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Mark Fuhrman published Murder in Brentwood in 1998, defending himself against fraud claims. Simpson was arrested and charged with the two murders on June 17; he pleaded not guilty and hired a team of prominent lawyers to handle his defense. Simpson Murder Trial: Prosecutors Say Simpson Trick Thwarted Glove Test", "Los Angeles California; Friday, June 23, 1995 9:00 am", "Gloves May Have Shrunk, Expert Says at O.J. dailygossip. Squatting, Lunging, Joking", "Jack Walraven's Simpson Trial Transcripts August 10, 1995", "Pathologist in Simpson Trial Says Victims Struggled Long and Hard", "Pathologist for Defense Rebuts Work by Coroner: Simpson trial: Baden questions procedures and findings about timing and method of murders", "Contentious Cross-Examination for Simpson Pathologist", "Victims Put Up Long Fight, A Witness for Simpson Says", "Tuesday's witnesses at O.J. The following day, a grand jury was called to determine whether to indict him for the two murders but was dismissed on June 23, as a result of excessive media coverage that could have influenced its neutrality. The following day, Ito dismissed the three deputies anyway, which upset the jurors that did not complain because the dismissal appeared to lend credence to Harris's allegations, which they all denied. [16] A poll of Los Angeles County residents showed that most African-Americans thought that the "not guilty" verdict was justified, while the majority of Whites thought it was a racially motivated jury nullification[17][18] by the mostly African-American jury. [315] Scheck also suggested that Fuhrman broke into Simpson's Bronco and used the glove like a paint brush to plant blood onto and inside the Bronco. Simpson' Shows Just How Complicated The Case Was", "Ito Bars Simpson Team's Attempt To Link Drug Dealers To Killings", "Simpson Prosecutor Incurs Ito's Wrath Over Tirade", "Simpson Judge Bars Use Of Drug-Killing Theory", "CourtTV.com Trials O.J. In closing arguments, Cochran called Fuhrman and Vannatter "twins of deception"[283] and told the jury to remember Vannatter as "the man who carried the blood"[284] and Fuhrman as "the man who found the glove". He testified that at one point he saw a figure the same size as Simpson enter the house through the front door from where the driveway starts, before the lights came on. During cross-examination Bailey suggested the murderer deliberately wore shoes that were the wrong size, which Bodziak dismissed as "ridiculous". : Made in America director Ezra Edelman, no plausible alternative theory has emerged since the trial. On the other hand, the defense's research suggested that black women would not be sympathetic to Brown, who was white, because of tensions about interracial marriages. [330], On June 15, 1995, Christopher Darden surprised Marcia Clark by asking Simpson to try on the gloves found at the crime scene and his home. Simpson's Bronco chase and the call that 'saved his life', "The OJ Simpson White Ford Bronco Chase Map of Los Angeles", "O.J. [4] Following his summation, Cochran received numerous death threats, and hired bodyguards from Louis Farrakhan. Instead they presented a witness who testified that Brown had purchased a pair of those gloves in the same size in 1990 at Bloomingdales for Simpson along with a receipt and a photo during the trial of Simpson earlier wearing the same type of gloves.[331]. [71] At 10:07am on Tuesday, October 3, 1995, Simpson was acquitted on both counts of murder. Former NFL tight end Kevin Ware was indicted on murder and tampering charges in the death of his girlfriend in Texas last year, the Harris County district attorney said Thursday. [134][131][135], Charles Ogletree, a former criminal defense attorney and current professor at Harvard Law School, said in a 2005 interview for PBS' Frontline that the best investigative reporting around the events and facts of the murder, and the evidence of the trial, was by the National Enquirer.[136]. Simpson's DNA found on a trail of blood drops leading away from the victims, towards and on the back gate at Bundy. Simpson's Infamous Shoes From the Trial", "Salesman Says He Can't Remember What Kind of Shoes He Sold to Simpson", "DNA Evidence Discounted By Simpson Defense", "O.J. Is Innocent and I Can Prove It | William C. Dear", "Rose McGowan Tells All in New Memoir 'Brave': 14 Shocking Allegations", "Simpson's Attempt to Bar Evidence is Turned Down", "Goldman Friend is Slain Resisting Robbery", "Families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman enraged by Discovery documentary; O.J. Steve McNair was a good quarterback, and he was extremely liked by his teammates and by football fans in Nashville. On March 20, 1995, Vannatter testified that he instructed Fung to collect the blood on the gate on June 13 and Fung admitted he had not done so. [70][71] The limousine driver drove around the estate to make sure he could navigate the area with the stretch limousine properly and to see which driveway would have the best access for the limousine. The Bronco chase, the suicide note, and the items found in the Bronco were not presented as evidence in the criminal trial. On March 11, 2018, Fox broadcast Simpson's previously unaired interview in a special titled O.J. On February 4, 1997, the jury unanimously found Simpson responsible for the deaths of both Goldman and Brown. [3] They contended that the blood sample had been mishandled by lab scientists and technicians[14] and that the case against Simpson had been tainted by LAPD misconduct related to racism and incompetence, in particular noting actions and comments of Detective Mark Fuhrman. Disputes Simpson Defense on Tainted Blood", "Defense Ready to Portray an FBI Expert as Corrupt", "Handshakes for All, Including Simpson, as Fung Ends Testimony", "O. J. Simpson Trial: Excerpts from the trial transcript", "Did Mark Fuhrman Plant Evidence In The O.J. [72][70], Around the time the limousine driver witnessed this "shadowy figure" head towards the south walkway where the bloody glove would later be found, Kato Kaelin was having a telephone conversation with a friend. [103][95] The chase was covered live by ABC anchors Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters on behalf of the network's five news magazines, which achieved some of their highest-ever ratings that week. Later, the Goldman family was awarded the rights to the book and published it under the title If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer. [337], In closing arguments, Darden ridiculed the notion that police officers might have wanted to frame Simpson. Ex-football player Antonio Armstrong and his wife, Dawn, were shot and killed in the bedroom of their Houston home on Friday, allegedly by their 16-year-old son, the Houston Chronicle reports. [453], The video game Duke Nukem 3D has several allusions to the Simpson trial, including a television playing the Bronco chase. Carruth, 44, was found. [66] A trail of the assailant's bloody shoe prints ran through the back gate. Simpson double-murder trial", "The OJ Simpson Verdict, Jury Nullification and Black Lives Matter: The Power to Acquit", "Black America was cheering for Cochran, not O.J. [409] Juror Anise Aschenbach, who initially voted guilty before changing her vote, stated she regrets the decision and believes Simpson is guilty because he is not looking for the "real killer" like he promised he would. [257][266][267][268], During cross-examination, Dr. Gerdes admitted there was no evidence that cross-contamination had occurred and that he was only testifying to "what might occur and not what actually did occur". Simpson: The Interview (Video 1996)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson&oldid=1141373617, Civil lawsuit filed by the Brown and Goldman families; Simpson was found responsible by a, Kathleen Kennedy-Powell (Preliminary Hearing). The pair were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on the night of June 12, 1994. [355][373][374] Simpson said he felt vindicated[375] by the Rampart Scandal which proved that fraud was happening in the C.R.A.S.H anti-gang unit. At Kardashian's press conference, Shapiro said that he and Simpson's psychiatrists agreed with the suicide note interpretation. Simpson's then girlfriend, Paula Barbieri, wanted to attend the recital with Simpson but he did not invite her. The prosecution implied that Gerdes was not a credible witness: he had no forensic experience and had only testified for criminal defendants in the past and always said the DNA evidence against them was not reliable due to contamination. Get Away with Murder, which quotes Simpson allegedly saying: "If she hadn't opened that door with a knife in her hand she'd still be alive. He wrote his taking the 5th amendment was to avoid prosecution for perjury. [173][174] In it, she opines that the statistic from Dershowitz that of the two million incidents of abuse per year, only 2,000 victims are actually murdered by their spouses as being misleading because Brown was already dead. Simpson, Brown and Goldman's DNA on a bloody glove found behind his home. [234], Dr. Robert Huizenga testified on July 14, 1995[235] that Simpson was not physically capable of carrying out the murders due to chronic arthritis and old football injuries. Simpson Trial Are Chilling", "Hype Begins as Simpson Video is Set to be Released", "Media; NBC Claims the First Interview with O.J. Simpson", "O.J. - An autopsy performed one year after Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his 22-year-old girlfriend and killed himself found signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Instead, authorities held a probable cause hearing to determine whether to bring Simpson to trial. The trial was covered in 2,237 news segments from 1994 through 1997. His remaining assets were seized and auctioned off with most being purchased by critics of the verdict of the criminal trial to help the plaintiffs recoup the costs of litigation. ",[130] were Steve Futterman of CBS News, Linda Deutsch and Michael Fleeman of the Associated Press, Dan Whitcomb of Reuters, Janet Gilmore of the Los Angeles Daily News, Andrea Ford of the Los Angeles Times, Michelle Caruso of the New York Daily News, Dan Abrams of Court TV, Harvey Levin of KCBS, and David Margolick of The New York Times. [335], After the trial, Cochran revealed that Bailey had goaded Darden into asking Simpson to try on the gloves[336] and that Shapiro had told Simpson in advance how to give the appearance that they did not fit. [140], According to media reports, Clark believed women, regardless of race, would sympathize with the domestic violence aspect of the case and connect with Brown personally. On November 20, News Corporation canceled the project due to public criticism. A safety and special teams player from South Carolina State, he joined the 49ers in 2010 as a seventh-round draft pick. In 1998, Jim's wife, Nonniel Dunaway was found dead in a swimming pool. Prosecutors then spoke with Guerra, who said Lopez was lying and claimed the defense offered both housekeepers $5,000 to say they saw the Bronco that night. Simpson apologized for not turning himself in earlier that day and responded that he was "the only one who deserved to get hurt" and was "just gonna go with Nicole". He was previously married to Dionne Miller. [175][176] The relevant statistic was "of the murdered spouses who were also victims of abuse, what percentage of them were murdered by their current or ex-husband?" Simpson Cases", "Trayvon Martin Racial Divide Biggest Since O.J. [38], Brown said that Simpson stalked and harassed her after they divorced an intimidation tactic meant to force the victim to return to the abuser. Former NFL player Phillip Adams has died from an apparent suicide after allegedly killing five people in South Carolina. The prosecution had earlier decided against asking Simpson to try them on because they had been soaked in blood from Simpson, Brown and Goldman,[63] and frozen and unfrozen several times. [190] He then discarded the glove, came back and went through the front door. The manager found the glasses and put them in a white envelope, which Goldman took with him as he left the restaurant at the end of his shift at 9:50pm, intending to drop it off at Brown's place. Lange noticed that Simpson had a cut on a finger on his left hand that was consistent with where the killer was bleeding from, and asked Simpson how he got the cut. [261] He testified on August 2, 1995, that Forensic PCR DNA matching is not reliable[262][263][264][265] and "The LAPD crime lab has a substantial contamination problem. Long-distance telephone call volume declined by 58%, and trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange decreased by 41%. [162][218][219][220][221], Simpson denied ever owning a pair of those "ugly ass shoes" and there was only circumstantial evidence he did. But chief forensic chemist says amount is exaggerated", "Lead O.J. Vincent Bugliosi published Outrage: The five Reasons why O. J. Simpson got away with Murder in 1997. [14][331] Darden then told Ito of his concerns that Simpson "has arthritis and we looked at the medication he takes and some of it is anti-inflammatory and we are told he has not taken the stuff for a day and it caused swelling in the joints and inflammation in his hands". Simpson Trial Wasn't The Only Thing That Put Her On The Map", "Faye Resnick Videos Addressing The Drug Cartel Theory On 'The People V. O.J. The Fuhrman tapes became the cornerstone of the defense's case that Fuhrman's testimony lacked credibility. VOA News. [90] Thousands of spectators and onlookers packed overpasses along the route of the chase, waiting for the white Bronco. [68], On the night of June 12, Simpson was scheduled to board a red-eye flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago, where he was due to play golf the following day at a convention with representatives of Hertz rental car Corporation, for whom he was a spokesman. I have had a great life, great friends. [3][4][5] The trial took place shortly after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Over the weekend, now-former NFL player Chad Wheeler was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence against his girlfriend, who says Wheeler strangled her until she lost consciousness twice, and expressed shock that he hadn't killed her. SIMPSON GUILTY OF MURDER -- COMPARED TO 38% TO 32% IN JULY", "The Revolution Against Affirmative Action in California: Politics, Economics, and Proposition 209", "In California, Foes of Affirmative Action See a New Day The New York Times", "Research and Analyses on the Impact of Proposition 209 in California | UCOP", "Prop. Robert Shapiro published The Search for Justice in 1996 about the case and he concluded there was reasonable doubt but criticized Bailey and Cochran for bringing race into the trial. Goldman then came upon the scene to return some eyeglasses and was murdered as well in order to silence him and remove any witnesses. [23][24] They began dating although Simpson was already married. [86][89][90] In the letter, Simpson sent greetings to 24 friends and wrote, "First everyone understand I had nothing to do with Nicole's murder". (Reuters) -A former professional football player shot and killed a prominent South Carolina doctor, his wife, two grandchildren and another man before taking his own life at his home. Get the latest Scottish, UK and world news, sport, celebrity gossip, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Scottish Sun Simpson", "Video 1996: Barbara Walters interviews Robert Kardashian, longtime friend of O.J. [452], Kendrick Lamar included OJ in the music video for "The Heart Part 5", using Deepfake technology. There is a well documented history of football players suffering from CTE taking similar action. [143][144][145][146][254] This, they argued, would allow bacteria to degrade all of the "real killer(s)" DNA and thus make the samples more susceptible to cross-contamination in the LAPD crime lab. Interest in the case was worldwide; Russian president Boris Yeltsin's first question to President Clinton when they met in 1995 was, "Do you think O.J. [360][361][362] Opponents then tried to pass Proposition 54 to effectively conceal the impact of prop 209[363][364] but voters rejected that measure. Simpson: Week-by-week: Week 4", "CourtTV.com Trials O.J. Is Innocent and I Can Prove It, which was adapted into the BBC documentary O.J. Simpson for Political Correctness", "Deputy heard O.J. He is the namesake for Jack Trice Stadium, Iowa State's football stadium. and Hertz: The rise and fall of a rent-a-star", "Mark Fuhrman Slams The People v. O.J. Expert Says", "Expert: Shoe Prints Found At Crime Scene Were Rare from Rare Brand", "Simpson Jury Hears Details on Shoe Prints", "FBI: O.J. [113][114] Consequently, Ito barred the jury from hearing it and prohibited Christian Reichardt from testifying about his former girlfriend Resnick's drug problems. Simpson Trial 25 Years Later: How Nicole Brown's Death Changed the Domestic Abuse Conversation", "Jack Walraven's Simpson Trial Transcripts June 14, 1995", "O.J. [187] At approximately 10:50 pm he saw a "tall African American shadowy figure resembling Simpson" approach the front door before aborting towards the southern walkway that leads to Kaelin's bungalow. He accepted that the victims' blood was in the Bronco and Simpson's blood was at the crime scene and neither was due to contamination. Among the reporters who covered the trial daily from the courtroom, and a media-area that was dubbed "Camp O. President Bill Clinton was briefed on security measures if rioting were to occur nationwide. Prosecutors for Not Disclosing Fiber Evidence", "Simpson Trial Focuses on Hair as Prosecution Winds Down", "Prosecutors Say Hair, Fibers Link Simpson to Scene", "Expert: Hair Like Simpson's Found on Victim's Shirt", "Simpson's Shoe Size Fits Bloody Prints Left at the Crime Scene, an F.B.I. [25][26][27] Brown and Simpson had two children together, daughter Sydney (b. Fears grew that race riots, similar to the riots in 1992, would erupt across Los Angeles and the rest of the country if Simpson were convicted of the murders. Despite this, the prosecution had witnesses for 44 separate incidents they planned to present to the jury. [188] The blood trail from the Bronco to the front door was easily understood but the glove was found on the other side of the house. The final wound inflicted ran deep into her neck, severing her carotid artery. I really don't know about taking that thing". Paul Cherry Montreal Gazette. [119][120][121][122][123], When the trial began, all of the networks were getting these hate-mail letters because people's soap operas were being interrupted for the Simpson trial. Robert Shapiro later admitted he was Toobin's source. California Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell ruled on July 7that there was sufficient evidence to bring Simpson to trial for the murders. Both sides accepted a disproportionate number of female jurors. "[405], In the documentary O.J. One of the waiters at the restaurant was Ron Goldman, who had become close friends with Brown in recent weeks,[52] but was not assigned to the Brown family's table. [425][426][427][428][429][430][431], In 2012, the documentary film My Brother the Serial Killer alleged convicted murderer Glen Edward Rogers confessed to being involved in the murders and claimed he had been hired by Simpson to do it. [351][352], Scholarly consensus is that the trial damaged race relations in America[353] and point to polling which shows that belief in Simpson's guilt depended on the race of the individual and not on the evidence against him. Simpson in a House Divided | Office of Justice Programs", "OJ Simpson Juror: Not-Guilty Verdict Was 'Payback' for Rodney King", "Confusion for Simpson kids 'far from over', "The Simpson Case: The Fugitive; Simpson Is Charged, Chased, Arrested", "Power Struggle in the Simpson Camp, Sources Say Shapiro, Cochran Increasingly Compete For Limelight In Case", "List of the evidence in the O.J. The documentary primarily rehashes the contamination and blood planting claims from the trial and asserted that Simpson's elder son Jason is a possible suspect. ', The murders and trial "the biggest story I have ever seen", said a producer of NBC's Today received extensive media coverage from the very beginning; at least one instant book was proposed two hours after the bodies were found, and scheduled to publish only a few weeks later. [44][45] She was considering staying at the shelter because she was afraid of what Simpson might do to her, as she was refusing his pleas to reconcile their marriage. 54: Coping With Race Distinctions", "PROPOSITION 54: IMPACTS ON HEALTH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF CALIFORNIANS", "The Defeat of Prop 54 Against the Current", "African Americans are very concerned about what's happening in Ferguson. Several jurors together published Madame Foreman in 1995 to respond to allegations the verdict was racially motivated. In order to support the claim, the defense pointed to the presence of EDTA, a preservative found in the purple-topped collection tubes used for police reference vials, in the samples. 'There Was A Lot of Blood. Here's The Apology", "Location of Trial Can Be Crucial to Outcome, Experts Say. Only 29 pairs of that size were sold in the U.S. and one of them was sold at the same store that Simpson often buys his shoes from. There, he took off his blood stained clothes, put them in the knapsack (except his socks and the glove), put clean ones on, and left towards the limousine. [178][179][180], Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, testified on June 14, 1995, that Brown's time of death was estimated as between 10:00 pm and 10:30 pm. The "Blade Runner" has gone from worldwide hero to murder suspect with charges he shot and killed his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The only testimony that the jury reviewed was that of limo driver Park. Tommy Kane has been approved for day parole as he serves an 18-year sentence for killing his estranged wife, Tammy Shaikh in 2003. 'Never' Spoke to Kids on Nicole Slay", "Watching O.J. [193], LAPD criminalist and hair fiber expert Susan Brockbank testified on June 27, 1995, and FBI Special Agent and fiber expert Doug Deedrick testified on June 29, 1995, to the following findings:[201][202], On June 19, FBI shoeprint expert William J. Bodziak testified that the bloody shoeprints found at the crime scene and inside Simpson's Bronco were made from a rare and expensive pair of Bruno Magli Italian shoes. Insinuating his son may have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, from his years in the NFL, the father said: "I think the football messed him up." Doctor, Wife, and 2 Young Grandchildren . [445], Cowlings' white Ford Bronco was featured in the reality TV show Pawn Stars. The prosecution stated that the probability of error was 1-in-6.8 billion. [411] The plaintiffs were represented by Daniel Petrocelli and Simpson by Robert Baker. [137] The Los Angeles Superior Court then decided to hold the trial in Downtown Los Angeles instead of Santa Monica due to safety issues at the Santa Monica Court house owing to the 1994 Northridge earthquake. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Kalabrya, and his entire family during this. [324] Many of his minority former coworkers expressed support for him.[325]. Assisting Cochran were Carl E. Douglas and Shawn Holley. [94] McKay reiterated on radio his pleas to Simpson to turn himself in instead of committing suicide:[101] "My God, we love you, Juice. Simpson Trial", "2nd State Scientist Backs DNA Results: Simpson case: Criminalist Renee Montgomery says a new, more sensitive type of test corroborates earlier evidence. Simpson verdict ten years later (PBS Frontline streaming video), OJ Simpson Criminal Trial Uncut Start-to-Finish (1995), "O.J. [41] Afterwards, Brown said she felt her life was in danger because Simpson had threatened to kill her if he ever found her with another man. [354] Analysis of the "racial gap" in polling shows that it did not cross the political spectrum. After he did not turn himself in at the agreed time, he became the object of a low-speed pursuit in a white 1993 Ford Bronco SUV owned and driven by his friend Al Cowlings. [298] He contended that the defense had jumped to conclusions from the presumptive test results, while his tests had in fact shown that "those bloodstains did not come from preserved blood". [93][90] At 5:51pm, Simpson reportedly called 9-1-1; the call was traced to the Santa Ana Freeway, near Lake Forest. ', "Time Responds to Criticism Over Simpson Cover", "Time Made O.J. Her husband died hours later at a Houston hospital. Simpson . [191][192] Marcia Clark stated in her opening statements that there was a "trail of blood from the Bundy Crime scene through Simpson's Ford Bronco to his bedroom at Rockingham". The video from Willie Ford indicated that the socks had already been collected and stored in the evidence van before Vannatter arrived and footage from the media cameras present appeared to prove that he never went inside the evidence van when he arrived at Rockingham. Commentators agree that the defense capitalized on anger among the citys African-American community toward the LAPD, which had a history of racial bias, to convince the majority-Black jury to acquit Simpson. [71] Fans approached Clark at restaurants and malls, and when she got a new hairstyle during the trial, the prosecutor received a standing ovation on the courthouse steps; People approved of the change, but advised her to wear "more fitted suits and tailored skirts". [46] She had reported a set of keys missing from her house a few weeks earlier. [64] While NBC continued coverage of Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets at Madison Square Garden, the game appeared in a small box in the corner while Tom Brokaw covered the chase. [185], Park's testimony was significant because it explained the location of the glove found at Simpson's home. Simpson confess maybe", "How Did Faye Resnick Get Famous? Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before later killing himself, authorities said Thursday. Ex-NFL player Rae Carruth was released from prison Monday morning after spending nearly two decades behind bars on charges stemming from the murder of his pregnant girlfriend. Afterwards, the prosecution said that Simpson walked to his Bronco and drove home, where he parked it and walked into his house. The prosecution believed that Simpson had driven his Bronco to and from Brown's home to commit the murders, saw that Park was there and aborted his attempt to enter through the front door and tried to enter through the back instead. Since all of the samples the consulting labs received were testable, while Scheck and Neufeld's theory predicted that they should have been inconclusive after being "100% degraded", the claim that all the DNA was lost to bacterial degradation was not credible. FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. A former Georgia high school football standout convicted of killing his pregnant wife and his mother has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to two counts of malice. [412] Presiding Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki did not allow the trial to be televised, did not sequester the jury, and prohibited the defense from alleging racism by the LAPD and from condemning the crime lab. Fibers that were only used in the 1993-1994 model year. However, this fraud was not racially motivated: all the officers involved were minorities themselves[376] and were actually found to be affiliated with one of the gangs they were supposed to be policing.[377][378][379]. Simpson Facts and Fictions News Rituals in the Construction of Reality; pp. [153] Simpson's history of abusing Brown resulted in their divorce and him pleading guilty to one count of domestic violence in 1989. 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