The O.J. Simpson Civil Case: Trial Updates

Oct. 22 (Evening) Opening Statements Set To Begin

Oct. 23 (Noon) Plaintiffs Promise New Evidence
Oct. 23 (Evening) Brewer Focuses On Keys

Oct. 24 (Noon) The Defense Goes On The Attack
Oct. 24 (Evening) Simpson's Lawyer: 'Our Client Is No Murderer'

Oct. 25 (Noon) Plaintiffs On The Fast Track
Oct. 25 (Evening) Families Present A New Timeline

Oct. 28 (Noon) Police Describe The Crime Scene
Oct. 28 (Evening) Simpson Lawyers Question Police

Oct. 29 (Noon) Finding Blood On The Crime Scene Gate

Oct. 31 (Noon) Lange Guides Jury Through Crime Scene
Oct. 31 (Evening) Simpson's Travel Bag Opened

Nov. 1 (Noon) Defense Alleges Glove, Knit Hat At Bundy Were Planted
Nov. 1 (Evening) Vannatter's Role Shortened

Nov. 4 (Noon) A New Theory Of Sloppy Police Work Unveiled
Nov. 4 (Evening) Defense Attacks Criminalist Fung

Nov. 5 (Noon) Judge Refuses To Ban Intern
Nov. 5 (Evening) Narrow Questioning Frustrates The Defense

Nov. 6 (Noon) Jurors Watch Simpson Try On Gloves
Nov. 6 (Evening) Glove And Shoe Testimony Continues

Nov. 7 (Noon) Plaintiffs Call Defense Witnesses From Criminal Trial
Nov. 7 (Evening) Judge Mulls Domestic Violence Profiling

Nov. 8 (Noon) Pathologist Takes Court On A Grisly Tour
Nov. 8 (Evening) Simpson's Hand Wounds Called 'Gouges' From A Death Struggle

Nov. 12 (Noon) Defense Grills Pathologist
Nov. 12 (Evening) Plaintiffs Call FBI Hair Witness

Nov. 13 (Noon) Judge Limits Fiber Testimony
Nov. 13 (Evening) Jurors Receive DNA Lesson

Nov. 14 (Noon) Blood Trail Leads To Simpson, DNA Expert Says
Nov. 14 (Evening) More DNA Experts Say Blood Trail Leads To Simpson

Nov. 15 (Evening) Simpson Scheduled To Testify

Nov. 18 (Noon) Officer Recounts Domestic Violence Call To Simpson's Home
Nov. 18 (Evening) Judge Bars Fuhrman's Testimony

Nov. 19 (Noon) Introducing The 1996 Kato Kaelin
Nov. 19 (Evening) Kaelin Refuses To Back Down

Nov. 20 (Noon) Limo Driver Takes The Stand
Nov. 20 (Evening) Simpson Pictured In Same Shoes As Killer, Expert Says

Nov. 21 (Evening) Judge Says Simpson Must Testify Friday

Nov. 22 (10:30 A.M.) Simpson Denies Striking, Slapping Or Hitting His Former Wife
Nov. 22 (Noon) Plaintiffs Confront Simpson With Allegations Of Domestic Violence
Nov. 22 (2:40 P.M.) Simpson Explains Reporting His Ex-Wife To The IRS
Nov. 22 (Evening) Simpson Denies He's A Killer

Nov. 25 (9:50 A.M.) Simpson's Alibi Under Attack
Nov. 25 (11:10 A.M.) The Blood And The Cuts
Nov. 25 (Noon) Simpson Recalls Returning From Chicago With Only One Cut
Nov. 25 (2:30 P.M.) Simpson Denies Taking A Lie Detector Test
Nov. 25 (3:30 P.M.) Simpson Calls Photo Of Him In Bruno Maglis 'A Fraud'
Nov. 25 (Evening) Petrocelli Leads Simpson Through The Bronco Chase

Nov. 26. (Noon) Defense Chooses Not To Cross-Examine Simpson
Nov. 26 (Evening) Simpson's Friends To Testify Before Simpson Returns To The Stand

Dec. 3 (Noon) Simpson's Lawyers Seek Mistrial Over Lie Detector
Dec. 3 (Evening) Witnesses Recount The Simpsons' Stormy Relationship

Dec. 4 (Noon) Judge Allows Counselor's Testimony
Dec. 4 (Evening) Witnesses Contradict Simpson's Testimony

Dec. 5 (Noon) Judge Cautions Jury On Hotline's 'Nicole' Call

Dec. 6 (Noon) Jury To Hear Kardashian's Testimony
Dec. 6 (Evening) The Victims' Mothers Testify

Dec. 9 (Noon) Goldman Tells Jury About His Son
Dec. 9 (Evening) Defense Begins Its Case By Grilling Vannatter

Dec. 10 (Noon) Simpson's Lawyers Challenge Police
Dec. 10 (Evening) Nurse Explains Missing Blood

Dec. 11 (Noon) Defense And Detective Squabble
Dec. 11 (Evening) No Cuts, No Socks, Witnesses Say

Dec. 12 (Noon) Defense Witness Calls Blood Evidence Unreliable
Dec. 12 (Evening) Plaintiffs Grill Defense's DNA Expert

Dec. 16 (Noon) Expert Casts Doubt On Socks And Gloves
Dec. 16 (Evening) Renowned Coroner Says Goldman Suffered A Slow Death

Dec. 17 (Noon) Defense Witness Contradicts Simpson On Cuts
Dec. 17 (Evening) Juror Booted For Christmas Card

Dec. 18 (Noon) Verbal Assault On Police Continues
Dec. 18 (Evening) Shoe Photo Called A Fraud

Dec. 20 (Noon) Defense Photo Expert Exposed To Ridicule
Dec. 20 (Evening) Simpson Awarded Custody

Dec. 29 (Noon) Simpson's New Weapon

Jan. 6 (Noon) Plaintiffs Produce New Photos Of Simpson
Jan. 6 (Evening) Defense Mounts Attack On Victim's Lifestyle

Jan. 8 (Noon) Defense Presents New Glove Theory As Judge Bars Drug Use Testimony
Jan. 8 (Evening) Defense Presents Demeanor Witnesses

Jan. 9 (Noon) Forensic Expert Follows New Blood Trail
Jan. 9 (Evening) Defense Points Out Sloppy Police Work

Jan. 10 (Noon) Defense Allowed To Question Simpson About Former Wife's Lifestyle
Jan. 10 (3 P.M.) Simpson Testifies About His Marriage: 'We Were Very Much In Love'
Jan. 10 (Evening) Simpson Chronicles His Marriage

Jan. 13 (10:30 A.M.) An Emotional Simpson Returns To The Witness Stand
Jan. 13 (Noon) Simpson Confronts Plaintiffs' Key Evidence
Jan. 13 (3:30 P.M) Letter Speaks Of Simpson Beating His Former Wife
Jan. 13 (Evening) New Bruno Magli Photos Shown To Simpson

Jan. 14 (Noon) The Defense Rests
Jan. 14 (Evening) FBI Expert Authenticates Photo

Jan. 15 (Noon) Photo Expert Turns To Bundy Glove
Jan. 15 (Evening) Fung Changes His Story On The Bundy Glove

Jan. 16 (Noon) Rebuttal Witnesses Challenge Defense Contamination Theory
Jan. 16 (Evening) Testimony Ends, Closing Arguments Set To Begin Tuesday

Jan. 17 Defense Wins Key Battles In Arguments Over Jury Instructions

Jan. 21 (Noon) Petrocelli In Closing Points At Simpson And Calls Him 'A Killer'
Jan. 21 (Evening) Scoffing Conspiracy Theory, Petrocelli Says Lange Saved Simpson's Life

Jan. 22 (Noon) Petrocelli Finishes With An Emotional Appeal
Jan. 22 (Evening) Baker Says Simpson Had No Motive, No Opportunity To Kill

Jan. 23 (Noon) Don't Trust The Physical Evidence, Defense Lawyer Warns The Jury
Jan. 23 (Evening) Defense Dismisses Bruno Magli Photos As 'Evidence For Sale'

Jan. 27 (Noon) The Defense Takes On The Police
Jan. 27 (Evening) Jury Deliberations Imminent

Jan. 28 Simpson Case Goes To Jury

Jan. 29 Deliberating Jurors Ask For Evidence

Jan. 30 (Noon) Jurors Request DNA Evidence
Jan. 30 Jurors (Evening) Take A Second Look At Videotapes

Jan. 31 (Noon) Fujisaki Dismisses Juror, Panel Restarts Deliberation
Jan. 31 Jurors (Evening) Judge To Jury: No TV And No Newspapers

Feb. 3 (Evening) Judge Nixes Defense Bid For Mistrial

Feb. 4 (Noon) Jurors Reviews Testimony of Simpson, Cowlings And Park


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