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Amanpour

Looking back at OJ Simpson

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

OJ Simpson has died from cancer at age 76. The former NFL star was the center of American attention in the mid-1990s, accused of brutally killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Criminal defense attorney and legal analyst Joey Jackson and Ann Olivarius, an attorney who specializes in sexual harassment cases, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss.  Alson on today's show: Yusef Salaam, New York City Councilmember, former member of the Central Park Five; Juliette Kayyem, Former Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Amampur. Here's what's coming up.

0:08.0

The mass kidnapping that shocked the world. We revisit Nigeria's Chibok girls,

0:17.8

ten years since their lives would change forever.

0:20.6

And having been run over by the spike of was of justice

0:25.0

I was I thought that that was the end of my life.

0:28.0

The unbelievable life story of Youssef Salaam

0:31.0

imprisoned as a teen for a crime he did not commit, the exonerated

0:36.1

Central Park Five member tells me how it felt to win a seat on the New York City Council.

0:41.6

Plus, there are large groups and organizations that are preparing to continue the fight.

0:47.8

Is America prepared for political violence?

0:50.9

Homeland Security expert Juliet Kiam tells Har Svinovasan, the government needs

0:56.0

to get serious about potential election reaction. And then. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Montpur in New York. In his

1:20.6

criminal trial and now in death he takes up so much oxygen.

1:25.0

O.J Simpson has died from cancer at the age of 76.

1:29.0

The former NFL star was the center of American attention in the mid-90s accused of brutally killing

1:35.9

his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

1:40.4

The TV trial gripped the country and his eventual acquittal was a pivotal moment in the American cultural landscape.

1:47.0

However, two years later, a jury in a civil trial found O.J. Simpson liable for their deaths and ordered him to pay 33.5 million dollars

1:56.6

in damages.

1:58.4

Simpson's trouble with the law did not end there.

2:01.0

He was arrested in 2007 in Las Vegas and found guilty of 12 charges

2:05.8

including kidnapping and armed robbery. He was released from prison in 2017.

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