Attorneys for O.J . Simpson are appealing his 2008 conviction . In addition , she would not allow defense counsel to ask prospective jurors about their `` known and unknown '' biases , the brief said , and allowed prosecutors to strike the only two African-American potential jurors eligible to be on the jury . ` The defense team has argued that the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he killed Nicole Brown Simpson, and they have asked jurors not to convict him on charges of first-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter. The famed football star was sentenced on charges including armed robbery . Simpson 's lawyers are claiming his trial was `` fundamentally unfair ''
Attorneys for O.J . Simpson are appealing his 2008 conviction . The defense team has argued that the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he killed Nicole Brown Simpson, and they have asked jurors not to convict him on charges of first-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter. The famed football star was sentenced on charges including armed robbery . Simpson 's lawyers are claiming his trial was `` fundamentally unfair ''