The Verdict of the O. J. Simpson Murder Trial
2016 - revised 2021
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Electronic painting
An electronic painting of the verdict in the O.J. Simpson murder trial on October 3, 1995. The work is a study of the reactions to the verdict of the nearly one hundred people visible to the court video camera.
Despite an unprecedented amount of evidence, O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of the brutal murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman on the night of June 12, 1994. Simpson's "dream team" of defense attorneys convinced the jury of reasonable doubt by arguing for a manipulation of DNA evidence and racist misconduct by the LAPD. The case has been described as the trial of the century and the acquital polarized the nation along racial lines.
The "Dream Team" of defense attorneys with their defendant, from left to right: Bob Blasier, F. Lee Bailey, Robert Kardashian, O.J. Simpson, Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro
O.J. Simpson glances over his shoulder after the verdict has been read.
District Attorneys Christopher Darden, Marcia Clark, Bill Hodgman
Nicole Brown's family: sisters left to right: Denise, Dominque and Tanya; center: parents Judith, Louis Brown. Bottom right, Dominick Dunne, author.
Ron Goldman's family, left to right: Kim Goldman (sister), Bob Goldman (father), Patti Goldman (stepmother), Brian Glass (brother). Foreground: Los Angeles Police Detectives Tom Lange (moustache), Philip Vannatter far right. Far left, journalists Joe McGuinniss, Jeffrey Toobin, second last row left, Michelle Caruso, Bill Whitaker.
The Simpson Family, left to right:, Eunice Simpson (mother, in wheelchair), Arnelle Simpson (daughter), Marguerite Whitley (first wife), Jason Simpson (son), Shirley Baker (sister). Background: former LAPD chief Daryl Gates.
Defense team left to right: Gerald Uelmen, unidentified lawyer, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, Shawn Holly, Carl E. Douglas. Second row: Author Dominick Dunne, journalist Linda Deutsch
Judge Lance Ito, law clerks and court assistants.
