Mark Fuhrman, the LAPD detective who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the OJ Simpson trial, has died. He was 74 years old.
Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.
The slayings and Simpson's trial exposed divisions on race and policing in America.
Fuhrman reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson's home but his credibility came under withering attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias.
Under cross-examination, Fuhrman testified that he had never used racial slurs over the previous ten years, but a recording made by an aspiring screenwriter showed he had done so repeatedly.
Fuhrman retired from the LAPD after Simpson´s 1995 acquittal.
The former detective was charged with perjury and pleaded no contest in 1996. He went on to become a TV and radio commentator and wrote the book 'Murder in Brentwood' about the killings.
Simpson was later found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case, and then served nine years in prison on unrelated charges. He died in Las Vegas of prostate cancer in April 2024 at the age of 76.
Mark Fuhrman, the LAPD detective who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the OJ Simpson trial, has died. He was 74 years old
Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles
Fuhrman reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson's home but his credibility came under withering attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias
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