<P> The trial began on January 24, 1995 and was televised by Court TV and in part by other cable and network news outlets for 134 days . Los Angeles County prosecutor Christopher Darden argued that Simpson killed his ex-wife in a jealous rage . The prosecution opened its case by playing a 9 - 1 - 1 call from Nicole Brown Simpson on January 1, 1989 . She expressed fear that Simpson would physically harm her, and he could be heard yelling at her in the background . Other material related to domestic violence was presented . The prosecution also presented dozens of expert witnesses to place Simpson at the scene of the crime, on subjects ranging from DNA profiling to blood and shoeprint analysis . </P> <P> During the opening weeks of the trial, the prosecution presented evidence that Simpson had a history of physically abusing Nicole . Simpson's lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued that only a tiny fraction of women who are abused by their mates are murdered . Within days after the start of the trial, lawyers and those viewing the trial from a single closed - circuit TV camera in the courtroom saw an emerging pattern: continual and countless interruptions with objections from both sides of the courtroom, as well as one "sidebar" conference after another with the judge, beyond earshot of the unseen jury located just below and out of the camera's frame . </P> <P> According to media reports, prosecutor Marcia Clark thought that women, regardless of race, would sympathize with the domestic violence aspect of the case and connect with her personally . On the other hand, the defense's research suggested that women generally were more likely to acquit than men, and that jurors did not respond well to Clark's combative style of litigation . The defense also speculated that black women would not be as sympathetic as white women to the victim, who was white, because of tensions about interracial marriages . Both sides accepted a disproportionate number of female jurors . From an original jury pool of 40% white, 28% black, 17% Hispanic, and 15% Asian, the final jury for the trial had 10 women and two men, of which there were nine blacks, two whites, and one Hispanic . </P> <P> At the start of trial, 12 jurors and 12 alternates were selected from a pool of 250 potential jurors . Over the course of the trial 10 were dismissed for a wide variety of reasons . Only four of the original jurors remained on the final panel . </P>

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