In 1995, a California state prosecutor charged former NFL player OJ Simpson with the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. OJ was found not guilty at the murder trial. After the murder trial, the Brown and Goldman families filed a lawsuit against Simpson in Florida. That Florida jury in that trial found Simpson responsible for both deaths and awarded the families monetary damages to be paid by OJ Simpson. Which of the following is true about these cases?

• A. The burden of proof is the same in both civil and criminal cases.
• B. The lawsuit filed by the Brown and Goldman families is an example of a criminal case.
• C. The murder trial is an example of a criminal case.
• D. The murder trial is an example of a civil case .