what crime is the reason oj simpson is in jail?
Related NPR Stories. The crime that Simpson was acquitted of is the 1994 murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. Toobin covered the trial for The New Yorker and later wrote about it in his 1996 book, The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson.
LAS VEGAS â O.J. Simpson faces at least four more years in prison after a judge rejected his bid for a new trial in his Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping conviction. All grounds in the petition lack merit and, consequently, are denied, Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell said in her ruling Tuesday.