Day 36 was dominated by Mark Fuhrman's testimony, with his direct examination concluded and replaced by an intensive cross-examination from F. Lee Bailey. Bailey challenged Fuhrman's credibility through methodical questioning about his background, movements at the crime scene, and gaps in his investigation. The defense portrayed Fuhrman's solo actions and scene handling as suspicious and questioned compliance with police procedures, while Bailey directly asked whether Fuhrman had wiped a glove in the Bronco; Fuhrman denied doing so.

• Judge Ito denied Bailey's motion to revisit the exclusion of 1981 psychiatric reports that Bailey argued documented Fuhrman's racial attitudes
• Bailey reviewed Fuhrman's 1985 encounter with O.J. Simpson and a 1989 letter in which Fuhrman described the incident as 'indelibly pressed' into his memory because of Simpson's celebrity
• Bailey proved Fuhrman visited a Marine recruiting station around 1986 where Kathleen Bell claims he made racist remarks
• Fuhrman conceded he 'cannot be sure' whether the woman he glimpsed at the recruiting station was Kathleen Bell
• Bailey examined the 2:50-to-4:05 period, during which Fuhrman said no detecting occurred apart from a brief fence observation directed by Detective Spangler
• Bailey elicited that Fuhrman made the Spangler-directed fence observation alone and questioned him about what he saw near Ron Goldman's body
• Bailey confronted Fuhrman over his account of the Bundy fence observation, including his acknowledgment that he saw one glove and his prior use of 'them' at the preliminary hearing
• Bailey highlighted that 18 pairs of feet contaminated the crime scene before any criminalist arrived
• Bailey directly challenged Fuhrman about wiping a glove in the Bronco and asking Kato for keys—both flatly denied