The civil trial of O.J. Simpson got underway today. Virginia Biggar reports that the turnout of spectators outside the courthouse was small compared to the criminal trial last year. Inside the courtroom, lawyers for the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman began their opening statement with a promise to show that Simpson committed the double murders. Simpson cannot be convicted of murder; in this civil trial, if he is found guilty, he must pay damages to the families of the victims.
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