Complex sentence: Petrocelli successfully argued the case, in spite of Simpson's 1995 acquittal in the related 1994 criminal murder case, and a jury awarded the Goldman family $8.5 million dollars in damages.
Split into simpler sentences: Petrocelli successfully argued the case, in spite of Simpson's 1995 acquittal in the related 1994 criminal murder case. A jury awarded the Goldman family $8.5 million dollars in damages.