Overview

• The Los Angeles jury found O.J. Simpson not guilty on Oct. 3, 1995 after a nationally televised trial over the 1994 killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
• Kim Goldman says her family never received justice and says she better understands the city’s climate during the trial after years of conversations and reflection.
• A 1997 civil jury found Simpson liable and ordered $33.5 million, which Kim Goldman says grew to about $140 million with interest yet remained uncollected and stopped accruing after Simpson’s death.
• Prosecutors presented DNA evidence while the defense alleged police bias, with the glove demonstration and Johnnie Cochran’s “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” line becoming enduring symbols studied by legal professionals.
• The case gripped the nation from the Ford Bronco pursuit to its aftermath, and Simpson later served prison time for a Las Vegas robbery before dying in 2024 at age 76.