell the Brentwood estate, go away for a little while?
Go where?
They want me to go to Africa, is that what some of those people want?
Opening arguments began today
in the wrongful death suit against Simpson,
filed by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
The entire Brown family now are making their way to the courthouse.
The sisters Dominique, Tanya, Denise,
mother and father Juditha and Lou Brown, as well.
- Swear the witness. - Raise your hand.
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you give in this deposition
will be nothing but the truth, so help you God?
I do.
- Did you ever strike her? - No.
- Did you hurt her? - Yes.
- Physically hurt her? - Yes.
- You bruise her? - Yes.
Did you ever make her black and blue?
- I didn't hit her. - What'd you do?
- I wrestled her. - What does that mean?
What? Ask me the question like they asked. I'll give an answer.
Where were you between 10 and 11?
I don't know if they asked me that question. I was home.
If they did ask you, what did you say?
I don't recall if they asked me, so I don't know what I said.
- Why don't you ask me? - I just did.
- Why don't you ask? - Because…
Wait. Time-out. We're gonna take a break right here.
All right.
Hi, everybody. I'm Geraldo Rivera. We have a verdict in the Simpson case.
Our family is grateful
for a verdict of responsibility,
which is all we ever wanted.
And we have it.
Thank God.
- Kim? - Ron is proud.
- We did this for Ron.
Okay, that's gonna be it.
It's something we wanted to hear since two and a half years.
And it finally came.
And we know justice will be done some day,
but I always said I'd still like to hear it.
Before he went home, he stopped by this Baskin-Robbins in Brentwood.
So there will be no celebration at Rockingham,
no party like the one we saw following the criminal jury's verdict.
Are you expecting to ever see any of that money?
The IRS has filed a lien against O.J. Simpson's Brentwood mansion.
in back taxes, interest, and penalties.
Well! C'est la vie.
This is where…
blood drops were on the floor.
And then we had, starting on this staircase,
the pictures were all along these walls of the family,
Nicole and the kids and everything.
It's all about money.
See you later. I got a golf game to play.
It was good for me.
Got me out of harm's way.
- Just sit in it. - Okay, I'll sit in it.
Even if there's a dead body in it.
Hopefully there's no bodies in this thing.
♪ Why do people wonder 'Bout my intentions… ♪
Las Vegas police detectives spent the night questioning O.J. Simpson.
They're investigating memorabilia stolen from a casino hotel room.
Motherfuckers! Think you can steal my shit to sell it?
Don't let nobody out of here.
Las Vegas police have charged Simpson
with two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon.
Give me that picture.
Give me my stuff!
I bought it from Mike!
Call up his number.
That's what I'm doing. It's under Gilbert.
It's a 559 number.
For O.J. Simpson, what happened in Vegas
may keep him in Vegas for a long time.
You do solemnly swear the testimony you're about to give
shall be nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Yes, I do.
He was the only client that I had that my kids called "Uncle O.J."
So it was… it was different
This is the last picture of O.J. Simpson holding his Heisman trophy.
I wasn't there to hurt anybody.
I just wanted my personal things, and I realized that was stupid of me.
I am sorry.
I didn't mean to steal anything from anybody,
and I didn't know I was doing anything illegal.
I thought I was confronting friends and retrieving my property.
We the jury in the above-entitled case
find the defendant Orenthal James Simpson guilty.
We're thrilled. It's kind of a bittersweet moment,
knowing that that SOB is going to be in jail
for a very long time, where he belongs.
I'm no danger to pull a gun on anybody.
You know, I never have in my life.
I've never been accused of it in my life.
Nobody's ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them.
Mr. Simpson, I do vote to grant parole when eligible,
and that will conclude this hearing.
Thank you.
O.J. Simpson has been released from a Nevada prison.
Juice, Juice, how's it feel to be out?
Y'all stalking me?
Hey, Twitter world, this is yours truly.
Now coming soon to Twitter, you'll get to read all my thoughts and opinions
on just about everything.
You know, I know I've been away for a while,
but I don't know what's going on with America.
What are we gonna do to stop this happening in the future?
Start convicting these guys. I'm just saying…
That's part of the past. I'm over it.
You almost get to the point you don't know what to believe.
Policemen committing perjury, planting evidence, all kinds of things…
Lying and stealing money is a little different than murder.
That's the American way.
Hey, let me take a moment to say thank you to all the people
who've reached out to me.
Uh… uh…
My health is good.
I mean, obviously, I'm dealing with some issues,
but, hey, I think I'm just about over it.
We're following some important breaking news now.
O.J. Simpson has died at the age of 76.
O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star…
Of course, one of the most divisive figures in modern America…
…succumbed to his battle with cancer.
He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren…
- What did we do? - Put your hand up there.
- Hands up! - Don't shoot!
I am determined that Nicole's death was not in vain.
I pledge myself in the fight against domestic violence,
and I will continue to expose this dirty little secret
that has been hidden too long.
He's going nuts.
He just drove up again. Could you just send somebody over?
He's in a white Bronco, but first of all, he broke the back door down to get in.
You're going to hear him in a minute. He's about to come in again.
because that's a terrified person.
The kids are upstairs sleeping and I don't want anything to happen.