Mishandling of the O.J. Simpson Police Investigation.
In June 1994, football legend O.J. Simpson was charged with the double murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her acquaintance, Ron Goldman. Despite vast amounts of evidence linking Simpson to the crime scene he was ultimately acquitted, at least in part because of police negligence in handling the investigation. This paper traces the events surrounding the murders and subsequent investigation to show how the LAPD failed to provide key evidence and allowed doubts to arise over the credibility of physical evidence it had gathered. 7 pgs. 5 f/c. 5b.
