Cuzzo...clearly you didn't follow the OJ trial closely. How old were you in 1994/95 and where were you?
In order to understand the jury's decision, first you have to know it's makeup. Second, you have to understand the history of the LAPD and its alleged police brutality against minorities. Third, you have to understand the other major trial the preceded the OJ trial, namely, the Rodney King beating and the subsequent acquittal of the officers who brutally beat him and LA riots of 1992 that ensued.
Then, you have to look at the change of venue (which I and other more qualified commentators thought it was the major reason for the acquittal). The double-murders occurred in Brentwood, which is served by the Santa Monica judicial district.
The chief prosecutor, Gil Garcetti applied for change of venue to move the trial from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles. Now, the demographics of these two cities at least at the time, were very different. Santa Monica was more white and affluent whereas L.A. was more diverse and more likely to find jurors who could sympathize with OJ especially after his lead attorney adroitly played the race card.
Ask any legal commentator in the US and they will tell you that many times a case is won or lost during the impaneling of the jury.
So, the mistake of moving the trial to downtown L.A., asking OJ to try on the gloves (which had probably shrunk from the time they were used by the killer), and the cross-examination of the lead detective who lied under oath that he wasn't a racist when in fact he was, throw in the Rodney King beating and the bad reputation the LAPD had, it was much easier for the defense counsels to raise enough doubt in the minds of the jurors whom 9 out 12 were African-Americans and get the acquittal.
Now you tell me, how did OJ's blood [DNA] get to the murder scene? How did the victim's blood get in OJ's car? And how come he didn't have an ironclad alibi? Can you explain the Bronco chase? Why would a man who is not guilty be a fugitive from justice?
He is now rotting in jail in Las Vegas. His status didn't help him this time. Why? You wouldn't guess it but I can - look at racial makeup of the jury that convicted. He was sentenced to jail for 33 years for something so stupid in my opinion.
Did you even know he was in jail?