'The People v. OJ Simpson': Trial of Century 20 years later
10/26/2015 11:18 am PDT
"The People v. O.J. Simpson," also known as the Trial of the Century, came to an end 20 years ago this month.
The whole O.J. saga is now a brand-new TV series starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and John Travolta.
On October 3, 1995, the O.J. "not guilty" verdict was read, and it seemed as if the world stood still to listen in.
Everyone remembers the white Bronco police chase: 95 million people watched it on TV.
But what you may not know is that night was the busiest night that Domino's Pizza had ever had, shattering previous sales records and even equalling the Super Bowl that year.
Phone companies reveal that the long-distance call volume dropped 58 percent that day.
Stock trading at the New York Stock Exchange fell 41 percent.
National water use declined and energy usage jumped as the country heard the "not guilty" verdict.
The criminal-case jury consisted of eight black, one Hispanic, one white, two of mixed race. There are four men and eight women. Simpson was found not guilty.
Simpson's 1996 civil trial jury was made up of nine whites, one Hispanic, one African American, and one person of mixed Asian and African descent. Simpson was found liable for the deaths of Ron Goldman Jr. and Nicole Brown Simpson.
A convicted serial killer on death row, Glen Rogers, claimed he killed Brown and Goldman. He was in L.A. at the time of the murders working as a housepainter, and provided details to a criminal profiler.
