u/ConferenceThink4801 breaks down the evidence against OJ Simpson from DNA, to previous wardrobe items, to stalking at various times.

• The gloves were expensive gloves that Nicole bought for OJ (& there was a receipt that proved he owned the exact same pair). Why does a guy who lives in LA need gloves? He traveled calling MNF games & needed them when he was in a cold climate. One bloody glove was found at the murder scene, the other one behind the guest house on OJ’s property.

• The shoeprints in blood at the scene were from expensive Italian dress shoes that OJ was photographed wearing at a football game (& they were the same size).

• Ron Goldman’s blood was in OJ’s Ford Bronco. Nicole had been in the car so her blood could have another reason for being there, but Ron Goldman’s blood had no other reason for being in there.

• OJ was on the record as having creeped around Nicole’s condo after dark, peeping in windows watching her with other men & then bringing it up to her later. This puts him on her property creeping around after dark on any random night (& the murders happened around 10pm).

• The murders also just happened to occur on a night where OJ had a late night flight to Chicago prescheduled (which could be seen as an attempt at setting up an alibi). Another odd coincidence.

• Nicole’s 1993 911 call is an interesting listen if you haven’t heard it before.. They’re arguing over the kids at one point because Nicole doesn’t want them to hear the fighting. OJ says “you didn’t give a *** about the kids when you were sucking his **** in the living room, they were here”*. This is a reference to OJ peeping in her windows at night & watching her perform a sex act on another man. OJ confronted Nicole & the man at a later date & reportedly asked the guy "so, was she any good at it?"

Everyone knew he did it, but because interracial relationships were more rare at the time, it tended to put black men in a negative light. OJ was ultra famous & became a poster boy for an entire group of people - fair or foul.

People didn’t like this, so they decided to grasp at straws & use misdirection to focus on something other than the evidence. Mark Fuhrman gave the perfect misdirection & reason for people who were uncomfortable with the black/white dynamic of the case to deny that it happened & acquit OJ.

DNA also didn’t carry the weight it does now back then. IIRC they had to have weeks of expert testimony to even explain to the jury what DNA is & why it’s the best evidence you can have from a crime scene (short of a video of the crime happening).

Another fun fact most people don’t know. Johnnie Cochran - who was propped up as a hero in the black community- was married to an African American woman & had a family with her, but he also had a white mistress & a child with her in a different city. He met her when he acted as an attorney on a case for her. This was back at a time where just having different women in different cities was a pretty easy way to keep the situation a secret.

Johnnie Cochran also had a history that included domestic violence accusations made against him by an ex-wife.

And top comment response:

/u/pmyourthongpanties: don't forget the case was fucked from the getgo when the police didn't fully document the chain of custody on evidence.