The Crime
The type of weapon used in the murders
What is a knife
Who was the lead defense attorney?
Who is Johnnie Cochran?
What is the name of the lead prosecutor in the OJ case?
Who is Marcia Clark?
This principle prevents a defendant from being tried again for the same crime after acquittal.
What is Double Jeopardy
This 1991 police beating and the 1992 riots helped create the racial distrust that shaped public reaction to the O.J. Simpson trial.
What are the Rodney King beating and the Los Angeles riots?
The date that the murders took place on/bodies were discovered
What is June 12th, 1994
What key piece of evidence did the defense claim did not fit O.J. Simpson during a courtroom demonstration?
What is the glove?
In which district court was the Simpson case filed?
What is downtown LA?
This constitutional amendment protects against self-incrimination, often invoked in trials.
What is the Fifth Amendment
O.J. Simpson’s defense team used this issue to argue that police bias and racial tension could have affected the investigation and evidence.
What is race / racial tension?
The friend who drove Simpson during the famous police chase
Who is Al Crowlings
The defense argued that evidence may have been compromised due to this issue involving LAPD handling.
What is evidence contamination?
The prosecutor’s claim of domestic violence in the Simpsons' marriage painted this case as what kind of crime?
Crime of passion
This nickname was given to the O.J. Simpson case due to its massive media coverage.
What is “The Trial of the Century”
After the verdict, this became a major national issue, as the trial exposed how differently Black and white Americans viewed the justice system and Simpson’s guilt.
What is the racial divide in public trust and opinion?
Ron Goldman had ______ showing that there was struggle during the attack.
What are defensive wounds
Which LAPD detective’s credibility was challenged after allegations of racism and misconduct?
Who is Mark Fuhrman?
Other than the glove, what was other DNA evidence found at the scene of the crime?
What is a bloody footprint and drops of blood.
This 2006 book by Simpson sparked outrage for its hypothetical account of the murders.
What is If I Did It?
This attorney’s famous line about the glove became one of the most memorable moments in the trial and shaped how people remember the defense.
Who is Johnnie Cochran?
The approximate time the murders occurred
When is between 10:15 and 10:40 PM on June 12, 1994
The defense argued that inconsistencies in this made the prosecution’s timeline unreliable.
What is the timeline of the murders?
Who played Marcia Clark in the OJ Simpson documentary?
Who is Sarah Paulson?
This crime involving sports memorabilia led to Simpson’s 2008 conviction.
What is armed robbery?
The trial’s media frenzy led to new concerns about courtroom publicity and helped change how future high-profile cases were covered.
What is the impact on media coverage and public perception?