This Day in History:
O.J. Simpson Is Acquitted October 3, 1995 The former football star was
accused of a double murder
in the deaths of his estranged wife,
Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman. Following a racially charged
252-day trial, the jury
took just four hours to
deliver the not guilty verdict. It was the longest trial
ever held in California. An estimated 140 million
Americans listened in on
radio or watched on television
as Simpson was acquitted. In 1997, Simpson was forced to award
$33.5 million in a civil trial to the victim's families.