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Title: Breaking: O.J. Simpson granted parole
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TheBlaze
URL Source: http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/0 ... thing-he-said-raised-eyebrows/
Published: Jul 20, 2017
Author: Sarah Taylor
Post Date: 2017-07-20 17:34:48 by Hondo68
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Views: 1026
Comments: 7
Former NFL star O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday, after the parole board voted unanimously for his early release. By the time Simpson is paroled — which is currently set to be Oct. 1 — Simpson will have served nine years of a 33-year sentence for a 2008 conviction of kidnapping and robbery. Simpson was in prison stemming from charges involving an incident when he and a cohort confronted memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in September 2007. The former Heisman Trophy winner was granted parole on some of the armed robbery convictions during a hearing in 2013, but Simpson was still required to serve four years of the sentence after charges stemming from assault with a deadly weapon and other weapons-related charges. During Simpson’s hearing Thursday, he told the parole board that he lived a “conflict-free life,” and that “I’m not a guy who’s lived a criminal life.” He said, “I’ve been asked to mediate conflicts in the prison and it gave me tools to use and walk these guys through instead of throwing punches at one another. I always thought I was good with people. Basically, I’ve spent a conflict-free life.” Simpson ran into legal trouble in 1994 when his wife, Nicole Brown, and a friend, Ron Goldman, were found stabbed to death outside of Brown’s home in Los Angeles. Simpson was questioned and released, but later charged with the murders of Brown and Goldman. After a lengthy trial that resulted in a not guilty verdict, Simpson avoided being convicted of any crimes related to the deaths of Brown or Goldman. Despite a questionable amount of DNA evidence, investigators deemed that the crime scene may have been contaminated by investigators. The murders of Brown and Goldman are still unsolved over 20 years after their deaths. Though Simpson was never convicted of the murders, a suit was brought against Simpson for wrongful death. Four months after the suit was brought against Simpson, the victims’ families were awarded over $30 million dollars in punitive and compensatory damages by a jury, and Simpson was held responsible for the deaths of Brown and Goldman. See Simpson speak at his hearing in the video below. 
Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is paroled after serving nine years of a 33-year prison sentence. (Image source: NBC screenshot)
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#4. To: hondo68 (#0)
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In my home town, in the heart of the Texas Bible belt, OJ would not have been charged with anything in either case against him. When I was a kid, we only had two doctors. One day one of the doctors caught his wife having sex in his car with the other doctor, and he shot both of them. The car was parked on the square in front of the courthouse, and virtually the whole town witnessed it. The doctor, who was well-respected, never spent one day in jail because it was ruled a justifiable homicide. (That's what you are supposed to do when you catch someone having sex with your wife). And he was well rewarded for his act because then he got twice as much business. We also had 2 CPA's and a couple years later the identical same thing happened. One CPA caught the other CPA having sex with his wife and he shot both of them, and again it was ruled a justifiable homicide. And, as with the doctor, he was well rewarded by the town because then he got twice as much business. And as for the other utterly ridiculous charge against OJ Simpson, I can assure you that no one in my Texas home town has ever been charged with stealing and sentenced to 30 years (or even one day) for taking back what is legally theirs. I am so glad I live in Texas and not California or Nevada, and I am so very happy that OJ is finally a free man after 9 years of being wrongfully locked up.
Your imaginary town would suck if it were real. Letting a cheating man kill his wife.
#6. To: A K A Stone (#5)
You have absolutely no reading comprehension and do not know how to read. We do NOT allow cheating men to kill their wife. We allow well-respected non- cheating men to kill their cheating wife and the man she was cheating with. And my home town is not imaginary. You can check on, and read all about the cases if you so desire. The name of the town is Bay City, Texas. They occurred in the 60's when everything was great, and the bad guys received swift justice unlike today when it is the good guys (like OJ) who are punished. Barry Midyet
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Replies to Comment # 5. Your imaginary town would suck if it were real. Letting a cheating man kill his wife.
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