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Today in History: June 17, O.J. Simpson charged with murder following highway chase
O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder following a slow-speed highway chase in Southern California on June 17, 1994, in connection with the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. He was acquitted in a criminal trial in 1995 but held liable in a civil trial in 1997.
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