O.J. Simpson: Criminal Profile
“I’m absolutely, 100 percent, not
guilty.
-O. J. “The Juice” Simpson
Basic Background:
• Born in San Francisco
▫ July 9, 1947
• Retired Football player.
▫ played for Buffalo Bills and 49ers for 11 years
▫ first player to rush for more than 2000 yards in a
season
• Career as broadcaster and actor.
▫ played in The Naked Gun trilogy
▫ started film production company, Orenthal
Productions
• Parents separated.
▫ lived with his mother
Legal History
• Charged for the murder of his wife Nicole Brown
Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994.
▫ considered “trial of the century”
▫ acquitted of charges
Most Recent Crime:
Las Vegas Robbery, Kidnapping,
Coercion, and Conspiracy
• September 2007.
• Group of men led by Simpson broke into the Palace
Station Hotel and stole sports memorabilia at gun point.
• Simpson admitted to taking the items which he said had
been stolen from him, but denied breaking in and
carrying a gun.
• Audio tape of Simpson at the crime scene.
• Arrested two days later, held without bail.
• Charged with multiple felony counts, including criminal
conspiracy, kidnapping, assault, robbery, and using a
deadly weapon.
• Incarcerated at Lovelock Correctional Center for 33
years with possibility of parole after 9, in 2017.
Cultural References
• Wrote a book about the murder trials of Brown
and Goldman titled If I Did it: Confessions of a
Killer.
• Was in various movies and T.V. shows.
Deviant Behavior Theory
The reasoning for the robbery was personal gain
although, I can’t tell you why he potentially murdered
his wife and friend.
O.J. Simpson had been in the lime light for most
of his life, maybe the fame got to him. The sociological
theory and bad labeling might explain his behavior.
After the murder trials society had been
increasingly negative to O.J. I’m not trying to justify
what had been done, I’m just saying it’s not right for
everyone to be put under that much pressure at once.