Q1: From what you've heard, do you think O. J. Simpson murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman?
Total White Black Other
Yes 77% 87% 29% 68%
No 22 12 70 30
Q2: [ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO ANSWERED YES IN Q1] Which comes closer to your view of the prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial:
Total White Black Other
They did the best job they
could in the circumstances. 37% 37% 48% 34%
They blew it--they should have
been able to get a guilty
verdict, but they didn't 63 63 53 66
Q3: As you may know, there were nine African-Americans on the first jury in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial and nine whites on the second jury in the civil trial. Do you think that the racial makeup of the two juries was:
Total White Black Other
Single most important reason 1% 0% 1% 0%
A very important reason 11 12 13 6
Only somewhat important 31 31 31 31
Not important at all 35 36 33 34
Q4: As you may know, O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson had two young children who lived with her family during the first trial and now live with him. Do you think it is appropriate or inappropriate for O.J. Simpson to have custody of those children?
Total White Black Other
Appropriate 41% 33% 83% 44%
Inappropriate 58 66 15 55
Q5: If you could have dinner with O.J. Simpson, would you?
Total White Black Other
Yes 25% 17% 63% 33%
No 74 82 37 66
NBC News commissioned Knowledge Networks to field these questions between May 28-June 1, 2004. 1,186 panel members responded to the survey. The survey sample includes an over-sample of 366 African Americans. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points. Sampling error for subgroups may be higher.
