Televisual justice holds our imagination

Few celebrities have captured the public imagination in quite the same manner as OJ Simpson.

The former NFL star was acquitted of the 1995 murder of his ex-wife and her friend, only to go to jail for 33 years in 2008 for kidnapping, assault, and robbery charges involving sports memorabilia which he said belonged to him.

Primarily this is because the Simpson trial was the first product of the reality TV court drama age. The car chase and eventual arrest of the former Buffalo Bills running back was watched live by more than 100m people.