CBS Evening News - O.J. Simpson verdict - 1995-10-03
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[0:00] The OJ verdict. What you didn't hear in
[0:02] court on the next hard copy. Moment of
[0:06] decision and America comes to a stop.
[0:09] Mr. Mr. uh Simpson, would you please
[0:11] stand and face the jury? We the jury in
[0:13] the above entitled action find the
[0:15] defendant or Orinthal James Simpson not
[0:18] guilty of the crime of murder in a
[0:20] mother's relief. I knew that my son was
[0:22] innocent. A father's pain. Justice was
[0:27] not served. OJ Simpson, home free now,
[0:31] vows to track down the real killer.
[0:35] [Music]
[0:37] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:41] Rather. Good evening. The crime was
[0:43] shocking, the verdict dramatic. The
[0:45] trial of OJ Simpson is over. He is not
[0:48] guilty. Correspondent Bill Whitaker
[0:50] begins our coverage of the today's
[0:52] events.
[0:55] Mr. Uh, Simpson, would you please stand
[0:57] and face the jury? Even today, as OJ
[1:00] Simpson looked directly at them, the
[1:02] members of the jury refused to return
[1:04] his gaze, instead staring straight
[1:06] ahead, stealing fertive glances at the
[1:09] audience as the clerk of court read. The
[1:12] world, it seemed, held its breath. In
[1:14] the matter of the people of the state of
[1:15] California versus Orinthal James
[1:17] Simpson, case number BA097211.
[1:21] We the jury in the above entitled action
[1:23] find the defendant or Orinthal James
[1:26] Simpson not guilty of the crime of
[1:27] murder in violation of penal code
[1:29] section 187 a a felony upon Nicole Brown
[1:33] Simpson. The words exploded upon the
[1:36] courtroom after 167 days of bitter
[1:39] trial. Team Simpson dissolved in relief.
[1:42] Prosecutors froze in stunned disbelief
[1:45] braced for the second verdict. We the
[1:47] jury in the above