The former football player, 66, was convicted
of kidnapping, armed robbery and other
charges in 2008, and due to his good
behavior in prison, he asked for leniency
on Thursday, July 25. Appearing remotely
via closed-circuit TV, Simpson told two
parole board members that his nearly five
years in prison "have been somewhat
illuminating at times and painful a lot of
times."
The disgraced athlete was previously
sentenced to spend up to 33 years in
prison after trying to reclaim items from a
Las Vegas casino; he argued in court that
the memorabilia was rightfully his. "The
difference between all of [the other
prisoners'] crimes and mine is that they
were trying to steal other people's
property, they were trying to steal other
people's money," he said. "My crime was
trying to retrieve, for my family, my own
property. . . Make no mistake, I would give
it all back to these guys. They can have it
all to get these five years of my life
back."
Simpson has not had any disciplinary
infractions during his incarceration. Parole
Commissioner Susan Jackson said that the
former football hall-of-famer poses a
"low risk" of repeating his criminal
offenses.
"I missed my two younger kids who
worked hard getting through high school, I
missed their college graduations," Simpson
said, appearing red-eyed and emotional. "I
missed my sister's funeral. I missed all the
birthdays."
Simpson was convicted on October 3,
2008 -- the 13th anniversary of his
acquittal in the 1994 killings of his ex-
wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and Ronald
Goldman .
A final decision regarding Simpson's
leniency is expected next week. Four out
of seven commissioners must support his
request. Even if the Nevada Parole Board
rules in Simpson's favor, he would then
begin serving sentences attached to other
charges and spend at least another four
years in prison.
Simpson still has four weapon
enhancement sentences to serve, followed
by consecutive terms for two counts of
assault with a deadly weapon. Parole from
those sentences would be taken into
consideration at future hearings, according
to the Associated Press.
This article originally appeared on
Usmagazine.com: O.J. Simpson Seeks Parole,
Pleads for Leniency After 2008
Conviction
( Culled from US Weekly news)
of kidnapping, armed robbery and other
charges in 2008, and due to his good
behavior in prison, he asked for leniency
on Thursday, July 25. Appearing remotely
via closed-circuit TV, Simpson told two
parole board members that his nearly five
years in prison "have been somewhat
illuminating at times and painful a lot of
times."
The disgraced athlete was previously
sentenced to spend up to 33 years in
prison after trying to reclaim items from a
Las Vegas casino; he argued in court that
the memorabilia was rightfully his. "The
difference between all of [the other
prisoners'] crimes and mine is that they
were trying to steal other people's
property, they were trying to steal other
people's money," he said. "My crime was
trying to retrieve, for my family, my own
property. . . Make no mistake, I would give
it all back to these guys. They can have it
all to get these five years of my life
back."
Simpson has not had any disciplinary
infractions during his incarceration. Parole
Commissioner Susan Jackson said that the
former football hall-of-famer poses a
"low risk" of repeating his criminal
offenses.
"I missed my two younger kids who
worked hard getting through high school, I
missed their college graduations," Simpson
said, appearing red-eyed and emotional. "I
missed my sister's funeral. I missed all the
birthdays."
Simpson was convicted on October 3,
2008 -- the 13th anniversary of his
acquittal in the 1994 killings of his ex-
wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and Ronald
Goldman .
A final decision regarding Simpson's
leniency is expected next week. Four out
of seven commissioners must support his
request. Even if the Nevada Parole Board
rules in Simpson's favor, he would then
begin serving sentences attached to other
charges and spend at least another four
years in prison.
Simpson still has four weapon
enhancement sentences to serve, followed
by consecutive terms for two counts of
assault with a deadly weapon. Parole from
those sentences would be taken into
consideration at future hearings, according
to the Associated Press.
This article originally appeared on
Usmagazine.com: O.J. Simpson Seeks Parole,
Pleads for Leniency After 2008
Conviction
( Culled from US Weekly news)
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