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LOVELOCK, Nev. -- O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel heist, successfully making his case in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America's enduring fascination with the former football star.

With the ruling, the 70-year-old Simpson, who was convicted in 2008 of an armed robbery involving two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room, could be out of prison as early as Oct. 1 after serving the minimum nine years of a 33-year sentence.

When the final vote to grant parole was read after parole commissioners deliberated just over 30 minutes, Simpson lowered his head and then raised it up with a big smile.

 

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"Thank you, thank you, thank you," an emotional Simpson said while his sister, Shirley Baker, wept and hugged Arnelle Simpson, his daughter.

Then, as he was led down a hall, the former athlete raised his hands over his head in a victory gesture and said, "Oh, God, oh!"

 

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20114132/parole-board-votes-release-oj-simpson-prison-october

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Not thrilled with this. 

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Me either, he should be serving two life sentences.

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why two life sentences? How does one serve this?

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This is the way our legal system works and I am glad it does.  Simpson cannot be held accountable fro a crime he was found not guilty of, no matter how much we all might think that he did it.  When it came to parole for his armed robbery he should have been treated like every other person, which he was by all accounts. 

We should all be glad we live under such a legal system.

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On 7/25/2017 at 7:06 AM, Running Gator said:

This is the way our legal system works and I am glad it does.  Simpson cannot be held accountable fro a crime he was found not guilty of, no matter how much we all might think that he did it.  When it came to parole for his armed robbery he should have been treated like every other person, which he was by all accounts. 

We should all be glad we live under such a legal system.

Yep. Course it would be better if the prosecutors  on a murder trial would prepare the State's case instead of going off on  weekend trists together.

I believe the fix was in on that trial. For no thinking  prosecution team would have a defendent try on a shriveled bloody glove. At worst they would have tested  first on another glove what the result of such an action would be. I think they did just that knew what it's result would be and then set up  the test so that  the jury that wanted to free him could do so.

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Now he can get to work finding out who killed Ron and Nicole.  LOL  JK

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