The Nicole Brown/Ron Goldman murders

I did not follow the trial.

Last night on E!, there was a “True Hollywood Story” about the murders, and it raised this point about the timeline:

The prosecution said that the murders occurred between 9:15 and 9:30.

The defense said that they occurred at about 9:35, which would rule out OJ’s involvement.

However, this program didn’t go into those positions.

So, the question, and this is the only scope of this question:

How were the prosecution’s and defense’s times determined?

My memory is that Ms. Brown received a call just prior to 9:15 and there was evidence Mr. Goldman left on foot going to her residence shortly after 9. The crime scence was such that both were attacked virtually simultaneously, with Mr. Goldman apparently entering the grounds. I don’t know why 9:30. There was some “barking dog” evidence in that time period.

I don’t recall the defense timeline reasoning.

Simspon did it. There’s no doubt.

Simpson did it. There’s no doubt.

Well, apparently there WAS a reasonable doubt. :wink:

It has never been possible to determine the exact time that Simpson committed the murders. The prosecution estimate of 10:15 to 10:30 and the defense estimate of 10:35 were both based on unreliable and conflicting testimony as to when witnesses in the area first heard Nicole’s dog barking.

The prosecution, for unfathomable reasons of its own, insisted on the correctness of the earlier time line even though this was one of the few aspects of the case subject to genuine doubt. It shouldn’t have mattered. Even the 10:35 time line gave Simpson plenty of time to drive his van back home and walk up to his front door, where limo driver Allan Park spotted him at 10:55.