first, here's aaron brown. >> mr. cochran -- mr. simpson, would you please stand and face the jury. >> more than a year after jury selection first began and after a night of incredible suspense, the trial of o.j. simpson ended. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant orenthal james simpson not guilty of the crime of murder upon nicole brown simpson a human being as charged in count 1 of the information. >> and then with the sobs of the goldman family in the background, with fred goldman mouthing the word "murderer," the second not guilty verdict was read. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant orenthal james simpson not guilty of the crime of murder, a felony, upon ronald goldman a human being in count two. >> and even ito turned to simpson and set him free. >> all right, the defendant having been acquitted of both charges, he is ordered transported to an appropriate sheriff's facility and released forthwith. >> reporter: aaron brown, abc news, los angeles. >> it is, we know, dangerous