The 1995 criminal trial of O.J. Simpson for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. The trial, dubbed the "trial of the century," garnered significant media attention and ultimately ended in Simpson's acquittal. The text explains the murders, Simpson's flight to Chicago, the initial investigation and arrest, the preliminary hearing, and the trial itself. It outlines the prosecution's case, focusing on the significant amount of DNA evidence linking Simpson to the crime scene, and the defense's case, which argued the evidence was compromised and contaminated, likely due to police misconduct. The text also details the civil trial, which concluded with Simpson being found liable for the deaths of Goldman and Brown, as well as the trial's impact on popular culture and race relations in America.