What is O. J. Simpson murder case?
The ''' O. J. Simpson murder case''' (officially '''''People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson''''') was a criminal trial held in [[Los Angeles County Superior Court]]. Former [[National Football League]] (NFL) player, broadcaster, and actor [[O. J. Simpson]] was tried on two counts of murder for the June 12, 1994 slashing deaths of his ex-wife, [[Nicole Brown Simpson]], and her friend [[Ron Goldman]]. At 12:10&nbsp;a.m. on June 13, Brown and Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her condominium in the [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]] neighborhood of Los Angeles. Simpson was a [[person of interest]] in the murders. He did not turn himself in, and on June 17 he became the object of a low-speed pursuit in a white 1993 [[Ford Bronco]] [[SUV]] owned and driven by his friend [[Al Cowlings]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/18/us/the-simpson-case-the-fugitive-simpson-is-charged-chased-arrested.html |title=The Fugitive: Simpson Is Charged, Chased, Arrested |last=Mydans |first=Seth |date=June 18, 1994 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> The pursuit was watched live by an estimated 95 million people.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdbQMywnrdwC&pg=PA174 |title=Crimes of the century: from Leopold and Loeb to O.J. Simpson |last1=Gilbert |first1=Geis |last2=Bienen |first2=Leigh B. |publisher=Northeastern University Press |year=1988 |isbn=978-1-55553-360-1 |page=174}}</ref> The pursuit, arrest, and trial were among the most widely publicized events in American history. The trial—often called the [[trial of the century]] because of its international publicity—spanned eleven months, from the [[Juror's oath|jury's swearing-in]] on November 9, 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=12 Simpson Jurors Are Sworn In : Trial: The eight-woman, four-man panel is predominantly black. Fifteen alternates will be added in coming months . |date=November 4, 1994 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-04/news/mn-5