"Mark Fuhrman, a Los Angeles police detective who in the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson went from being the prosecution's star witness to its disastrous liability when defense lawyers used his past racist language to discredit him, died May 12 in Kootenai County, Idaho. He was 74."
"Soon after a California jury found Simpson not guilty, Fuhrman pleaded no contest to perjury charges brought against him and was placed on probation. He went on to become a television commentator and the author of books about the Simpson case and other famous killings."
"Devastating to the prosecution's case was Fuhrman's turn as a witness - specifically his repeated past use of a racial epithet that he initially denied having uttered. That denial was shown to be untrue when the Simpson defense team introduced audiotapes of him usi"
"From the start, police investigators believed that her former husband was the killer. Among the evidence they collected was a bloody glove found at the murder scene. But Simpson's lawyers asserted during his 1995 trial that the police had planted the glove, though they offered nothing to support that allegation. The knife used in the attacks was never found."
Mark Fuhrman, a Los Angeles police detective, died May 12 in Kootenai County, Idaho, at age 74. The coroner confirmed the death without stating the location, and his manager said the cause was throat cancer. Fuhrman had been a prosecution star witness in O.J. Simpson’s 1995 murder trial, but defense lawyers discredited him by using his past racist language. After the jury found Simpson not guilty, Fuhrman pleaded no contest to perjury charges and received probation. He later worked as a television commentator and wrote books about the Simpson case and other famous killings. Fuhrman had responded to calls involving Nicole Brown Simpson, who reported abuse and feared for her life before she and Ronald L. Goldman were stabbed to death in 1994.
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