The OJ Simpson Verdict | 7
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of History of the 90s we are looking back at one particular day in 1995 that was the climax of a trial that gripped the public’s attention. October 3rd marks 24 years since 95 million people watched live on TV as the verdicts were read in the OJ Simpson Murder Trial.
After an eight month trial, the country waited anxiously to find out what would happen on the streets of Los Angeles If OJ was found guilty. Police were on standby outside the L.A. county courthouse in case there was a riot similar to the recent Rodney King related riots. Â
Host Kathy Kenzora takes a look back at that day from a special perspective. She was outside the L.A. County courthouse with a microphone and tape recorder covering the reaction for a Toronto radio station. This episode, which first aired on her previous podcast The History of 1995, recreates a day that lives on in infamy.Â
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
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| 0:10.7 | All right, Mr. Simpson, would you please stand and face the jury? |
| 0:17.1 | Mrs. Robertson. |
| 0:18.6 | Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles. |
| 0:21.6 | In the matter of the people of the state of California versus Ornthal James Simpson, case number B.A. 097211. |
| 0:29.6 | Where were you on October 3, 1995? |
| 0:33.6 | Does that date ring a bell? |
| 0:35.6 | No? Well, what if I told you? |
| 0:38.2 | It's when O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. |
| 0:45.9 | Take a minute. Think back. |
| 0:47.9 | We, the jury, in the above entitled action, find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder, |
| 0:54.7 | in violation of penal code Section 187A, a felony upon Nicole Brown Simpson, |
| 1:00.3 | a human being as charged in count one of the information. |
| 1:03.6 | Do you remember that day now? |
| 1:05.4 | We, the jury, in the above-entitled action, find the defendant, |
| 1:08.3 | Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder, |
| 1:11.5 | and violation of Penal Code Section 187A, a felony upon Ronald Lyle Goldman, a human being, |
| 1:17.9 | as charged in count two of the information. |
| 1:20.4 | I can tell you where I was. |
| 1:22.8 | I was in Los Angeles, sent there the night before, by my news director in Toronto, |
| 1:29.2 | to cover one of the most anticipated verdicts in history. I'm Kathy Kinsora, and this is the history of the 90s, a podcast |
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