When was oj simpson found not guilty

And during the trial and through this proceeding, I got this answer, and it was both. Glass said of the crime , "That was not a, 'Oh, just give me my stuff back, I want my stuff. At least one gun was drawn. The potential for harm to occur in that room was tremendous.

When you take a gun with you and you take men with you, to show, in a show of force, that's not just a, 'Hey, give me my stuff back. Simpson apologized in court for his actions, saying, "I didn't know I was doing anything illegal.

I'm sorry for all of it. Simpson was sent to prison. In , Simpson's bid for a new trial was rejected, but he was granted parole that same year on some of the charges, based on good behavior. Simpson was not released from prison at that time, since his prison sentences were set to run consecutively. He had to wait until to appear again before the parole board. In July , Simpson was granted parole , with an earliest possible release date of Oct.

Before the decision was announced, Simpson gave his account of the botched robbery to the parole board, telling the board members how he learned that some "some guys" were trying to "fence" what he said were his personal mementos in Las Vegas. It didn't appear to fit. The other man on the jury was Lionel Cryer, who said, "It was garbage in, garbage out" about the evidence. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times per Bustle the day after the verdict was delivered, Cryer said: "We felt there were a lot of opportunities for either contamination of evidence, samples being mixed or stored together.

Cryer is also remembered for raising his fist in solidarity with Simpson when the verdict was delivered. Of that, he told the L. Times: "It was like a 'right on' to you, Mr. Get on with your life. Get your kids. Canby was the highest ranking military official and one of the only generals ever killed by Native Americans. On October 3, , Woody Guthrie, godfather of the s folk revival movement, dies.

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Great Britain. Middle East. Sign Up. Westward Expansion. Not everyone agreed with that assessment, such as Derec Smith of New Brunswick. I think he did it. I think the police should have done more and tried a little harder," Smith said. I definitely thought they would convict, especially when the judge gave them the option of manslaughter," said Tewksbury attorney Therese Thompson.

It's a verdict that doesn't uphold the evidence," Thompson said. The murder of year-old Michelle DeMarzo rocked Cranford. On Feb. This article was compiled using archived reports that appeared in the Courier News and The Home News.

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