OJ Simpson passed away on Wednesday from prostate cancer
'The View' reacts to OJ Simpson death: 'Injustice' he wasn't convicted of murder
"The View" co-hosts reacted to OJ Simpson's death on Thursday and said it was a great "injustice" that he wasn't convicted of murder.
"The View" co-hosts reacted to OJ Simpson's death on Thursday and said there was a great sense of "injustice" that he wasn't convicted of murder.
"Who doesn’t remember the trial of the century? You know, I mean, it was an 11-month-long trial. And the Bronco, and I think its one of those questions, where were you at when OJ was in that Bronco?" Hostin said, adding that she remembers she was on a date with a guy named Paul at the time.
Simpson passed away from prostate cancer on Wednesday at the age of 76.
"I remember it and I also remember feeling a great sense of injustice happened, and it’s one of the reasons I became a prosecutor, because I remember watching Chris Darden and I remember watching Marcia Clark. I remember watching the late great Johnnie Cochran and just the masterful job that I thought everyone did," Hostin continued.
"The View" co-hosts reacted to the death of OJ Simpson on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
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Co-host Joy Behar asked Hostin what the "tragedy" for her was and Hostin responded with, "the injustice."
"The criminal trial, the fact that he was not found guilty. But he was found liable later, civilly," she continued.
Behar chimed in and said, "Like Trump was found liable for rape."
"Everything goes back to Trump," Hostin quipped.
LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 12: OJ Simpson is seen on November 12, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images) (Mega/GC Images)
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"Until he's gone, I will not rest," Behar said, as Hostin noted Trump was found liable for sexual assault.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, who was five-years-old when the trial was going on, said she remembered it consuming public consciousness.
"My only thought is I hope it gives some peace to the family of the victims. They did win the civil suit after the fact, because I agree, I think it was a miscarriage of justice, but that doesn’t make up for it. So I hope it helps them to find some peace," Farah Griffin said.
Simpson was embroiled in a murder trial after his arrest in June 1994. He was 46 years old at the time.
O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at Lovelock Correctional Center July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada. Simpson is serving a nine to 33 year prison term for a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping conviction. (Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images)
His "trial of the century" ended on October 3, 1995, when he was acquitted in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, Fox News Digital reported.
The acquittal came nine months after the trial began — and about 16 months after Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, were found brutally murdered outside her home in Los Angeles.
Fox News' Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.
Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.
