1 00:00:02,106 --> 00:00:03,937 [chains rattling] 2 00:00:16,204 --> 00:00:17,660 [door opens] 3 00:00:18,665 --> 00:00:20,030 Today's the day. 4 00:00:42,564 --> 00:00:44,680 -How do I look? -Like a star. 5 00:00:45,066 --> 00:00:47,557 Now, we don't know what Ito's going to allow, 6 00:00:47,652 --> 00:00:50,359 but we know Marcia's going to go crazy. 7 00:00:50,530 --> 00:00:54,443 So, if you get a chance to start talking, don't you stop. 8 00:00:55,285 --> 00:00:56,365 Let's go. 9 00:00:58,329 --> 00:01:00,445 Mr. Cochran, it is my understanding 10 00:01:00,582 --> 00:01:03,119 that you have discussed with your client his right to testify? 11 00:01:03,626 --> 00:01:04,911 Yes, Your Honor. 12 00:01:05,253 --> 00:01:07,289 Mr. Simpson is waiving his right. 13 00:01:07,672 --> 00:01:08,832 But if the court pleases, 14 00:01:08,923 --> 00:01:12,040 he would like to make a brief statement regarding the waiver. 15 00:01:12,427 --> 00:01:15,089 Your Honor, the People object to the defendant making any statement 16 00:01:15,179 --> 00:01:16,885 other than the waiver at this time. 17 00:01:19,058 --> 00:01:20,468 Counsel, he's not before the jury. 18 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,597 Yes, but we're all aware of the realities of this case. 19 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:26,096 The problem with conjugal visits and telephone calls 20 00:01:26,190 --> 00:01:27,976 that are only monitored on one side. 21 00:01:28,067 --> 00:01:29,773 This is an obvious attempt by the defense 22 00:01:29,861 --> 00:01:32,443 to get material to the jury that has not been admitted in court. 23 00:01:32,822 --> 00:01:34,733 It is inappropriate and deliberate. 24 00:01:35,366 --> 00:01:38,358 I strongly urge the court to exercise control 25 00:01:38,911 --> 00:01:41,493 and not permit testimony without cross-examination. 26 00:01:41,873 --> 00:01:43,955 Please, Your Honor. Don't do this. 27 00:01:45,043 --> 00:01:48,331 My goodness! There's a great deal of fear of the truth in this case. 28 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,464 Your Honor, this is still America. Can we still talk? 29 00:01:57,597 --> 00:01:59,588 All right, go ahead, Mr. Simpson. Briefly. 30 00:02:07,190 --> 00:02:08,555 Good morning, Your Honor. 31 00:02:09,025 --> 00:02:13,189 As much as I'd like to address some of the misrepresentations 32 00:02:13,821 --> 00:02:17,279 made about myself and my Nicole, 33 00:02:18,117 --> 00:02:19,698 concerning our life together, 34 00:02:21,162 --> 00:02:25,576 lam mindful of the mood and the stamina of this jury. 35 00:02:27,335 --> 00:02:31,578 I am confident, a lot more it seems than Miss Clark, 36 00:02:32,256 --> 00:02:33,837 about their integrity. 37 00:02:34,634 --> 00:02:37,626 And that they will find, as it now stands, 38 00:02:39,389 --> 00:02:42,131 that I did not and could not 39 00:02:43,518 --> 00:02:45,679 and would not commit this crime. 40 00:02:47,105 --> 00:02:48,515 l have four kids. 41 00:02:49,857 --> 00:02:51,939 Two kids I haven't seen in a year. 42 00:02:52,568 --> 00:02:57,483 And every week they ask me, "Dad, when are you coming home? 43 00:02:58,366 --> 00:02:59,697 How much longer?" 44 00:03:00,076 --> 00:03:01,907 -All right. -I just want this trial to be over. 45 00:03:01,994 --> 00:03:04,576 -All right, thank you, Mr. Simpson. -Thank you, Your Honor. 46 00:03:04,956 --> 00:03:07,493 You wanna address misrepresentations about you and Nicole, 47 00:03:07,583 --> 00:03:09,915 take a seat in the blue chair and we can have a discussion. 48 00:03:10,378 --> 00:03:11,663 [clears throat] 49 00:03:11,796 --> 00:03:14,879 Mr. Cochran, does the defense plan on calling any further witnesses? 50 00:03:28,396 --> 00:03:30,057 [music intensifies] 51 00:03:42,869 --> 00:03:44,200 We have ten jurors. 52 00:03:45,079 --> 00:03:46,239 We have nine. 53 00:03:48,708 --> 00:03:49,993 We have ten. 54 00:03:50,084 --> 00:03:52,826 And there's that friggin' demon. She hates me. 55 00:03:53,212 --> 00:03:55,077 I've gotten that look from all my ex-wives. 56 00:03:55,256 --> 00:03:56,462 [chuckles] 57 00:03:56,549 --> 00:03:58,335 Jesus! You and that demon! 58 00:03:58,426 --> 00:04:00,041 What did she ever do to you? 59 00:04:04,432 --> 00:04:05,467 What's up? 60 00:04:05,558 --> 00:04:07,264 Johnnie just got another death threat. 61 00:04:07,351 --> 00:04:09,307 Death threat? How many has he gotten? 62 00:04:09,395 --> 00:04:10,885 -|t's up to 20 now. -What? 63 00:04:10,980 --> 00:04:13,062 It's scary. Johnnie needs protection. 64 00:04:14,066 --> 00:04:16,022 I'm gonna insist he hire someone. 65 00:04:23,117 --> 00:04:29,158 "If the glove's too small, easy call. 66 00:04:32,001 --> 00:04:35,914 If the gloves don't fit..." 67 00:04:40,343 --> 00:04:42,550 [clamoring] 68 00:04:43,346 --> 00:04:46,008 [man] Today, the trial of the century reaches a crescendo 69 00:04:46,098 --> 00:04:47,884 as closing statements begin. 70 00:04:48,434 --> 00:04:52,473 Vegas odds-makers are offering six to five in favor of conviction. 71 00:05:02,365 --> 00:05:03,901 -Marcia. -Yeah? 72 00:05:05,076 --> 00:05:07,237 Please nail this. 73 00:05:26,097 --> 00:05:27,712 -Good morning. -Good morning. 74 00:05:28,850 --> 00:05:32,058 Ladies and gentlemen, we are coming close to the end, I promise. 75 00:05:32,812 --> 00:05:36,100 And I want you all to know how much I appreciate what you're doing here 76 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:37,520 for justice. 77 00:05:38,818 --> 00:05:41,104 And to thank you all from the bottom of my heart 78 00:05:41,821 --> 00:05:43,982 for the incredible sacrifices that you've made. 79 00:05:45,283 --> 00:05:46,272 Thank you. 80 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:51,152 I would like to begin by first addressing the issue of Mark Fuhrman. 81 00:05:52,039 --> 00:05:54,872 Just to be clear, is he a racist? 82 00:05:56,252 --> 00:05:57,241 Yes. 83 00:05:57,670 --> 00:06:00,127 Is he the worst LAPD has to offer? 84 00:06:00,590 --> 00:06:01,625 Yes. 85 00:06:01,799 --> 00:06:03,790 Should LAPD have ever hired him? 86 00:06:04,594 --> 00:06:05,583 No. 87 00:06:06,012 --> 00:06:08,799 Should such a person be a police officer? 88 00:06:08,890 --> 00:06:09,879 No. 89 00:06:09,974 --> 00:06:13,137 In fact, do we wish there were no such person on the planet? 90 00:06:14,645 --> 00:06:15,680 Yes. 91 00:06:17,106 --> 00:06:19,597 But the fact that Mark Fuhrman is a racist 92 00:06:19,692 --> 00:06:21,557 and lied about it on the witness stand 93 00:06:21,694 --> 00:06:23,309 does not mean that we haven't proven 94 00:06:23,404 --> 00:06:26,020 that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. 95 00:06:26,782 --> 00:06:30,240 And it would be a tragedy if O.J. Simpson were found not guilty 96 00:06:30,328 --> 00:06:34,241 because of the racist attitudes of one police officer. 97 00:06:35,708 --> 00:06:40,077 There is an ocean of evidence that has been unchallenged by the defense. 98 00:06:40,588 --> 00:06:44,126 In an attempt to distract you from it, they took you through a twisted road. 99 00:06:44,592 --> 00:06:47,083 One moment saying the police are bumbling idiots. 100 00:06:47,386 --> 00:06:50,002 The next moment saying the police are cunning conspirators. 101 00:06:50,264 --> 00:06:54,223 They threw out alternate theories hoping one would stick. 102 00:06:54,352 --> 00:06:56,968 But instead of focusing on those distractions, 103 00:06:57,897 --> 00:07:03,517 | ask you to consider the evidence the defense did not and cannot refute. 104 00:07:05,988 --> 00:07:09,446 The shoe prints at Bundy were from a size 12 Bruno Magli shoe. 105 00:07:09,909 --> 00:07:11,695 The defendant wears a size 12. 106 00:07:12,119 --> 00:07:14,735 Hair from the defendant was on the knit cap at Bundy. 107 00:07:16,207 --> 00:07:18,789 Hair from he defendant was on Ron Goldman's shirt. 108 00:07:19,794 --> 00:07:23,833 The glove found at Rockingham contains fibers that match Ron's hair. 109 00:07:24,590 --> 00:07:27,423 The glove contains fibers that match Nicole's hair. 110 00:07:28,135 --> 00:07:29,796 It has Nicole's blood. 111 00:07:30,179 --> 00:07:31,760 It has Ron's blood. 112 00:07:32,264 --> 00:07:33,925 It has the defendant's blood. 113 00:07:35,685 --> 00:07:39,269 The gloves are extra large, the defendant's size. 114 00:07:40,481 --> 00:07:43,188 Here are photos of the defendant wearing the Aris gloves 115 00:07:43,275 --> 00:07:44,936 at numerous football games. 116 00:07:45,861 --> 00:07:49,445 When limo driver Allan Park arrived, there was no Bronco out front. 117 00:07:49,865 --> 00:07:53,824 When he left with the defendant, there was now a Bronco parked outside. 118 00:07:59,375 --> 00:08:01,661 A drop of blood in the Bundy driveway 119 00:08:01,752 --> 00:08:06,917 matches the defendant at a rate of one in 170 million. 120 00:08:10,511 --> 00:08:13,002 Nicole's blood was on the defendant's sock. 121 00:08:13,973 --> 00:08:17,886 This was match at the rate of one in 6.8 billion. 122 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,602 The blood on the rear gate at Bundy 123 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,934 matches the defendant at the rate of one in 57 billion. 124 00:08:28,988 --> 00:08:31,730 There are only five billion people on the planet. 125 00:08:31,866 --> 00:08:34,699 That, ladies and gentlemen, is an identification. 126 00:08:36,829 --> 00:08:39,241 When the defendant was informed of his wife's death, 127 00:08:40,416 --> 00:08:42,156 he did not ask how she died. 128 00:08:44,462 --> 00:08:45,918 Think about that. 129 00:08:47,006 --> 00:08:50,373 He did not ask how she died. 130 00:08:53,095 --> 00:08:56,963 And then ask yourself, "Why?" 131 00:09:15,326 --> 00:09:18,989 [Chris] Ladies and gentlemen, to grasp this crime 132 00:09:19,580 --> 00:09:21,946 you must first understand Mr. Simpson's relationship 133 00:09:22,041 --> 00:09:23,247 to his ex-wife Nicole. 134 00:09:26,253 --> 00:09:28,494 It was a ticking time-bomb. 135 00:09:29,632 --> 00:09:32,874 The fuse was lit in 1985, the very year they were married. 136 00:09:33,761 --> 00:09:37,754 Officers responded after Mr. Simpson beat Nicole 137 00:09:38,682 --> 00:09:40,764 and took a baseball bat to her Mercedes. 138 00:09:41,602 --> 00:09:46,471 Then in 1989, Nicole had to call 911 again, fearing for her life. 139 00:09:47,691 --> 00:09:50,649 When officers arrived, Nicole ran towards them 140 00:09:50,820 --> 00:09:52,606 yelling, "He's going to kill me. 141 00:09:53,572 --> 00:09:55,062 He's going to kill me." 142 00:09:55,991 --> 00:09:59,575 She had a black-eye, a cut forehead, swollen cheek. 143 00:10:01,205 --> 00:10:04,948 In her torn bra, Nicole pleaded with the officers, 144 00:10:05,209 --> 00:10:10,249 "You've come up here eight times, you never do anything about him." 145 00:10:13,592 --> 00:10:14,923 [scoffs] 146 00:10:15,719 --> 00:10:19,132 And they want to tell you that the police conspired against Mr. Simpson. 147 00:10:19,682 --> 00:10:22,549 This case is not about the n-word. 148 00:10:23,102 --> 00:10:26,686 It is about O.J. Simpson and the m-word. Murder. 149 00:10:28,107 --> 00:10:30,598 Now, I'm not afraid to point to him and say he did it. 150 00:10:33,195 --> 00:10:34,310 Why not? 151 00:10:36,866 --> 00:10:38,697 The evidence all points to him. 152 00:10:42,746 --> 00:10:45,863 In February 1992, Nicole filed for divorce. 153 00:10:46,542 --> 00:10:49,579 She was running away from the man who said he'd kill her. 154 00:10:50,546 --> 00:10:52,332 She saw the explosion coming. 155 00:10:53,090 --> 00:10:56,002 Why else fill a safe deposit box 156 00:10:56,218 --> 00:10:59,301 with threatening letters from the defendant, a will, 157 00:11:00,014 --> 00:11:02,380 and police photos of past beatings? 158 00:11:03,267 --> 00:11:05,428 She knew that the bomb could go off at any second. 159 00:11:06,729 --> 00:11:11,189 And then it did. On June 12th, 1994, 160 00:11:11,567 --> 00:11:13,103 while their daughter danced, 161 00:11:13,277 --> 00:11:16,235 the defendant kept his eyes fixed on Nicole. 162 00:11:16,947 --> 00:11:17,936 Spurned. 163 00:11:18,449 --> 00:11:20,610 Now, imagine this defendant in the Bronco. 164 00:11:20,868 --> 00:11:23,484 He is full of anger and he is full of rage 165 00:11:23,579 --> 00:11:25,865 and it is night-time and he is driving, 166 00:11:26,123 --> 00:11:28,614 and the focus of his anger is Nicole. 167 00:11:29,126 --> 00:11:32,038 It is 10 o'clock and he's driving as fast as he can. 168 00:11:32,338 --> 00:11:33,919 He is out of control, folks. 169 00:11:35,049 --> 00:11:38,337 The fact that the kids were in the house means nothing to this man. 170 00:11:39,178 --> 00:11:41,294 Simpson has lost Nicole. 171 00:11:42,181 --> 00:11:44,593 And he is upset and angry. 172 00:11:45,309 --> 00:11:46,890 The fuse is getting shorter. 173 00:11:47,269 --> 00:11:49,134 The anger is building. 174 00:11:50,022 --> 00:11:54,106 The rage he has, the anger, the hate... 175 00:11:54,902 --> 00:11:57,393 Flows out of him and into the knife 176 00:11:57,655 --> 00:11:59,111 and from the knife into her. 177 00:11:59,907 --> 00:12:04,025 With each thrust of the knife into her body, there is a release. 178 00:12:04,912 --> 00:12:06,027 A small release. 179 00:12:08,082 --> 00:12:13,702 And he stabs and cuts and slices until that rage is gone. 180 00:12:14,546 --> 00:12:17,458 Until Nicole and Ron are gone. 181 00:12:22,137 --> 00:12:23,502 He's a murderer. 182 00:12:24,598 --> 00:12:26,930 He was also one hell of a great football player. 183 00:12:29,270 --> 00:12:30,680 But he's still a murderer. 184 00:12:55,629 --> 00:12:56,960 At the outset... 185 00:13:02,177 --> 00:13:06,637 Let me say that not one bit of domestic violence is tolerable. 186 00:13:08,142 --> 00:13:11,976 O.J. Simpson is not proud of some of the things 187 00:13:12,062 --> 00:13:13,893 that happened during his marriage. 188 00:13:14,231 --> 00:13:16,938 Does that add up to murder? No. 189 00:13:18,652 --> 00:13:22,019 Mr. Darden talked about 1985, 190 00:13:23,699 --> 00:13:25,530 but he missed the whole point. 191 00:13:26,702 --> 00:13:30,820 Something interesting happened in 1985. 192 00:13:32,708 --> 00:13:36,667 Mark Fuhrman responded to a call on Rockingham. 193 00:13:37,755 --> 00:13:41,998 He saw a white woman married to a powerful black man. 194 00:13:42,092 --> 00:13:45,550 He didn't like that. 'Cause he's a hardened racist. 195 00:13:45,888 --> 00:13:48,004 Mark Fuhrman is the one who said, 196 00:13:48,098 --> 00:13:50,965 "If I see an interracial couple, I'm gonna stop them. 197 00:13:51,185 --> 00:13:53,892 If I don't have a reason, I'm gonna make something up." 198 00:13:54,063 --> 00:13:56,645 So you have a lying Mark Fuhrman, 199 00:13:56,732 --> 00:14:00,566 the personification of evil, who found the gloves. 200 00:14:01,528 --> 00:14:05,567 But don't be fooled. This isn'tjust one officer. 201 00:14:06,075 --> 00:14:12,913 Mark Fuhrman represents the entire LAPD. 202 00:14:15,292 --> 00:14:17,283 Now, you may not know this, 203 00:14:18,295 --> 00:14:20,832 but you are empowered. 204 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,837 Your decision has a major implication, 205 00:14:25,928 --> 00:14:29,671 both in this courtroom and outside of it. 206 00:14:31,558 --> 00:14:33,298 Things happen for a reason in life. 207 00:14:37,064 --> 00:14:38,679 Maybe that's why we're gathered together. 208 00:14:39,441 --> 00:14:42,274 Something in your background, your character, helps you to know 209 00:14:42,611 --> 00:14:43,896 that this is wrong. 210 00:14:45,989 --> 00:14:49,527 Maybe you're the right people at the right time to be able to say, 211 00:14:49,827 --> 00:14:53,445 "No more. We can't have this." 212 00:14:53,705 --> 00:14:57,493 What they have done is disgraceful. 213 00:14:58,252 --> 00:15:00,914 O.J. Simpson is entitled to an acquittal. 214 00:15:01,171 --> 00:15:03,628 They have entrusted this case 215 00:15:03,882 --> 00:15:09,798 to a man who says he'd like to see all niggers gathered together and killed. 216 00:15:09,888 --> 00:15:11,253 That is genocide. 217 00:15:12,641 --> 00:15:16,099 That man speaks like Adolf Hitler. 218 00:15:17,438 --> 00:15:20,225 Now, since you can't trust the man 219 00:15:20,566 --> 00:15:22,477 and you don't trust the people, 220 00:15:22,734 --> 00:15:26,568 is it any wonder in the defining moment in this trial, 221 00:15:26,864 --> 00:15:29,856 when they asked O.J. Simpson to try on the glove 222 00:15:29,950 --> 00:15:33,158 and the glove didn't fit. It didn't fit because it wasn't his. 223 00:15:33,245 --> 00:15:36,362 If you don't stop this cover-up, who will? 224 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,786 Send them a message. 225 00:15:40,419 --> 00:15:46,415 Let them know that your verdict will travel far outside these walls. 226 00:15:46,967 --> 00:15:50,300 Ladies and gentlemen, remember these words... 227 00:15:51,221 --> 00:15:55,385 If it doesn't fit, you must acquit. 228 00:15:55,851 --> 00:15:58,684 If it doesn't fit, you must acquit. 229 00:15:59,229 --> 00:16:03,689 If it doesn't fit, you must acquit. 230 00:16:26,965 --> 00:16:28,421 [indistinct chatter] 231 00:16:30,427 --> 00:16:32,713 Well, that's it. Nothing else we can do. 232 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:35,300 How long do you think they'll take? 233 00:16:35,557 --> 00:16:38,515 On this trial, nothing has gone fast. Could be forever. 234 00:16:38,769 --> 00:16:40,509 Somebody hold the elevator, please. 235 00:16:41,230 --> 00:16:44,097 I'm getting the hell out. Taking my kids to Santa Barbara 236 00:16:44,191 --> 00:16:45,351 for some real family time. 237 00:16:46,151 --> 00:16:47,732 Call me if anything happens. 238 00:16:47,819 --> 00:16:50,902 -What if nothing happens? -Then call me in a month to say hi. 239 00:16:59,373 --> 00:17:01,785 Well, I've got a speech in Laguna Beach. 240 00:17:01,875 --> 00:17:03,490 A snack food convention. 241 00:17:03,627 --> 00:17:05,663 How the mighty have fallen. 242 00:17:06,088 --> 00:17:07,168 I'm flying back to New York. 243 00:17:07,297 --> 00:17:08,878 Vacation talk? I need one. 244 00:17:09,383 --> 00:17:12,090 Heading to the airport. I got a speech in San Francisco. 245 00:17:12,261 --> 00:17:14,798 You know what I would do? If I had the spare time, 246 00:17:15,138 --> 00:17:17,720 I would go up to Oscar De La Hoya's training camp 247 00:17:18,016 --> 00:17:21,008 and I would spend my day sparring and hitting the heavy bag. 248 00:17:22,104 --> 00:17:23,469 Bob, airport. 249 00:17:48,422 --> 00:17:49,662 [door opens] 250 00:18:11,862 --> 00:18:12,851 [clock ticks] 251 00:18:13,488 --> 00:18:17,857 Okay, I've never been a foreperson before. 252 00:18:17,951 --> 00:18:19,782 I've never even been on ajury before. 253 00:18:19,870 --> 00:18:23,533 So if any of you have suggestions, I'm open to hearing them. 254 00:18:24,458 --> 00:18:26,574 -Why not take a vote? -Al ready? 255 00:18:27,085 --> 00:18:30,953 I mean, just to get a sense of the room, like a straw poll. 256 00:18:31,256 --> 00:18:32,291 Yeah. 257 00:18:33,091 --> 00:18:35,673 That's good, but the instructions say 258 00:18:35,761 --> 00:18:37,672 that the voting should be done in secret, 259 00:18:37,888 --> 00:18:39,378 so nobody feels uncomfortable. 260 00:18:39,848 --> 00:18:42,555 So, why don't we just do paper ballots. 261 00:18:43,101 --> 00:18:44,807 Just write "guilty" or "not guilty." 262 00:18:49,566 --> 00:18:52,603 [suspenseful music begins] 263 00:19:09,044 --> 00:19:10,750 Okay, do I have everybody? 264 00:19:11,380 --> 00:19:12,495 All right. 265 00:19:13,882 --> 00:19:15,122 Here we go. 266 00:19:15,258 --> 00:19:17,715 -Anise, would you tally for us? -Sure. 267 00:19:18,512 --> 00:19:19,592 Okay. 268 00:19:21,848 --> 00:19:22,963 "Not guilty." 269 00:19:27,479 --> 00:19:28,685 "Not guilty." 270 00:19:31,566 --> 00:19:32,681 "Not guilty." 271 00:19:36,530 --> 00:19:37,610 "Not guilty." 272 00:19:41,910 --> 00:19:42,990 "Not guilty." 273 00:19:47,791 --> 00:19:48,906 "Not guilty." 274 00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:52,409 "Guilty." 275 00:19:57,801 --> 00:19:58,881 "Not guilty." 276 00:20:02,347 --> 00:20:03,462 "Not guilty." 277 00:20:06,727 --> 00:20:07,716 "Guilty." 278 00:20:13,191 --> 00:20:14,351 "Not guilty." 279 00:20:17,028 --> 00:20:18,438 And... "Not guilty." 280 00:20:21,366 --> 00:20:22,651 So, the tally is-- 281 00:20:23,076 --> 00:20:24,486 We can all do the math. 282 00:20:31,042 --> 00:20:32,407 Okay, I'll just say it. 283 00:20:32,711 --> 00:20:33,871 I voted "guilty." 284 00:20:35,213 --> 00:20:37,295 I mean, look at all the evidence. 285 00:20:37,466 --> 00:20:39,206 There is just so much. 286 00:20:40,051 --> 00:20:41,336 And what about all the facts 287 00:20:41,428 --> 00:20:43,419 that the defense didn't even bother to address? 288 00:20:43,513 --> 00:20:44,878 I mean, just that alone- 289 00:20:47,350 --> 00:20:49,636 There was so much blood at the scene. 290 00:20:49,978 --> 00:20:52,560 I'd make more of a mess in my car if! spilled a milkshake. 291 00:20:52,814 --> 00:20:56,773 Goldman had injuries on his hands, like he was defending himself. 292 00:20:56,985 --> 00:20:59,067 Why didn't O.J. have any marks on him? 293 00:20:59,154 --> 00:21:02,988 -What about the cut on his hand? -The gloves did not fit. 294 00:21:03,116 --> 00:21:04,697 Oh, now they did kinda fit. 295 00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:07,276 Looked to me like O.J. was just trying to not make 'em fit. 296 00:21:07,579 --> 00:21:09,160 Why were they not inside out? 297 00:21:09,539 --> 00:21:11,575 That's how they would be if he'd take 'em off. 298 00:21:11,666 --> 00:21:13,202 Shouldn't there have been more blood 299 00:21:13,293 --> 00:21:15,124 around the glove they found at O.J.‘s house? 300 00:21:15,295 --> 00:21:17,456 And wouldn't there be blood on the leaves? 301 00:21:17,547 --> 00:21:19,538 You can just ask Mark Fuhrman about that. 302 00:21:26,348 --> 00:21:27,713 There's too many mess-ups. 303 00:21:27,933 --> 00:21:30,174 Too much strange stuff going on in the thing. 304 00:21:30,769 --> 00:21:33,385 You will never convince me that he did it without a doubt. 305 00:21:33,522 --> 00:21:36,138 -Beyond a reasonable doubt. -Whatever. 306 00:21:36,233 --> 00:21:37,939 All right, all right. Look. 307 00:21:39,027 --> 00:21:40,517 You might think he did it. 308 00:21:41,196 --> 00:21:42,857 Hell, I might think he did it. 309 00:21:43,114 --> 00:21:46,072 But can we honestly sit here and say they proved it? 310 00:21:46,535 --> 00:21:49,618 I will never ever think they proved it. 311 00:21:51,581 --> 00:21:52,696 Never. 312 00:21:54,584 --> 00:21:56,290 Never ever. 313 00:22:05,136 --> 00:22:06,342 [phone ringing] 314 00:22:07,931 --> 00:22:08,966 Yes? 315 00:22:11,810 --> 00:22:13,220 You shitting me? 316 00:22:17,399 --> 00:22:19,640 They have a verdict. You need to get down to court. 317 00:22:23,822 --> 00:22:28,156 How can they have a verdict? They can't. It's impossible. 318 00:22:28,785 --> 00:22:31,652 Oh, come on, you're kidding. You're joking. 319 00:22:33,540 --> 00:22:35,656 Four hours. Four hours! 320 00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:39,538 It's only good. There's no way a jury convicts on a double homicide 321 00:22:39,629 --> 00:22:41,244 after four hours of debate. 322 00:22:41,590 --> 00:22:44,673 Not even four. To fill out the forms for "Guilty" takes an hour, 323 00:22:44,759 --> 00:22:46,169 then they had a lunch break. 324 00:22:46,261 --> 00:22:49,298 My God, they've discussed this case less than anybody in America. 325 00:22:59,691 --> 00:23:00,726 [upbeat music] 326 00:23:03,904 --> 00:23:04,893 [brakes squealing] 327 00:23:09,326 --> 00:23:10,691 What are these people doing here? 328 00:23:10,785 --> 00:23:13,242 Bob, you know I've been receiving death threats. 329 00:23:13,330 --> 00:23:14,911 I don't take my safety lightly. 330 00:23:14,998 --> 00:23:16,238 Especially not today. 331 00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:18,995 You couldn't do this without the help of Louis Farrakhan? 332 00:23:19,961 --> 00:23:22,418 -Robert, did you know about this? -Not until I got here, no. 333 00:23:22,505 --> 00:23:23,915 Do you know what this looks like? 334 00:23:24,007 --> 00:23:26,589 These are the same people who think that some Jews are the devil 335 00:23:26,676 --> 00:23:28,382 and that my people have no claim to Israel. 336 00:23:28,470 --> 00:23:31,007 -I had nothing to do with it. -I don't speak for Louis Farrakhan, 337 00:23:31,097 --> 00:23:33,463 but I trust him with my personal security and yours. 338 00:23:33,558 --> 00:23:35,970 How could you? You know appearance better than anyone. 339 00:23:36,061 --> 00:23:38,598 How could you, on the day of the verdict, this verdict, 340 00:23:38,855 --> 00:23:40,971 you arrive with strident black extremists. 341 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:43,182 Jesus, Bob! It's a secure way to get in and out 342 00:23:43,276 --> 00:23:45,016 of what could explode into hell. 343 00:23:45,195 --> 00:23:47,402 Just get in the van or I'll tell them your Jewish. 344 00:23:47,572 --> 00:23:49,779 0h, bullshit! This is... Step back! 345 00:23:50,325 --> 00:23:51,735 [Bob] This is just wrong. 346 00:23:51,910 --> 00:23:53,650 [exciting music] 347 00:24:01,962 --> 00:24:03,293 [tires screeching] 348 00:24:04,339 --> 00:24:07,046 [man] What the police department has done, is increase the number 349 00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:09,795 of uniformed officers at the Criminal Courts Building downtown. 350 00:24:11,012 --> 00:24:13,378 ...We'll be prepared for whatever comes about. 351 00:24:13,682 --> 00:24:17,140 Has justice been done in the courtroom... 352 00:24:17,894 --> 00:24:21,603 By the time you all see this, you will already know the O.J. verdict. 353 00:24:21,690 --> 00:24:23,851 Who's nervous? Is anybody nervous here? 354 00:24:24,192 --> 00:24:26,148 [clamoring] 355 00:24:39,374 --> 00:24:40,454 [door closes] 356 00:24:47,465 --> 00:24:49,626 It's a big day, huh, O.J.? 357 00:24:51,302 --> 00:24:52,587 The biggest. 358 00:24:54,305 --> 00:24:56,967 Hey, man, ljust want you to know. Guarding you in here, 359 00:24:57,934 --> 00:24:59,140 it's been a pleasure. 360 00:24:59,352 --> 00:25:01,764 There's a lot of real assholes that come through this place 361 00:25:01,855 --> 00:25:04,096 and you've always been a stand-up guy. 362 00:25:05,233 --> 00:25:07,144 Thanks, Eddie. Blade me? 363 00:25:13,783 --> 00:25:17,822 And l was hoping, before we go in, that maybe you could sign this... 364 00:25:20,331 --> 00:25:21,411 For my kid. 365 00:25:22,167 --> 00:25:24,328 Sure, Eddie, no problem. I can do that. 366 00:25:25,712 --> 00:25:26,747 Thank you. 367 00:25:28,423 --> 00:25:29,629 So nervous. 368 00:25:30,842 --> 00:25:32,298 Hope I don't cut myself. 369 00:25:39,476 --> 00:25:41,558 You know, I don't think you need to be nervous. 370 00:25:41,853 --> 00:25:43,093 I've been talking to my buddies 371 00:25:43,188 --> 00:25:45,270 over at the hotel where they're keeping the jurors. 372 00:25:47,275 --> 00:25:49,641 Let's just say I don't think you need to be nervous at all. 373 00:25:56,826 --> 00:25:58,441 [indistinct chatter] 374 00:25:58,703 --> 00:26:00,659 [crowd chanting O.J.] 375 00:26:13,051 --> 00:26:16,009 Four hours. How is that even possible? 376 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:18,303 Four hours? All this? 377 00:26:18,389 --> 00:26:21,597 All of it, and they go into a room and they talk about it for four hours? 378 00:26:21,684 --> 00:26:23,675 I thought I'd have weeks to get a statement ready. 379 00:26:23,770 --> 00:26:26,102 Two statements. Now I got... Oh, shit. 380 00:26:26,856 --> 00:26:28,312 I'll see you guys later. 381 00:26:29,859 --> 00:26:32,601 Statistically in a deliberation, this fast spells "guilty." 382 00:26:32,695 --> 00:26:34,151 Statistically, ! know, but- 383 00:26:34,239 --> 00:26:36,651 All they asked to be read back was the limo driver testimony. 384 00:26:36,741 --> 00:26:38,823 That... That sounds good. 385 00:26:39,577 --> 00:26:40,817 Really good. 386 00:26:43,081 --> 00:26:45,242 -I'm not going to say it. -Then I will. 387 00:26:46,626 --> 00:26:48,457 Marcia, what if we won? 388 00:26:58,388 --> 00:26:59,924 [gavel banging] 389 00:27:06,688 --> 00:27:07,677 [sighs] 390 00:27:30,753 --> 00:27:32,584 All right, can we have thejury, please? 391 00:27:38,094 --> 00:27:39,550 [suspenseful music builds] 392 00:28:06,206 --> 00:28:07,286 Thank you. 393 00:28:07,457 --> 00:28:09,493 May the record reflect we've now been rejoined 394 00:28:09,584 --> 00:28:11,916 by all the members of thejury panel and their alternates. 395 00:28:17,425 --> 00:28:19,507 All right, Mrs. Robertson, do you have the envelope 396 00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:21,334 -with the sealed verdict forms? -Yes. 397 00:28:21,596 --> 00:28:24,087 Would you please hand those forms over to Deputy Trower? 398 00:28:25,183 --> 00:28:27,970 And would you please return them to our foreperson, Juror Number One? 399 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,996 Madam Foreperson, would you please open the envelope 400 00:28:58,091 --> 00:29:00,127 and check the condition of those verdict forms? 401 00:29:00,385 --> 00:29:02,000 [paper rustling] 402 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:17,686 -Are they in order? -Yes, Your Honor. 403 00:29:17,902 --> 00:29:19,767 You have signed and dated those verdict forms? 404 00:29:19,988 --> 00:29:21,569 -Yes, Your Honor. -Thank you very much. 405 00:29:21,739 --> 00:29:23,570 Please send them back to Deputy Trower. 406 00:29:31,833 --> 00:29:32,948 Thank you. 407 00:29:57,442 --> 00:29:58,773 All right, Mrs. Robertson. 408 00:30:03,197 --> 00:30:04,687 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 409 00:30:11,122 --> 00:30:14,785 Mr. Simpson, would you please stand and face the jury? 410 00:30:38,191 --> 00:30:39,431 I would caution the audience 411 00:30:39,525 --> 00:30:42,187 during the course of the reading of these verdicts to remain calm. 412 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:43,605 If there's any disruption, 413 00:30:43,696 --> 00:30:45,937 the bailiffs will remove the persons responsible. 414 00:30:52,121 --> 00:30:53,110 [horn honking] 415 00:30:54,791 --> 00:30:55,951 All right, Mrs. Robertson. 416 00:30:56,292 --> 00:30:59,705 [Robertson] "Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 417 00:30:59,796 --> 00:31:02,208 in the matter of People of the State of California 418 00:31:02,548 --> 00:31:08,464 versus Orenthal James Simpson, case number VA097211. 419 00:31:09,305 --> 00:31:12,342 We, the jury, in the above entitled action, 420 00:31:12,433 --> 00:31:15,766 find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, 421 00:31:17,271 --> 00:31:19,557 not guilty of the crime of murder 422 00:31:19,649 --> 00:31:23,733 in violation of penal code section 187A, a felony, 423 00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:26,152 on Nicole Brown Simpson, a human being, 424 00:31:26,239 --> 00:31:29,197 as charged in Count 1 of the information." 425 00:31:30,076 --> 00:31:32,158 [cheering] 426 00:31:44,257 --> 00:31:46,873 [Robertson] "We, the jury, in the above entitled action, 427 00:31:47,009 --> 00:31:49,466 find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, 428 00:31:49,554 --> 00:31:52,011 not guilty of the crime of murder 429 00:31:52,140 --> 00:31:56,258 in violation of penal code section 187A, a felony, 430 00:31:56,352 --> 00:31:58,718 upon Ronald Goldman a human being, 431 00:31:58,813 --> 00:32:01,179 as charged in Count 2 of the information." 432 00:32:01,441 --> 00:32:02,430 [sobbing] 433 00:32:07,029 --> 00:32:08,144 All right. Thank you. 434 00:32:08,865 --> 00:32:09,854 [clears throat] 435 00:32:12,326 --> 00:32:13,566 Will you please be seated? 436 00:32:16,330 --> 00:32:17,820 Ladies and gentlemen of thejury, 437 00:32:17,915 --> 00:32:21,749 I am now going to excuse you from any further service on this trial. 438 00:32:22,086 --> 00:32:25,374 The burdens that we put upon you were enormous. 439 00:32:25,465 --> 00:32:28,172 And words cannot begin to express the debt that we owe you 440 00:32:28,259 --> 00:32:30,466 for your time and your patience that you provided to us, 441 00:32:30,553 --> 00:32:32,293 so thank you very much. 442 00:33:04,962 --> 00:33:07,624 [clamoring] 443 00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:20,516 [vomiting] 444 00:33:48,839 --> 00:33:50,625 l have nothing to say now. Sorry. 445 00:34:06,482 --> 00:34:09,064 [all] O.J.! O.J.! O.J.! O.J.! 446 00:34:09,151 --> 00:34:11,142 [shouting and clamoring] 447 00:34:39,098 --> 00:34:41,089 Twenty years in public service, 448 00:34:42,685 --> 00:34:45,643 and I feel like my headstone will say, "He lost O.J." 449 00:34:47,773 --> 00:34:49,013 [door opens] 450 00:34:49,108 --> 00:34:50,314 [woman] They're waiting. 451 00:34:51,235 --> 00:34:52,395 [Chris] I can't do it. 452 00:34:53,487 --> 00:34:55,273 | just can't go out there. 453 00:34:56,282 --> 00:34:58,318 We owe it to the families. 454 00:35:05,583 --> 00:35:07,244 I'm so ashamed. 455 00:35:17,553 --> 00:35:18,668 I don't... 456 00:35:19,472 --> 00:35:21,303 I don't want you to be hard on yourself. 457 00:35:21,432 --> 00:35:24,219 Yeah, because there are plenty of other people who can do that for me. 458 00:35:26,187 --> 00:35:29,896 I want you to know I admire you for what you did. 459 00:35:30,232 --> 00:35:32,188 For what? For botching an airtight- 460 00:35:32,276 --> 00:35:33,732 For making the case 461 00:35:34,654 --> 00:35:37,145 for the People of California, given what they threw at you. 462 00:35:39,325 --> 00:35:41,361 There were a lot of temptations to play their game. 463 00:35:44,664 --> 00:35:45,870 And you didn't. 464 00:36:16,529 --> 00:36:19,612 We are all profoundly disappointed with this verdict. 465 00:36:21,701 --> 00:36:25,535 But it was clear to me and to the prosecution 466 00:36:25,621 --> 00:36:27,657 that this was an emotional trial. 467 00:36:29,667 --> 00:36:34,286 And apparently the jury's decision was based on emotion, 468 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,040 and not reason. 469 00:36:37,883 --> 00:36:40,590 None of you will know the sacrifices that this team 470 00:36:41,345 --> 00:36:42,881 and their families have made. 471 00:36:44,807 --> 00:36:46,968 We're very proud of them. 472 00:36:47,143 --> 00:36:49,099 And we stand in front of you, 473 00:36:50,438 --> 00:36:52,053 with our heads held high. 474 00:36:54,817 --> 00:36:58,605 I'd like to give Marcia the opportunity to say thank you. 475 00:37:07,288 --> 00:37:09,870 I first want to extend my deepest thanks 476 00:37:10,082 --> 00:37:12,038 to the families of the victims 477 00:37:12,918 --> 00:37:15,159 to the Goldmans and to the Browns. 478 00:37:16,922 --> 00:37:21,165 Their strength, their dignity and their support throughout this trial 479 00:37:21,594 --> 00:37:25,553 has been a tremendous source of inspiration and strength to all of us. 480 00:37:29,310 --> 00:37:32,677 This case was fought as a battle for victims of domestic violence. 481 00:37:35,065 --> 00:37:39,934 We hope this verdict does not discourage the victims, 482 00:37:40,446 --> 00:37:43,483 who are out there throughout this country, from seeking help. 483 00:37:45,242 --> 00:37:48,484 I know there are women who are at this very moment 484 00:37:48,746 --> 00:37:51,408 living in fear, living in violence. 485 00:37:51,791 --> 00:37:55,579 Please, don't let this make you lose faith in our system. 486 00:38:00,007 --> 00:38:01,087 Thank you. 487 00:38:03,636 --> 00:38:04,716 Chris. 488 00:38:13,479 --> 00:38:14,935 Uhhh. 489 00:38:15,689 --> 00:38:19,181 If there is anything that ever motivated me throughout the trial, 490 00:38:19,276 --> 00:38:24,646 it was the idea, the notion that one day I would have to turn 491 00:38:26,158 --> 00:38:29,616 to the Goldmans and... 492 00:38:33,666 --> 00:38:37,955 With the realization that he had been acquitted. 493 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:45,504 But that is the verdict. That is the jury's position. 494 00:38:46,512 --> 00:38:47,877 That's their voice. 495 00:38:49,431 --> 00:38:51,092 And I accept that verdict. 496 00:38:54,395 --> 00:38:56,511 We came here in search ofjustice 497 00:38:58,649 --> 00:39:00,890 and you'll have to be the judges, I expect, 498 00:39:00,985 --> 00:39:05,729 as to whether or not any of us found it today. 499 00:39:09,577 --> 00:39:10,987 But I'm not bitter. 500 00:39:12,329 --> 00:39:13,535 And I'm not angry. 501 00:39:15,416 --> 00:39:18,374 But I'd also like to thank the lawyers 502 00:39:19,545 --> 00:39:21,331 on our prosecution team. 503 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,081 I am honored to have... 504 00:39:34,643 --> 00:39:35,849 [sobbing] 505 00:39:38,856 --> 00:39:42,223 Gil! Gil! Gil! You gonna look for the real killer now? 506 00:40:03,339 --> 00:40:04,624 [car alarm beeping] 507 00:40:15,184 --> 00:40:16,640 [car engine rewing] 508 00:40:16,769 --> 00:40:19,806 [woman on radio]...a repeat of the 1992 Rodney King trial. 509 00:40:19,897 --> 00:40:22,559 The scenes of violence that LAPD feared 510 00:40:22,691 --> 00:40:27,060 might result from the verdict have failed to materialize thus far. 511 00:40:27,613 --> 00:40:29,444 [man] If anything, what we're seeing, Tracy, 512 00:40:29,573 --> 00:40:33,566 are people taking to the streets not to riot, but to celebrate. 513 00:40:48,133 --> 00:40:49,418 What are we gonna do now? 514 00:40:57,309 --> 00:40:58,799 [music intensifies] 515 00:41:23,252 --> 00:41:24,332 Chris. 516 00:41:26,380 --> 00:41:27,665 Got a minute? 517 00:41:32,428 --> 00:41:36,637 I appreciate how hard you fought. 518 00:41:37,349 --> 00:41:39,510 Especially that closing. 519 00:41:42,229 --> 00:41:43,594 This was war. 520 00:41:43,897 --> 00:41:46,730 And you did a superb job. I respect that. 521 00:41:53,407 --> 00:41:57,366 I know how difficult this has been on you. 522 00:41:58,829 --> 00:42:00,490 And when the dust settles, 523 00:42:02,624 --> 00:42:05,787 I'd like to help bring you back into the community. 524 00:42:07,254 --> 00:42:08,539 Hmmm. 525 00:42:11,884 --> 00:42:13,124 I never left. 526 00:42:16,138 --> 00:42:19,175 You think I don't understand the situation? I get it. 527 00:42:19,892 --> 00:42:21,007 It's payback. 528 00:42:21,518 --> 00:42:23,509 O.J. is the first black defendant in history 529 00:42:23,604 --> 00:42:25,595 to get off because he's black. 530 00:42:27,649 --> 00:42:29,856 The people will see who the police really... 531 00:42:29,943 --> 00:42:32,935 All that people saw was how well you can twist the system. 532 00:42:33,906 --> 00:42:36,488 This isn't some civil rights milestone. 533 00:42:38,202 --> 00:42:40,318 Police in this country will keep arresting us, 534 00:42:40,996 --> 00:42:43,032 keep beating us, keep killing us. 535 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,037 You haven't changed anything for black people here. 536 00:42:49,171 --> 00:42:52,663 Unless, of course, you are a famous, rich one in Brentwood. 537 00:43:07,731 --> 00:43:09,642 [all cheering] 538 00:43:12,611 --> 00:43:15,193 Look at what we got here! 539 00:43:15,447 --> 00:43:18,439 Thank you. Look at this spread. It's so... 540 00:43:18,534 --> 00:43:20,866 Last minute. It's the best we could find at the market. 541 00:43:21,328 --> 00:43:23,569 -Thank you. Thank you, darling. -Welcome. 542 00:43:23,872 --> 00:43:26,329 From the very beginning, you encouraged me to do it. 543 00:43:26,625 --> 00:43:27,865 -Thank you. -Thank you. 544 00:43:28,001 --> 00:43:30,663 And to you, brother, the whole way. 545 00:43:31,046 --> 00:43:32,752 To you all, thank you. 546 00:43:33,048 --> 00:43:35,164 To you. For the journey. 547 00:43:35,509 --> 00:43:36,749 It has been a journey. 548 00:43:37,052 --> 00:43:38,417 -Hey, Johnnie! -Yes, darling? 549 00:43:38,804 --> 00:43:40,044 They talking about you. 550 00:43:40,180 --> 00:43:41,511 Oh, honey... 551 00:43:42,558 --> 00:43:43,593 Come on. 552 00:43:43,976 --> 00:43:45,432 I ain't gotta run no more? 553 00:43:45,853 --> 00:43:47,593 Today that's a good thing. 554 00:43:48,147 --> 00:43:49,603 I ain't got to run no more now. 555 00:43:49,857 --> 00:43:51,688 -No more running. -Look at this. 556 00:43:52,609 --> 00:43:55,521 It will be very interesting to see what this verdict will mean 557 00:43:55,612 --> 00:43:57,853 for the future of the LAPD. 558 00:43:58,699 --> 00:44:01,736 Johnnie Cochran has shed a light on long-hidden practices 559 00:44:01,827 --> 00:44:03,363 of excessive force. 560 00:44:03,579 --> 00:44:06,366 The Justice Department is said to be launching an investigation 561 00:44:06,456 --> 00:44:09,198 of the standards and practices of the LAPD. 562 00:44:11,503 --> 00:44:12,834 God, it's Clinton! 563 00:44:13,630 --> 00:44:14,915 You got the President. 564 00:44:15,007 --> 00:44:17,623 ...in terms of the way the Americans see the world differently, 565 00:44:17,718 --> 00:44:19,549 generally, based on their race. 566 00:44:22,306 --> 00:44:23,466 That troubles me. 567 00:44:23,557 --> 00:44:25,593 I think the only answer to that 568 00:44:26,602 --> 00:44:28,843 is for us to spend more time listening to each other 569 00:44:29,563 --> 00:44:31,929 and try to put ourselves in each other's shoes 570 00:44:32,024 --> 00:44:34,356 and understand why we see the world in different ways. 571 00:44:35,152 --> 00:44:37,939 And keep trying to overcome that. I would say... 572 00:44:38,030 --> 00:44:39,315 That's the victory. 573 00:44:40,657 --> 00:44:42,613 ...we have succeeded so far 574 00:44:43,577 --> 00:44:46,819 in managing the world's most multi-ethnic diversity... 575 00:44:47,581 --> 00:44:49,537 Our story is now out of the shadows. 576 00:45:11,313 --> 00:45:12,473 [knocking at door] 577 00:45:14,566 --> 00:45:15,772 Hey, big time. 578 00:45:21,198 --> 00:45:22,779 Did you see outside? 579 00:45:24,159 --> 00:45:25,774 People are celebrating. 580 00:45:29,915 --> 00:45:31,405 Celebrating the verdict. 581 00:45:34,962 --> 00:45:36,077 I'm going to resign. 582 00:45:36,255 --> 00:45:37,836 No, no. No, you can't do that. 583 00:45:37,923 --> 00:45:40,005 l was ready to resign before this case. 584 00:45:41,718 --> 00:45:43,959 Everything else here comes before doing the good. 585 00:45:46,056 --> 00:45:49,093 The politics, image, career. 586 00:45:51,937 --> 00:45:53,222 And it's not me. 587 00:45:56,525 --> 00:45:58,436 Maybe you're lucky it isn't. 588 00:46:00,529 --> 00:46:05,148 Maybe you have to have something inside you already 589 00:46:05,325 --> 00:46:07,657 when you get here, something that you have to make right. 590 00:46:08,996 --> 00:46:10,907 Something that you have to avenge. 591 00:46:20,007 --> 00:46:21,747 When I was 17, l was raped. 592 00:46:23,552 --> 00:46:25,793 l was raped in Italy by a waiter. 593 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:28,216 And | buried it. 594 00:46:29,516 --> 00:46:33,225 Didn't forget it, just sort of stuffed it. 595 00:46:36,273 --> 00:46:37,763 When I had my first rape case, 596 00:46:38,692 --> 00:46:42,435 what happened to me, of course, came flying out 597 00:46:42,696 --> 00:46:46,359 from whatever rock I'd jammed it under and I had to deal with it. 598 00:46:48,410 --> 00:46:51,823 And it was hell, all over again, in a way. 599 00:46:54,374 --> 00:46:56,660 But it made something very, very clear to me. 600 00:46:59,379 --> 00:47:04,043 I have something, this thing in me that wants vengeance. 601 00:47:05,093 --> 00:47:06,924 Vengeance for victims. 602 00:47:08,138 --> 00:47:09,969 That's what justice is to me. 603 00:47:12,184 --> 00:47:14,095 And I have always, always had faith 604 00:47:14,186 --> 00:47:17,178 that when I look at a jury, we have that in common. 605 00:47:18,315 --> 00:47:20,931 Everyone wants justice for victims, right? 606 00:47:23,695 --> 00:47:25,060 I never doubted that... 607 00:47:26,990 --> 00:47:28,070 Until this. 608 00:47:33,538 --> 00:47:35,028 After all they heard, 609 00:47:36,208 --> 00:47:38,073 after all they know... 610 00:47:38,335 --> 00:47:42,044 A man who beat and beat and terrorized his wife 611 00:47:42,130 --> 00:47:45,497 until he just snuffed her out. 612 00:47:51,556 --> 00:47:52,966 And they let him go... 613 00:47:55,227 --> 00:47:58,970 For reasons that have nothing to do with what he did to those two people. 614 00:48:02,692 --> 00:48:04,228 I don't know why they were here. 615 00:48:05,821 --> 00:48:08,358 And so, I don't know why I'm here. 616 00:48:13,161 --> 00:48:14,651 What happened to the waiter? 617 00:48:18,041 --> 00:48:19,531 Same thing that happened today. 618 00:48:27,092 --> 00:48:28,753 So what do you want to do now? 619 00:48:31,930 --> 00:48:33,591 Is it too early for a drink? 620 00:48:34,766 --> 00:48:35,846 No. 621 00:48:42,649 --> 00:48:44,389 ["Feeling Good" playing] 622 00:48:44,526 --> 00:48:47,734 J' Birds flying high You know howl feel J‘ 623 00:48:48,363 --> 00:48:52,652 J‘ Sun in the sky You know howl feel J‘ 624 00:48:54,744 --> 00:48:59,408 J‘ Breeze drifting on by You know howl feel I 625 00:49:01,334 --> 00:49:06,670 J‘ It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me J‘ 626 00:49:07,632 --> 00:49:11,124 [vocalizing] 627 00:49:27,777 --> 00:49:28,983 [sighs] 628 00:49:36,995 --> 00:49:38,075 Bobby... 629 00:49:39,915 --> 00:49:41,451 Bobby. Bobby. 630 00:49:42,459 --> 00:49:43,494 Bobby. 631 00:49:46,046 --> 00:49:47,081 Thank you. 632 00:49:47,881 --> 00:49:49,587 You were always there for me. 633 00:49:50,008 --> 00:49:51,248 You never doubted. 634 00:49:56,932 --> 00:49:59,844 I got a surprise for you. You wanna guess what it is? 635 00:50:03,271 --> 00:50:04,636 Something special. 636 00:50:06,650 --> 00:50:08,766 First day l was in here you gave me your Bible. 637 00:50:10,445 --> 00:50:13,482 I know how much it means to you so I want to give it back to you. 638 00:50:17,035 --> 00:50:18,366 Yes, it does. 639 00:50:23,959 --> 00:50:26,746 Oh, man. Bobby, we did it. 640 00:50:27,546 --> 00:50:30,208 We won. My man, it's time to celebrate. 641 00:50:31,508 --> 00:50:32,668 Get the hell out of here. 642 00:50:36,513 --> 00:50:38,253 That better not be a Bronco. 643 00:50:38,515 --> 00:50:41,222 I ain't going up the 405 in no damn Bronco. 644 00:50:42,602 --> 00:50:45,093 It's a... It's a Ford Aerostar. 645 00:50:55,240 --> 00:50:56,696 [upbeat music playing] 646 00:50:57,325 --> 00:50:59,532 [man on TV] Live picture now of the van carrying 647 00:50:59,619 --> 00:51:01,359 O.J. Simpson returning to his home. 648 00:51:01,454 --> 00:51:03,820 At 360 North Rockingham... 649 00:51:03,915 --> 00:51:06,452 [man 2] ...more than a year later, watching a white vehicle 650 00:51:06,543 --> 00:51:09,501 head for the Los Angeles expressway, with an innocent man. 651 00:51:09,879 --> 00:51:11,540 [man 3] ...We saw jubilation at the court house. 652 00:51:11,631 --> 00:51:13,667 It will be interesting to see what type of reaction 653 00:51:13,758 --> 00:51:16,215 he gets in his neighborhood. They have time to head there now. 654 00:51:16,303 --> 00:51:19,420 It is oddly reminiscent of the freeway chase, the slow speed chase... 655 00:51:22,475 --> 00:51:25,308 [man 4] O.J. Simpson returns home a free man. Not guilty. 656 00:51:25,395 --> 00:51:28,558 This is the first time O.J. Simpson has been here 657 00:51:28,648 --> 00:51:31,731 since February 12th, 1995. That was when the jury visited. 658 00:51:34,863 --> 00:51:36,353 It's all so beautiful. 659 00:51:36,990 --> 00:51:38,400 I've missed Brentwood. 660 00:51:40,285 --> 00:51:41,695 So what are you going to do first? 661 00:51:41,786 --> 00:51:43,777 Well, tonight, I'm gonna party. 662 00:51:44,414 --> 00:51:46,245 We got a real rager planned. 663 00:51:47,584 --> 00:51:50,542 Star Magazine is paying $400,000 664 00:51:50,629 --> 00:51:53,211 for the exclusive rights to take photos. 665 00:51:53,965 --> 00:51:56,331 I'm done dealing with the trial of the century. 666 00:51:56,843 --> 00:52:00,176 Tonight, I'm throwing the party of the century. 667 00:52:02,098 --> 00:52:04,635 I'm back, Brentwood. I'm back. 668 00:52:09,189 --> 00:52:12,022 Go back! Go back! Get out of here! 669 00:52:15,028 --> 00:52:16,313 Go on, get out of here! 670 00:52:16,488 --> 00:52:17,898 What the hell are they doing here? 671 00:52:18,823 --> 00:52:20,233 I was found not guilty! 672 00:52:22,327 --> 00:52:23,487 Some bullshit. 673 00:52:27,707 --> 00:52:29,993 [shouting and clamoring] 674 00:52:44,724 --> 00:52:47,056 [all cheering and applauding] 675 00:52:53,358 --> 00:52:54,347 Mom. 676 00:52:55,819 --> 00:52:57,775 -We|come home, Dad. -All right, man. 677 00:52:58,238 --> 00:53:00,479 -Welcome home, Juice. -Welcome home. 678 00:53:00,573 --> 00:53:02,063 Where's Sydney and Justin? 679 00:53:03,118 --> 00:53:04,983 The Browns didn't want to bring them over. 680 00:53:06,246 --> 00:53:08,658 Come on! Let's get you in the house, Juice! 681 00:53:08,748 --> 00:53:10,363 Welcome home, brother. 682 00:54:27,535 --> 00:54:29,116 [sobbing] 683 00:54:46,346 --> 00:54:47,927 [knocking on door] 684 00:54:51,684 --> 00:54:52,969 Yeah, come in. 685 00:54:54,771 --> 00:54:55,760 Hey. 686 00:54:56,314 --> 00:54:57,349 Hey, Dad. 687 00:54:58,608 --> 00:55:01,691 -Hey, you good? -Yeah, yeah, I'm good. 688 00:55:01,861 --> 00:55:04,147 It's a big day. 689 00:55:04,697 --> 00:55:06,187 -It feels big, right? -Yeah. 690 00:55:09,285 --> 00:55:11,492 What you got going under there? 691 00:55:12,288 --> 00:55:13,698 Who is this? 692 00:55:14,749 --> 00:55:16,705 Well, he doesn't have a name yet. 693 00:55:16,876 --> 00:55:18,241 [chuckles] 694 00:55:18,336 --> 00:55:19,701 But he's all yours, though. 695 00:55:20,129 --> 00:55:22,211 Why the hell did you get me a puppy? 696 00:55:24,050 --> 00:55:25,460 I don't know, ljust... 697 00:55:26,261 --> 00:55:28,297 Just wanted to make sure you always had a friend. 698 00:55:36,980 --> 00:55:40,097 [Barbara Walters] You've been called the architect of the defense team. 699 00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:42,186 You were the first one hired by O.J. Simpson, 700 00:55:42,277 --> 00:55:45,815 that was the day after the murders. Who hired Johnnie Cochran? 701 00:55:46,948 --> 00:55:48,108 I did. 702 00:55:48,199 --> 00:55:50,531 -You had to. -Johnnie Cochran was hired 703 00:55:51,661 --> 00:55:54,448 not just because he was a good lawyer, but because he was black? 704 00:55:54,873 --> 00:55:55,988 A combination of both. 705 00:55:56,082 --> 00:55:58,869 Mr. Shapiro, you said in the beginning 706 00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:01,451 that race would not be a determining part of this case 707 00:56:01,713 --> 00:56:03,544 and you would not play the race card. 708 00:56:03,631 --> 00:56:05,371 The race card was surely played. 709 00:56:05,967 --> 00:56:08,299 Barbara, my position has always been the same. 710 00:56:09,053 --> 00:56:11,795 Race should not and would not be part of this case. 711 00:56:12,140 --> 00:56:14,882 I was wrong. We not only played the race card, 712 00:56:15,476 --> 00:56:17,683 we dealt it from the bottom of the deck. 713 00:56:17,770 --> 00:56:19,431 Oh, now he's trying to take it back. 714 00:56:19,564 --> 00:56:22,021 Trying to get back in with his West LA. friends. 715 00:56:22,567 --> 00:56:23,977 -Jerk. -No, no, no, baby. 716 00:56:24,068 --> 00:56:25,353 That's the kinda shifty stuff 717 00:56:25,445 --> 00:56:27,652 that makes him the man to call when you need that. 718 00:56:28,740 --> 00:56:30,605 It's just Shapiro being Shapiro. 719 00:56:30,783 --> 00:56:32,648 That's enough of that. Time to party, y'all. 720 00:56:33,953 --> 00:56:37,616 Hey, Jason, call The Riviera and get my table for tomorrow night. 721 00:56:37,707 --> 00:56:39,288 -Make a reservation for ten. -Yeah. 722 00:56:39,375 --> 00:56:40,740 As a matter of fact, 15. 723 00:56:40,919 --> 00:56:43,035 Enough for everybody and a couple more too. 724 00:56:43,129 --> 00:56:44,369 -Okay, Dad. -Come on, let's celebrate. 725 00:56:44,464 --> 00:56:46,876 Juice! Welcome home! 726 00:56:47,175 --> 00:56:48,711 ["Everybody Everybody" playing] 727 00:57:06,235 --> 00:57:08,317 J‘ You won't belong to me I let you down J‘ 728 00:57:08,404 --> 00:57:09,814 Who are all these people? 729 00:57:10,031 --> 00:57:12,317 I don't know. Friends of friends, maybe. 730 00:57:12,659 --> 00:57:14,195 Where are the guys from the club? 731 00:57:14,285 --> 00:57:16,241 Where's Jerry, Craig, Don... 732 00:57:16,704 --> 00:57:18,114 Hell, where is Kato? 733 00:57:18,331 --> 00:57:19,787 I don't know, Juice. 734 00:57:19,916 --> 00:57:23,750 I Just let me off downtown Set me free J‘ 735 00:57:25,463 --> 00:57:31,333 I Set me free J‘ 736 00:57:31,427 --> 00:57:35,045 Excuse me! Excuse me, everyone. ljust want to make a brief statement. 737 00:57:35,139 --> 00:57:36,345 [music stops] 738 00:57:37,225 --> 00:57:38,214 Okay. 739 00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:41,892 "I am relieved that this incredible part of the nightmare 740 00:57:41,980 --> 00:57:45,313 that occurred on June 12th, 1994, is over. 741 00:57:46,317 --> 00:57:48,649 My first obligation is to my young children, 742 00:57:49,195 --> 00:57:50,435 Sydney and Justin, 743 00:57:50,655 --> 00:57:54,239 who will be raised the way that Nicole and I had always planned. 744 00:57:55,368 --> 00:57:57,108 Then when things settle down a bit, 745 00:57:57,578 --> 00:58:00,615 I will pursue as my primary goal in life 746 00:58:01,457 --> 00:58:06,918 the killer or killers who slaughtered Nicole and Mr. Goldman. 747 00:58:08,923 --> 00:58:10,663 They are out there somewhere. 748 00:58:11,342 --> 00:58:13,924 Whatever it takes, I will bring them in." 749 00:58:15,805 --> 00:58:16,965 Thank you. 750 00:58:17,348 --> 00:58:19,213 [light clapping] 751 00:58:29,152 --> 00:58:30,267 Okay, music. 752 00:58:30,403 --> 00:58:31,939 ["Everybody, Everybody" playing again] 753 00:58:32,822 --> 00:58:34,312 [O.J.] Let's dance, y'all. 754 00:58:45,793 --> 00:58:47,624 Hey, Uncle Bobby, you're leaving already? 755 00:58:48,004 --> 00:58:49,369 I'm done, Jason. 756 00:59:08,107 --> 00:59:09,563 [music continues] 757 00:59:28,461 --> 00:59:31,919 Hey, man, I knew you were innocent the whole time. Congrats. 758 00:59:33,549 --> 00:59:35,005 I'm sorry, I'm a little... 759 00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:38,672 How we know each other? Did we play golf together or something? 760 00:59:40,181 --> 00:59:41,637 No I'm a waiter. ’ 761 00:59:44,310 --> 00:59:46,301 -Do you want your drink refilled? -No, I'm good. 762 00:59:50,983 --> 00:59:52,939 -Hey, Dad. -0h, hey, son. 763 00:59:53,069 --> 00:59:55,276 Hey, I called The Riviera, they can't take us. 764 00:59:55,613 --> 00:59:56,944 What do you mean? 765 00:59:57,573 --> 01:00:00,155 Call them back, ask for Marco. He'll make room for me. 766 01:00:00,243 --> 01:00:01,403 I did. 767 01:00:01,994 --> 01:00:03,734 Marco said he doesn't have a room for you. 768 01:00:07,250 --> 01:00:10,492 Well, to hell with The Riviera. I'll find another place. 769 01:01:03,931 --> 01:01:05,967 [crowd cheering] 770 01:01:11,939 --> 01:01:13,975 [man] O.J. Simpson! 771 01:01:17,987 --> 01:01:20,273 [cheering fades] 772 01:01:21,449 --> 01:01:23,690 ["Ain't No Sunshine" playing] 773 01:04:36,769 --> 01:04:38,305 [theme music playing] 774 01:05:25,484 --> 01:05:26,599 sferastudios