Thirty years ago, on Oct. 3, 1995, a jury in downtown Los Angeles delivered a verdict that would be debated for decades: O.J. Simpson was acquitted in what came to be known as the “trial of the century.”

The trial, televised nationwide, transfixed the country. Simpson, a former football star and cultural icon, stood accused of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, 35, and her friend, Ron Goldman, 25. Both were found fatally stabbed outside Brown’s Brentwood home in June 1994.

Goldman, who worked at a restaurant, had reportedly stopped by to return glasses Brown had left behind.

Ron Goldman’s sister, Kim Goldman, reflected on the verdict this week. “We never got justice,” she told KTLA’s Kimberly Cheng.

The case captured national attention even before the trial began, including w

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