By Wonderwall.com Editors
5:00pm PDT, Apr 13, 2024
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The "Trial of the Century" was a ratings bonanza for TV networks in 1995, but newspapers also covered every moment of the O.J. Simpson criminal murder case that year.
After the former football star was acquitted of killing former wife NIcole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, who were brutally butchered in 1994 outside her condo in Los Angeles's Brentwood neighborhood, ink-stained journalists and headline writers rushed to spread the word.
On Oct. 3, 1995, the New York Post published a special edition that screamed the words "Not Guilty!" In smaller print it said, "Jury clears Simpson in murders."
Click through to see how newspapers around the world covered the stunning 1995 verdict…
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The front page of the Oct. 3, 1995, New York Post said, "The Envelope Please," likening the verdict to an award show reveal. Smaller letters said: "All eyes on O.J. as jury reveals stunning verdict."
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One day after the verdict was announced, on Oct. 4, 1995, the Daily News said O.J. Simpson was "HOME FREE." The cover featured an image of the former football star at his Brentwood home alongside his emotional best friend, Al Cowlings.
Al drove O.J. around Los Angeles during the infamous white Bronco freeway chase.
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TV reporter Pat Lalama read The Los Angeles Times on Oct. 4, 1995, after O.J. Simpson's not guilty verdicts came in. The headline read: "Simpson Not Guilty – Drama Ends 474 Days After Arrest." Below the headline was a photo of O.J. in court hearing the verdict for the first time.
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The "Trial of the Century" was of interest across the world. A Filipino newspaper displayed the words: "Simpson cleared of double murder" on Oct. 4, 1995.
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Judge Lance Ito holds the verdict envelope on Oct. 2, 1995, following the announcement by the jury that they had reached a verdict in the year-long O.J. Simpson double murder trial in Los Angeles. The verdict — not guilty — was read on Oct. 3, 1995.
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O.J. Simpson and his defense team are photographed after his not guilty verdict is read in a Los Angeles courtroom on Oct. 3, 1995, at the conclusion of what was dubbed the "Trial of the Century."
