Mistakes Made In The Oj Simpson Case

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The O.J. Simpson case was one of the most famous criminal justice cases to date. Unfortunately, much of the case displayed the failure of the criminal justice system, especially on the part of how evidence against O.J. was collected. I will touch on some of the mistakes made in evidence collecting and the 2 research questions I look to answer for my course project.
Mistakes made
Famed forensic expert Henry Lee pointed out there was much evidence that had no explanation of where it came from or wasn’t logged in(Abdollah, 2014). Some key evidence of blood on a pair of socks in O.J.’s home wasn’t discovered until two months later(Abdollah, 2014). Also, inexperienced forensic technicians collected the majority of evidence
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