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O.J. Simpson was acquitted 20 years ago Saturday - here's what the trial's key players are doing now

Oct 3, 2015, 20:11 IST

In this Oct. 3, 1995 file photo, O.J. Simpson, center, clenches his fists in victory after the jury said he was not guilty in the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in a Los Angeles courtroom as attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Robert Shapiro, right, look on.AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, Myung Chun, Pool

Twenty years ago today, many Americans were shocked when a jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.

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Despite two decades having passed, many people still obsess over the case and whether Simpson, a former NFL player, was guilty of stabbing his ex and her friend to death.

The drama of the televised trial unfolded in Americans' living rooms - including the scene where Simpson tried on a glove that supposedly belonged to the killer. Of course, it didn't fit.

Many of the star players in the Simpson trial are still trotted out to weigh in on current court cases, including the trial of Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of "culpable homicide" for killing his girlfriend.

Other lawyers involved in the Simpson case have taken strikingly different routes, devoting their lives to helping to exonerate innocent people.

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You might not have heard some of these names in a while. Here's what the stars of the O.J. Simpson trial are up to today.

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