As reported by In Touch Weekly, Jason had been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and was on probation on the evening Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death. Jason’s conviction was related to an incident in which he attacked his previous boss with a knife. However, authorities have never named Jason as a suspect or a person of interest in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson or Ronald Goldman.
Following the announcement of O.J.’s acquittal, several jurors were interviewed and asked why they determined he was not guilty. According to CNN (via Newsweek), juror Brenda Moran said, “In plain English, the glove didn’t fit.” She also said the prosecution’s focus on accusations that Simpson abused his former wife was “a waste of time.”
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Another juror, David A. Aldana, said the evidence presented against Simpson “just didn’t add up,” and so was confident in his decision to find the defendant not guilty.
Newsweek reports juror Lionel Cryer said he and the other jurors “felt there were a lot of opportunities for … contamination of evidence … ” In Cryer’s opinion, the evidence presented was “garbage in, garbage out.”
It has been suggested that the jury’s acquittal of Simpson was racially motivated, as Simpson, as well as nine jurors, were Black. However, Columbia Law School professor, Patricia Williams, argues the verdict had nothing to do with race (per NPR).
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