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    LA Observed

    A Look Back at the O.J. Trial

    This week, it’ll be 20 years since the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, at her home in the Brentwood neighborhood of L.A.

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    By Kevin Roderick • Jun 9, 2014 • 4m Listen

    This week, it’ll be 20 years since the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, at her home in the Brentwood neighborhood of L.A., a double murder whose main suspect for police was a former football-turned-TV-turned-running man through airport commercial star, Orenthal James - O.J. - Simpson. Which, as we all remember, led to a police chase 5 days after the murders. That slow-chase down the 405 freeway, and the subsequent arrest, trial and acquittal of Simpson in those murders captured – and then hijacked – the attention of America for 8 months.

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