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DayvanCowboy
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13 years to the day too. How freaky is that?
Guilty on all accounts. He is never getting out of prison.
Guilty on all accounts. He is never getting out of prison.
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GHOSTNYOURMIST
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If the glove fits, steal it!
I am glad he is going to jail and will never be free again, imagine how the people who knew the murder victims felt, he just got off scott free and lived his life for however many years..It just shows you what kind of a monster he really is that he would attempt to do something else grossly illegal like kidnapping, let him rot I couldn't care less
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LAS VEGAS – A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as much as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity."
The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions.
He choked back tears as he told her: "I didn't want to steal anything from anyone. ... I'm sorry, sorry." Simpson said he was simply trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and other mementos, including his first wife's wedding ring, from two dealers when he stormed a Las Vegas hotel room on Sept. 13, 2007.
But the judge emphasized that it was a violent confrontation in which at least one gun was drawn, and she said someone could have been shot. She said the evidence was overwhelming, with the planning, the confrontation itself and the aftermath all recorded on audio or videotape.
Glass, a no-nonsense judge known for her tough sentences, imposed such a complex series of consecutive and concurrent sentences that even many attorneys watching the case were confused as to how much time Simpson got.
Simpson could serve up to 33 years but could be eligible for parole after nine years, according to Elana Roberto, the judge's clerk.
The judge said several times that her sentence in the Las Vegas case had nothing to do with Simpson's 1995 acquittal in the slaying of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. "I'm not here to try and cause any retribution or any payback for anything else," Glass said.
Simpson was immediately led away to prison after the judge refused to permit him to go free on bail while he appeals. Simpson's co-defendant and former golfing buddy, Clarence "C.J. Stewart, also was sentenced to at
least 15 years.
Outside court, Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, and sister, Kim, said they were delighted with the sentence. "We are thrilled, and it's a bittersweet moment," Fred Goldman said. "It was satisfying seeing him in shackles like he belongs."
The Goldmans took a measure of credit for Simpson's fate, saying their relentless pursuit of his assets to satisfy a $33.5 million wrongful-death judgment "pushed him over the edge" and led him to commit the robbery to recover some of his sports memorabilia.
The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions.
He choked back tears as he told her: "I didn't want to steal anything from anyone. ... I'm sorry, sorry." Simpson said he was simply trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and other mementos, including his first wife's wedding ring, from two dealers when he stormed a Las Vegas hotel room on Sept. 13, 2007.
But the judge emphasized that it was a violent confrontation in which at least one gun was drawn, and she said someone could have been shot. She said the evidence was overwhelming, with the planning, the confrontation itself and the aftermath all recorded on audio or videotape.
Glass, a no-nonsense judge known for her tough sentences, imposed such a complex series of consecutive and concurrent sentences that even many attorneys watching the case were confused as to how much time Simpson got.
Simpson could serve up to 33 years but could be eligible for parole after nine years, according to Elana Roberto, the judge's clerk.
The judge said several times that her sentence in the Las Vegas case had nothing to do with Simpson's 1995 acquittal in the slaying of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. "I'm not here to try and cause any retribution or any payback for anything else," Glass said.
Simpson was immediately led away to prison after the judge refused to permit him to go free on bail while he appeals. Simpson's co-defendant and former golfing buddy, Clarence "C.J. Stewart, also was sentenced to at
least 15 years.
Outside court, Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, and sister, Kim, said they were delighted with the sentence. "We are thrilled, and it's a bittersweet moment," Fred Goldman said. "It was satisfying seeing him in shackles like he belongs."
The Goldmans took a measure of credit for Simpson's fate, saying their relentless pursuit of his assets to satisfy a $33.5 million wrongful-death judgment "pushed him over the edge" and led him to commit the robbery to recover some of his sports memorabilia.
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what i see is, in my opinion, I really dont care. i mean he was a bad man, he got what he deserved.
is this case or other case where he killed his wife, going to change my life in any way? is it gonna affect the shitty economy that we are in? what about children in africa who are dying from starvation? or the starving people in North Korea? where kids are litterally kidnapped and sold for FOOD. everyday? what about the genocide that is going on right now in africa? Europe? or rampant pirates that are holding ransoms, and even attacking cruise ships? it seems that natural disasters are getting worse every year. how about global warming? pollution? alternative energy resources? how are we gonna get out of this shithole economy? these are the real issues. idk i see depreessing news all the time. and OJ simpson case just nothing compare to what i see.
oj simpson? good for him hes gonna be in jail. very good. ok whats next? i do feel bad for the victims tho.
is this case or other case where he killed his wife, going to change my life in any way? is it gonna affect the shitty economy that we are in? what about children in africa who are dying from starvation? or the starving people in North Korea? where kids are litterally kidnapped and sold for FOOD. everyday? what about the genocide that is going on right now in africa? Europe? or rampant pirates that are holding ransoms, and even attacking cruise ships? it seems that natural disasters are getting worse every year. how about global warming? pollution? alternative energy resources? how are we gonna get out of this shithole economy? these are the real issues. idk i see depreessing news all the time. and OJ simpson case just nothing compare to what i see.
oj simpson? good for him hes gonna be in jail. very good. ok whats next? i do feel bad for the victims tho.
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SighX99 said:
It is doubtful that OJ's latest trial will be a major factor in most peoples lives. Those that find it to trivial usually don't open threads that are clearly labeled to be about that subject.
