deal of accurate inside knowledge, including Florio-Bunten’s One page of the report was a photocopy lacking staple holes found in the originals. He stated he discovered shoe imprints near the murder scene that could not have come from the shoes the prosecution claims Simpson wore the night of the murders, suggesting a second attacker was present. The O.J. He denied planting the bloody glove at Simpson's home because no one knew his blood was on it until two days later when the labs tested it. [26][34] He was the first scientist to handle and perform PCR analysis on several key evidence items, including the Rockingham glove and the sock from Simpson's bedroom. He stated his taking the 5th amendment was at the suggestion of his attorney.[160][161]. [90] He then compared both of those results to his preserved blood in a blood test tube and showed they were not even close. © 2020 Condé Nast.

)", "Johnnie Cochran's 'Journey' An Exercise In Self-Aggrandizement | The Spokesman-Review", "Mark Fuhrman Slams The People v. O.J. all offering sympathy and suggestions for how we could pull ourselves out of this nosedive. freelance effort by an insider to help Simpson’s cause, or part of a ", "Simpson Prosecutors Describe New DNA Evidence, but Judge May Rule It Inadmissible", "Simpson Civil Trial transcript 12-12-96", "Simpson Civil Trial Transcript 12-12-96", "Simpson Civil Trial Transcripts 12-12-96", "Shoeprint at Murder Scene Not O.J.Simpson's, Says Forensic Expert", "O.J. First he allowed the defense to argue that some of the evidence was planted despite producing no evidence that it was. It is chronic in the sense that it doesn't go away. The only possible scenario would be a mixture of two persons DNA being typed, Simpsons and the "Real Killer" if cross-contamination occurred, but only Simpsons was found. Using a reference article from the EPA, he testified that because the amount of EDTA in that blood is measured in "parts-per-million" (PPM) and the reference article states normally EDTA in the blood should only be detectable in "parts-per-billion" (PPB), the evidence blood contains a thousand times more EDTA than it should. Rieders also admitted that he proposed to test Simpson and Browns preserved blood for EDTA levels and compare those results to the evidence sample to confirm his claim but the defense declined to have the test done. His review found nothing negative to say about the tests from the State Department and Cellmark Diagnostics, concluding those results are likely valid and If he testified he would have to turnover his reports stating the reasons why he reached that conclusion. The destruction of LAPD criminalist Dennis Fung was so complete that Simpson defense attorney Barry Scheck seemed reluctant to end it. Simpson and defended themselves against corruption allegation writing that no blood from either Nicole Brown or Ron Goldman's reference vial was ever said to be missing and Dennis Fung had testified that the vial of Simpsons blood Vannatter delivered to him at Rockingham was still sealed in its envelope. The drama played out last week in Judge Lance Ito's courtroom could have been titled "The Terminator" instead of "People vs. Orenthal James Simpson." They were wrong", "Simpson civil trial transcripts - December 12 1996", "Was DNA Evidence in O.J. For most, this would be the closest they’d come to fame, both proximity to fame and as known figures themselves. NEWSWEEK has learned from two police sources that none of the blood collected by investigators - including Simpson's sample--was officially booked into evidence until June 16, four days after the murders. [162], Vincent Bugliosi published Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder (1997) and writes the jury had dismissed the blood evidence by jury deliberations, noting they did not even ask to review it prior to rendering their verdict. positive that he hadn’t collected any evidence until the coroner’s The rapprochement ended a tense day in which a plainly angry Ito halted Scheck in his tracks when he persistently tried to suggest to jurors that police planted Simpson’s blood to frame him for two murders.