Pivotal OJ case figure Mark Fuhrman dies, spotlighting a controversial trial chapter
TL;DR
Former Los Angeles Police Department detective Mark Fuhrman, a central figure in the 1994 O.J. Simpson murder case, has died in Idaho. He was later convicted of perjury for lying under oath about anti-Black slurs, a key issue during Simpson’s criminal trial that revolved around the bloody-glove evidence. Fuhrman retired from the LAPD, then became a media commentator and author. Simpson was acquitted in the 1995 criminal trial but found liable in a 1997 civil suit; Simpson died in 2024 in Las Vegas at age 76.
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