the family of ron goldman, especially his sister kim sank in grief while the browns sat in shock. simpson's family cried for joy and the defendant who seemed stunned at first lip synced his thanks to the jury that set him free. in 1997, o.j. took the stand in a civil suit filed by the murder victims' families, but it wasn't on camera. he was found guilty for the wrongful death and battery of ronald goldman and the battery of nicole brown simpson. he was ordered to pay a $33.5 million penalty but his pension was protected under california law. then in 2007 came the book, if i did it. a supposedly imaginary account of how simpson might have committed the murders. simpson originally published the book with the division of rupert murdoch's fox corporation to the outrage of the goldman family who described it as a way to profit from a thinly veiled admission of murder. the book executive was fired and goldman won rights to the book and all the money it makes. fred goldman spoke tonight line in 2007. >> he's proven to the world for years that he thinks he can do whatever he wants. and t

back then he was acquitted of the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. in the current case, simpson is seeking to overturn the convictions from when he broke into a las vegas hotel room and took sports memorabilia and photos he claims were rightfully his. >> do you think that you're acting legally? >> yes, i did. yes, i did. >> why is that? >> well, it was my stuff. i followed what i thought the law. my lawyer told me you can't break in a guy's room. i didn't break into anybody's room. i didn't beat up anybody. i didn't try to muscle the guys. i didn't. and the guys acknowledged it was my stuff. even though they claim they didn't steal it. >> simpson is currently serving out a 33-year sentence. >>> here's a question for you this morning. what is the most profitable outfit in the country? i'm not talking clothes. i'm talking a department or a company. a new estimate says the department of education is forecast to turn an almost $51 billion profit off student loans this year. by comparison, that makes the department more profitable than exxonmobil, apple,

the tenth anniversary of the exoneration of the killing of nicole and ron goldman so that's one of their's before a judge. the judge is not going to look at that. he will dig deep into what was the advice of counsel because. >> megyn: but they're going to talk about a 33 year sentence for a few minutes in a hotel room where no one got hurt and o.j. will argue, 33 years was about nicole brown simpson, it wasn't about the moment with the sports memorabilia guy. >> good luck proving that. this was a kidnapping, an armed robbery for which he he was sentenced. these motions generically are rarely, if ever, won. when it does happen is when a defense lawyer is willing to fall on the sword for his client and say, you know what? i didn't communicate things to the client, i didn't act appropriately. yale galanter is not falling on the sword. >> o.j. is going to say not only did i not commit this crime but yale told me these are my possessions and as long as i didn't use force, didn't have a gun -- >> o.j.'s going to say that? o.j. simpson? >> there was a conflict of interest and yale told me, upon

football star and one time hollywood actor was found not guilty of murdering his wife and her friend, ron goldmanearly 18 years. and at this very moment a slightly heavier o.j. simpson is back in court seeking to overturn a 2008 guilty verdict on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, claiming this time that he was the victim of poor legal representation. >> it was my stuff. i followed what i thought the law. my lawyer told you you can't break in a guy's room. i didn't break into anybody's room. i didn't beat up anybody. i at no time tdidn't try the mu guys. i didn't. the guys acknowledged it was my stuff. even though they claim they didn't steal it. >> a moment of relief in 1995. a day of defending himself once again here in 2013. stay with us. we'll have much more straight ahead. ♪ ♪ wonder if i gave an oreo ♪ to somebody out there who i didn't know ♪ ♪ would they laugh after i'd gone? ♪ ♪ or would they pass that wonder on? ♪ ♪ i wonder how it'd change your point of view ♪ ♪ if i gave one to you? ♪ i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still workin

simpson acquitted but forever tied to the double murders of his family roomer wife nicole simpson and ron goldmanreturn to a las vegas courtroom. we are expecting that to happen tomorrow. simpson is behind bars for leading an armed heist to retrieve what he claimed was stolen sports memorabilia that belonged to him. overall he said his attorney botched that case answered wants a new trial. key now go free? arthel neville is in the newsroom here in new york. arthel, why is simpson asking for a new trial at this point? >> well, harris, o.j. simpson is claiming that his lawyer yale galanter advised him he was this within his legal rights to retrieve that sports memorabilia as you mentioned. nevada law says it is a crime even if you take your own property. here is some background for you in 2007, o.j. in vegas for a friend's wedding got word that dealers were selling his mementos. including family photos at the palace station hotel. during his trial, o.j. testified that he only went back to the hotel to take back his property. >> i'm sorry. i didn't mean to steal anything from anybody. i didn't know

century in '95 when a jury acquitted him of killing ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman found him libel for their deaths and ordered him to pay $33 million to the families. by all accounts he didn't do that he played some golf in between hunting for the real killer, as he put it now fast forward to his problems in vegas where o.j. simpson is now hunt foorg new trial. and his freedom. "the fox report's" correspondent jonathan hunt is live in our newsroom and you covered simpson' vegas trial back in 2008. remind us how that played out. >> yeah, shep, the whole incident went down at the palace station casino. hardly the most sumptuous establishment in vegas with rooms available tonight at $29. 24 if you can wait until tomorrow. back in 2007, o.j. simpson and his cohorts were seen on the hotel security cameras walking through the lobby and heading for the room where they had arranged to meet two sports memorabilia collectors who according to o.j. had his stuff. o.j. confronted the collectors apparently screaming and accusing them of stealing from him. but as we reported on o

simpson's trial for the murder of his ex-wife nicole and ron goldman marked the first time america had as he'd brought americans of all races together for admiring him in the '70s and '80s his trial cast the deepest and most disturbing divides. >> pitted black against white, rich against poor. no one didn't is have an opinion. you either thought he was guilty or thought he was the victim of racist police and incompetent prosecution. >> reporter: o'keefe says it was one of the cultural moments where america was shaken out of his habit of fawning over celebrities. after the simpson murder trial we were never shocked that michael jackson and lance armstrong weren't quite what we thought. >> fascinating. >>> up next she is serving up second chances to young offenders, meet this week's cnn hero that's straight ahead. ♪ ♪ fly me to the moon a. >>> thanks for staying with us. consider this, more than 40% of young people released from california's juvenile justice system end up back in jail within a year. this week's cnn hero saw that revolving door firsthand as a corrections officer. today te

13 years to the day in his famous acquittal of the murders of his ex-wife nicole and her friend, ron goldmann 1995, his lawyers were said to be a dream team. he's hoping to be able to convince the judge his lawyer in this case was anything but. simpson also claims his former attorney knew about the memorabilia ahead of time and advised him he was within his legal rights. we reached out to his previous attorney, yael galanter, he refused comment. olths only >> joined now by rikki klieman. she covered both of simpson's trials. a hail mary motion. not good chances for oj here? not good chances. >> not good chances. who can blame him for trying once again? one good thing for him here. if he was never, ever advised there was plea deal on the table where he could have gotten two years, then he really does have -- >> is that conceivable? >> it's a little difficult. i tell you what i would have done. if i represented him, and i got such an offer, i would make sure not only did i tell him. i would present it to him in writing, make him countersign a piece of paper that he had heard me, he had read it

be using that as metaphor for what happened to him in prison given what he did to his wife and ron goldman>> a he was acquitted. >> i'm looking for more dershowitz. [ laughter ] >> and o.j. simpson, i was there when he was acquitted on the first trial. o.j. simpson coming back part two? >> yeah, i think there is no question. he probably deserves a new trial this time. let's face it. we're still trying to prosecute him from the first one when he was acquitted. we felt he shouldn't have been acquitted. all of this mayhem that is going on is makeup trial. >> jon: let's turn to another story, a cleveland kidnapping case, three young girls who were abducted allegedly by ariel castro, also accused of raping the girls and killing some of their offspring, his lawyer had this to say. initial portrayal by the media has been one of a monster. that is not the impression i got when i talked to him for three hours. i know that family members that have been interviewed have expressed that, as well. really? is that just a lawyer doing a good job. >> i think its lawyer infected by the p.r.ization of our le

took the stand, during the 1996 civil trial for the wrongful death of nicole brown simpson and ron goldmannow that one could never really use the word "humble" in connection with o.j. simpson, but he seems to be somewhat humbled by what he's been through. >> your voice is pretty loud in the room. >> my voice is always loud. >> our strategy was just you know, get up there and tell the truth and you'll be fine. >> reporter: simpson completed his testimony yesterday. the hearing deciding o.j.'s fate is expected to end tomorrow. for "cbs this morning," i'm bill whitaker in los angeles. >>> jack ford knows o.j. simpson and has covered simpson's legal fights over the past two decades. good morning. >> good morning. >> what did you think of o.j. on the stand? >> here's what you have to say about o.j. whether you think he's a killer or not, he's a very charismatic, compelling guy. if you spend any time talking with him, you'd walk away saying well he's my friend i'm interested in talking with him. ike i think you saw on the stand that charisma and that compelling testimony. >> regardless of how ch

he was absolutely guilty of murdering his wife and slaughtering ron goldman. it in the civil trial. and the jury awarded a $35 million verdict. and he was then brought to justice finally in nevada andte years. now he's going after his own attorney to say galanter is responsible. somebody else is always responsible for o.j. simpson's misconduct. >> lawyers are calling this a hail mary motion which says to me along with what paul just said that o.j. doesn't have a chance in haitis. >> yeah, generally speaking any new trial motion filed this late, remember, he's already had his straight appeals, if you will, rejected by all the courts that he could have gone to including the supreme court. so when you file a new trial motion after you've already lost all your appeals, it almost never succeeds. what's interesting about the motion, though, is he's saying that yale galanter among the issues he's arguing, his attorney in the vegas case didn't tell him that he was offered a plea bargain in the case. i'm very interested to know what yale is going to say because o.j.'s

four years ago and here in 1995 when he was acquitted of the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldmaneys tell abc news even this week's break from his prison routine isn't easy. >> how is he doing? how was o.j. today? >> i don't know if you noticed but they wouldn't let him out of his shackles. they wouldn't let us give him a mint. so it was pretty tough on him today. >> reporter: his new attorneys hope to win him a new trial for this bungled sports memorabilia heist. >> don't let nobody out of this room. you think you can steal my -- >> reporter: simpson wound up convicted of robbery and kidnapping while trying to get back his own mementos but now back in court, claiming yael galanter, his old lawyer, badly botched the case. i fully disclosed my plan to yael galanter, and he advised me that i was within my legal rights, simpson writes in a sworn affidavit. his daughter arnelle testified monday about her experience with the attorney. >> as you were waiting to testify, did yale galanter or gabe grasso ever prepare you? >> not really, no. >> reporter: he shifted between studious, nervou

murders of the two victims that he underwent nine months of trial testimony, nicole brown simpson and ron goldmaneding because it did come into the vegas proceeding in '08. >> yeah, remember this is not a retrial of the case itself. it is simply going to the issues that he's raising, does he deserve a new trial? and it is based on two questions, did he have ineffectiveness of counsel, and was there a conflict of interest? and i'll tell you, ineffectiveness of counsel is a difficult hurdle to climb. i mean, there has been attorneys who slept through trial and the courts have still found they were effective counsel. but this conflict of interest -- >> wow. >> -- in this case -- yeah, there is an interesting issue in this case with the conflict of interest because of this relationship that yale galanter had with o.j. simpson and he's making some interesting allegations about the way yale handled the case, their relationship before the incident, what kind of advice yale galanter gave him about the incident, and there is some other attorneys that are corroborating some of the things that o.j. simpson

. >> reporter: he was acquitted of his ex-wife, nicole simpson and ron goldman. >> not guilty of murder reporter: linda has covered all of simpson's case for the associated press. >> this is really o.j.'s last chance because if he loses this hearing, then he could go into the morass of the federal system, which would take years. >> reporter: o.j. simpson, back in court and still making headlines. the nevada supreme court has denied o.j. simpson's appeal in 2010. and while legal experts say it is a long shot he will get a new trial, there's certainly plenty of interest in seeing o.j. simpson testify. the lawyer he has made his accusation against has not commented. >> thank you. let's take a turn and get a check of the weather from al. >>> and good morning, everybody. this guy's got a question. savannah, am i too late? hey, you're a little late, my friend. a little late. sorry. well, better luck next time. all right. let's see what we've got for you it's warm out west. well, look at how chilly it is in the northeast. these are some record-setters. new york close at 43. baltimore, record o

was acquitted of the murders of ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her boyfriend ron -- her friend ron goldmannow into a prison sentence that could last another 28 years, legal analysts say the former football star is running out of options. >> this is a hail mary pass by o.j. simpson. most of these petitions are never granted. but frankly, this is o.j., so the case is always a little different. >> reporter: o.j. simpson on the stand for what may be his last shot at a new trial and possibly his freedom. in the coming weeks, a judge will decide if o.j. simpson will get a new trial. as for the lawyer he accuses of botching his case, he's had no comment and will testify in court tomorrow. >> miguel, thank you very much. >>> coming up, after years of defending and swearing under oath that nothing sexual happened with michael jackson, choreographer wade rob son now claims he was molested by the pop star. this morning he's speaking out star command, i'm detecting high levels of happiness. luscious locks there's an entire land here...with living cars. now this is flying... with style. great glitterin

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