True Crime: O.J. Simpson’s America
More than twenty years have passed since O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, on the night of June 12th, 1994, in the Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles. The rush of books that accompanied the trial may have abated, including accounts by Simpson himself, various lawyers, journalists and observers, but public interest in the trial has not diminished. In February this year the FX network in the US televised a ten-part dramatization, ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’, also shown on the BBC and RTÉ, which recently won nine Emmy Awards, on the back of 22 nominations – topped by wins for Outstanding Limited Series, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series.
Daniel Carey
Daniel Carey, MRIA, is Director of the Moore Institute for the Humanities and Social Studies at NUI Galway and Professor of English in the School of English and Creative Arts. He is a Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy and a board member of the Irish Research Council. He was Chair of the Irish Humanities Alliance 2014-16.