O.J. Simpson gets 33 years for armed hotel robbery
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adaydream
That's Karma. < :-)
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neverknow2
That's funny because the story I read said he got 15 years not 33??
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=682988
I wonder do Japanese papers just make up this news or is it somehow lost in translation?
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elbudamexicano
15 years? 33 years? What is the difference, being behing bars from age 61? This is basically the rest of his life behind bars for such a stupid crime. I wonder if he was not black, but white, would he get such a strict sentencing? Anyway, I am sure he won't be there too long, he will probably "see the light" write a couple of books of how "god" has come into his life, and in a few years become some kind of mentor for young inner cities kids.
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GJDailleult
From the Dan Wetzel column on Yahoo - "you’d have to agree that anyone who survives a double-homicide trial has to be a fool to get a parking ticket, let alone have anything to do with an armed robbery." That sums it up I think.
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Everton2
American justice system is worst than Japan. The judgment is simply an act of retribution. For a judge to talk about how her decision is not about what OJ was alleged to have done 13 years ago is just ridiculous. We the public are suppose to believe that nose drip.
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adaydream
Everton2 - Maybe you believe that OJ didn't know he was committing a crime? < :-)
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Everton2
adaydream: whether he was aware or not is beside the point. It is a case of vendetta justice. I suspect that any other person would have been given a lighter punishment for what is effectively a first offense. Also, OJ's co defendant was also given a similar sentence, the proverbial sacrificial lamb in the game to thwart a successful appeal.
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sailwind
You would be wrong.
First of he was found guilty of twelve counts, including conspiracy to commit a crime, armed robbery, assault and kidnapping with a deadly weapon.
The average sentence for armed robbery alone..................
According to DOC's Susan Savage, the department does not maintain information on first-time offenders. It has data about offenders who had never previously been incarcerated, but its computer system does not have the capability to determine an average sentence for those convicted of first-degree robbery with a deadly weapon. Pei Ti Lee, of DOC's research unit, reported a mean sentence of slightly more than 10 years for all inmates currently incarcerated for first-degree robbery with a deadly weapon as a primary offense.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2000/rpt/olr/htm/2000-r-0510.htm
He'll be eligible for parole in 9 years for all his offensives not just the armed robbery charge.
Justice served, he got lucky the Judge could have given the minimum mandatory on all the charges to serve one right after the other and that would be 33 years total. Instead he is going to serve the one year less then the average sentence for armed robbery until he is eligible for parole.
Vendetta???? Not if you think the average sentence nationwide for this offense is about what he should have gotten in the first place. Which he did.
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Helter_Skelter
Everton
The articles states "Glass, a no-nonsense judge known for tough sentences". So how do you know any other person would have been given a lighter punishment? Do you know something we don't?
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techall
He got 15 years, eligable for parole after 6. The max the judge could have given him was 33 (parole after 9). Anyway we're not going to be hearing from O.J. anytime soon. Feel sorry for his kids....they must be really messed up psycologically now.
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Everton2
If you think the judge and jury weren't out to get OJ you're fools. The judge and jury had the same mentality you're exhibiting here.
Firstly the jury was all white a clear basis for an appeal. The charge would not have been "armed robbery" and "kidnapping" had it been anyone other than OJ.
Thousands of incidents like this happen across the country every day and never is the defendant charged with armed robbery and kidnapping.
Maintaining the integrity of our criminal justice system is far more important than making OJ pay for the two murders he most assuredly committed.
This is not "justice" for Goldman and Nicole. The judge's long, self-indulgent speech about how her sentence has nothing to do with OJ's first trial may be the basis for overturning the verdict. If it has nothing to do with the first trial why did find the need to bring it up?
The property in question is OJ's. If someone steals your wallet and you point a gun at him and take it back, is that armed robbery?
There is no technical basis for the charge. It's simply the wrong charge and thus precisely the kind of prosecutorial misconduct routinely overturned on appeal.
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TooFarGone
He belongs in prison.
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skipthesong
It is a case of vendetta justice." Well, to have a vendetta against you usually means you did something that warranted it whether legal or not and besides with today's justice system in the US as you point out, I'd prefer to vendetta justice. Too bad I was too young when my dad was shot by yours.
Maintaining the integrity of our criminal justice system is far more important than making OJ pay for the two murders he most assuredly committed." Knowing you, I think you made a typo. I believe what you want to say is "he most assuredly didn't commit".
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Fighton
OJ IS INNOCENT!!
OJ IS INNOCENT!!
OK, all kidding aside, as much as he is a fellow alum, I think OJ lost it.. He got away with the 94 incident. Wow!! It's been 14 years since that incident... I was still a student at USC and we watched the verdict on live TV, and I remember everybody cheering!! It was a bit complicated. OJ's lawyers were like celebrities and every athlete wanted Johnny Cochran to represent them.
I guess OJ never learned his lesson after 94. Then again, why should he. He got away with murder. Not as if Ronald Goldman nor Nicole were saints, but murder is murder. I still don't believe Ron and Nicole were just friends. Maybe bed friends...
Did you know that Bobby Valentine was a backup to OJ Simpson? After OJ went on to the NFL, it was Bobby's position to lose, but he chose to sign with the LA Dodgers.
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Helter_Skelter
Everton
I'm not exhibiting any "mentality" here. You're the one who's absolutely certain the charges against OJ were false. Yet you're entire analysis of the case is "If someone steals your wallet and you point a gun at him and take it back, is that armed robbery?" You're going to have to do a little better convincing than that.
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Sarge
Where was Judge Glass in '94?
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adaydream
I'm sure there's a criminal or two in prison that always wanted to date a sports hero.
Here comes OJ boys. < :-)
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likeitis
I think the question of ownership is a mitigating factor here. I have never had it demonstrated clearly who actually owns the stuff OJ was trying to get. This whole incident might have been avoided had the authorities resolved this sooner. There is no excuse for armed robbery, but the authorities should also not be taken off the hook for setting up the sitation where people feel forced to take the law into their own hands. Is that what happened here? I do not know.
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skipthesong
people feel forced to take the law into their own hands."
Its happening more and more and for good reason.
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ptolemy
Las Vegas has the reputation of having some of the toughest police and laws. The courts in Nevada are infamous for giving tough sentences. With the gambling, alcohol, and other recreation activities they have to be. OJ was convicted on some serious charges here. Nevada sends a clear message in any case, come here and have fun, but break the law and we will lower the boom. If they didn't tourism would suffer, they took a good lesson from Miami, Atlanta, and DC, when crime got high in those places tourists stopped going there. Las Vegas is not a town to get in trouble.
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presto345
We can all marvel at the mysterious ways of (American) justice. But one thing is indisputable: Armed robbery is a very serious offense. I personally don't give a hoot whether some call the outcome of this trial 'vendetta justice' and it leaves me wondering what kind of justice was applied in 1994? The man reaped what he sowed and finally finds himself in the place where he belongs. And I am glad it was judge Glass presiding and not judge Everton II.
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bushlover
Would you like some OJ with that bread and water OJ?
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Apex2wins
This article is very misleading. He was sentenced to 9 yrs to 33 yrs behind bars. If your going to report on something please provide all information.
Moderator: All the information is in the story.
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Nessie
He was framed. By the "real killer."
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martyman
Money can buy only so much happiness, but freedom is a privilege. Enjoy your time in Prison OJ, armed robbery is a crime for famous and not so famous people.
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sailwind
I hear the Florida Orange Growers Association has offered to pay all of his legal bills and appeals if he agrees to change his name to Ice T Simpson.
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Sarge
sailwind ( 3:01 PM ) - Har!
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Mark_McCracken
The evidence in this case was clear, much of it on recorded audio. This wasn't "vendetta justice".
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DXXJP
Wonder if he'll get a last minute pardon or his sentence commuted by dubya.
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helloklitty
Female judges give the stiffest sentences. Check out the judges in Texas death row sentences. It's the women who say, "Hang 'em high".
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helloklitty
Here is part of the Juice's moronic five-minute plea for leniency: Simpson said. "Mike Gilbert tried to set me up on a porn video - tricked me into a room with hidden cameras...."
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Congratulations to Mr. Goldman. Hope the revenge is sweet.
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