Howard Kurtz discussed in the Washington Posthow "the worst sins of American journalism seem to be on display in the Simpson saga," especially the rush to be first, "to unearth some new tidbit, to milk those every present anonymous sources who may or may not know what they are talking about," which leads to errors.
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These, however, were “taken up by mundane procedural minutiae.” While Sandra Hughes offered a short biography of the victims, Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman, most networks talked about the trial as if it were a sporting event, focusing on strategy and game plan. Anticipating an eventful day, all networks devoted much time to the first day of the preliminary hearings in July 1994. Judge Ito authorized the presence of cameras in the courtroom, with an option to turn them off when he deemed it appropriate, turning the trial into what some called a media circus. Mocking the reaction of news outlets, Tom Shales in the Washington Post raised the question of the validity and the purpose of such chaotic coverage “because naked information goes out unedited and without the normal fact-checking procedures.” He wondered if “such cliffhanger coverage is a service or disservice to the public’s right to know and the rights of the accused to due process of law.” Once again, raw rumors and bald speculation abounded on this day, as "the raw, unedited nature of the event made the networks vulnerable to misinformation and mischief." Dan Rather recounts how "for agonizing minutes, we all waited to go on the air" with the footage of the white Bronco they had received from their Los Angeles station, KCBS, waiting to confirm that it was Simpson's car. Television CoverageĬommenting on how all the networks switched to live coverage of the highway chase, Raymond Hernandez on the New York Times called it “a remarkable episode in the history of television journalism,” a gripping and bizarre spectacle. Despite the plethora of evidence, the prosecutors presented (not counting all the evidence they could not present) Simpson was found not guilty of murder on both counts. The trial began on January 24, 1995, and ended after 133 days on October 3, 1995. In addition, Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld were hired to attempt to discredit the prosecution's DNA evidence. Lee Bailey, Robert Kardashian, Robert Shapiro, Alan Dershowitz, Johnnie Cochran, Gerald Uelmen, Carl E. Simpson had hired high-profile lawyers, including F. The trial took place in downtown Los Angeles with Lance Ito as presiding judge, Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark as the lead prosecutor, and Deputy District Attorney Christopher A.
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On June 20, Simpson was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to both murders, a plea he repeated at his second arraignment on July 22. He stood trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman that took place on June 12, 1994. The football star eventually surrendered and was arrested. Simpson’s white Ford Bronco being chased across the California freeways by highway patrol officers. Millions of viewers across the country watched mesmerized when the fifth game of the NBA playoffs was interrupted for a live broadcast of O.
The jury ordered him to pay $8.5 million in compensatory damages to Goldman's parents. 4, 1997, a civil jury found Simpson liable for the murders of his ex-wife and Goldman. The murder of 18-year-old Michelle DeMarzo rocked Cranford Legal proceedings continueīut, while Simpson was acquitted in the trial, Simpson wasn't out of the woods yet. It's a verdict that doesn't uphold the evidence," Thompson said. "I think there's overwhelming evidence of his guilt.
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