Las Vegas Judge Sentence OJ Simpson to 15 Years in Prison

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American football star and actor OJ Simpson has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for armed robbery, conspiracy to kidnap and assault with a deadly weapon nearly 14 years after he was acquitted of double murder. His voice shaking, O.J. Simpson apologized in court for his role in an armed confrontation over sports memorabilia and insisted he was merely trying to recover property that had been stolen from his family as the family of his murder victim listen. Judge denied Simpson's request for new trial. LOL... The AP reports:

A broken O.J. Simpson has been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel armed robbery by a judge who rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity."
Simpson stood stone-faced Friday when Judge Jackie Glass quickly rattled off his punishment after he pleaded with her that he didn't mean to steal from anybody when he tried to retrieve memorabilia.
He appeared ready to break down in tears as he told that he was "sorry and confused" before going into a rambling and emotional 5-minute declaration.
"I didn't want to steal anything from anyone ... I'm sorry, sorry," he said.

He added: "It's not like I killed anybody. Again."




I personally believe that OJ Simpson should have gone to the electric chair or whatever they use to execute people in California for the crimes he committed in 1994 and I am kinda happy to see him go to jail. The dude is a filthy animal that killed his ex-wife and the mother of his children. I hope nothing but the worse for him! That being said, I will be honest and say this whole thing in Las Vegas is just payback for what happened 14 years ago. the judge said it had nothing to do with his previous crime but that is crazy if she actually believes that. And there therein lies the problem with this trial. Using the courts to get back at a person for something he was acquitted of worries me even if he was wrongly acquitted.

The asshole got more time for robbery than some people get for manslaughter or rape. And the poor stupid fool Clarence Stewart got 15 year sentence just because it would have look unfair if OJ Simpson got 15 years and he got off with less time. Thats just bullshit, it seems like America is becoming a country of feelings instead of a country of laws. I hate OJ and wish the people he murdered got justice 14 years ago however I wished justice was served today not for the sake of OJ but for the justice system. Anyways, hopefully the family of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman can get some peace from this sentence because they deserved that.



Describing Simpson, 61, as arrogant and ignorant, District Judge Jackie Glass said the evidence was overwhelming.

Simpson made an emotional appeal prior to sentencing at the Las Vegas court, saying he was "sorry" and "confused".

His accomplice, Clarence Stewart, was also sentenced to 15 years after the two were convicted on 12 charges.

The charges related to the robbery and holding of two sports memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station hotel in Las Vegas in September 2007.

In 1995, Simpson was acquitted of murdering his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in what was dubbed "the trial of the century".

Simpson and Stewart had seized the memorabilia dealers in an attempt to reclaim items linked to the former National Football League star's sporting career, which Simpson claimed still belonged to him.

Before sentencing, Judge Glass said: "The potential for harm to occur in that room was tremendous."

"You went to the room, you took guns... you used force, you took property... and in this state that amounts to robbery with a deadly weapon," said the judge.

Prior to sentencing, Simpson pleaded for leniency from the judge with a trembling voice and tears in his eyes.

"I didn't mean to hurt anybody and I didn't mean to steal from anybody," said the former Buffalo Bills player.

"I did not know that I was doing anything illegal," he said. "I thought that I was confronting friends and retrieving my property. So I am sorry. I am sorry for all of it."

Judge Glass dismissed two counts of coercion with use of a deadly weapon.

But she denied defence motions for bail pending appeal, saying both defendants posed a risk of fleeing.

After his acquittal in the 1995 case, Simpson was later found liable for the deaths in a civil case and ordered to pay $33.5m (£19m) to Mr Goldman's family.