Not much to add that’s not totally obvious, but there is this:
The verdict came 13 years to the day after Simpson was cleared of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles in one of the most sensational trials of the 20th century.
(Emphasis mine.) Note to the Associated Press: I believe the word you’re looking for is “acquitted.”
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