On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The investigation, crime scene photos and eventual trial captured the attention of a nation. O.J. Simpson was eventually acquitted of the murder, but was found liable for both their deaths in a civil suit. Now, jurors have explained why they found the NFL player not guilty of the murder that took place 25 years ago.
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“Based off the evidence as presented in the trial … the only conclusion I can come to is not guilty,” juror
Lon Cryer recently told
ABC News.
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“It wasn't based on whether or not I really thought he did it or didn't do it… The only thing that trial did was raise reasonable doubt in my mind about whether or not he was the perpetrator or not,” he explained.
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But Lon has changed his mind in the last 25 years. “I'm probably pretty sure that he probably is the person that went over there and killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldberg,” he said.
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Ron’s sister, Kim Goldman, has a new podcast, Confronting: O.J. Simpson, where she interviews many people involved in the trial. She also spoke to two jurors, and she said she learned the three-and-a-half hour deliberation was allegedly a cover-up.
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“They corroborated what my dad and I always thought — which was that they didn't do their job," she told
ABC about the not guilty verdict. “They pulled testimony just to cover up that they always knew what their answer was when they went into that jury room and they wasted our time for three-and-a-half hours.”
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Juror
Sheila Woods told
Vulture this wasn’t true. She said, “I think the biggest misconception [people have about the jury] is [that] we really didn’t deliberate. They were upset that it only took us about four hours.”
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She explained, “But we took a poll once and it was 10–2 not guilty. And the two jurors that voted guilty didn’t reveal themselves, so they didn’t put up an argument as to why they felt he was guilty. Maybe if they had, they could have persuaded some of the other jurors to vote that way. They should have at least voiced their opinion.”
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She also said that the prosecution’s case fell apart once LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman was discredited as a witness.
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She said, “I think O.J. may know something about what happened, but I just don’t think he did it. I think it was more than one person, just because of the way she was killed. I don’t know how he could have just left
that bloody scene — because it was bloody — and got back into his Bronco and not have it filled with blood.”
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“Based off the evidence as presented in the trial … the only conclusion I can come to is not guilty,” juror
Lon Cryer recently told
ABC News.
“It wasn't based on whether or not I really thought he did it or didn't do it… The only thing that trial did was raise reasonable doubt in my mind about whether or not he was the perpetrator or not,” he explained.
But Lon has changed his mind in the last 25 years. “I'm probably pretty sure that he probably is the person that went over there and killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldberg,” he said.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Ron’s sister, Kim Goldman, has a new podcast, Confronting: O.J. Simpson, where she interviews many people involved in the trial. She also spoke to two jurors, and she said she learned the three-and-a-half hour deliberation was allegedly a cover-up.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“They corroborated what my dad and I always thought — which was that they didn't do their job," she told
ABC about the not guilty verdict. “They pulled testimony just to cover up that they always knew what their answer was when they went into that jury room and they wasted our time for three-and-a-half hours.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Juror
Sheila Woods told
Vulture this wasn’t true. She said, “I think the biggest misconception [people have about the jury] is [that] we really didn’t deliberate. They were upset that it only took us about four hours.”
She explained, “But we took a poll once and it was 10–2 not guilty. And the two jurors that voted guilty didn’t reveal themselves, so they didn’t put up an argument as to why they felt he was guilty. Maybe if they had, they could have persuaded some of the other jurors to vote that way. They should have at least voiced their opinion.”
She also said that the prosecution’s case fell apart once LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman was discredited as a witness.
She said, “I think O.J. may know something about what happened, but I just don’t think he did it. I think it was more than one person, just because of the way she was killed. I don’t know how he could have just left
that bloody scene — because it was bloody — and got back into his Bronco and not have it filled with blood.”
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What do you think of the jurors’ comments? Let us know below!
