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twitterO.J. Simpson sentence: at least 9 years
NFL Hall of Famer could be in prison until age 94, if parole is denied
AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool
O.J. Simpson, left, appears during his sentencing hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Friday. O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted of the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles, has been sentenced to at least 9 years in prison in a Las Vegas armed robbery case.
Published Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 | 6:54 p.m.
Updated Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 | 11:19 a.m.
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Summary of charges and corresponding sentences
- The kidnapping convictions each carry possible life sentences with no parole for five years.
- The robbery convictions carry mandatory two-year sentences, plus an additional year, at minimum, for use of a deadly weapon.
- The burglary conviction carries a mandatory two- to 15-year sentence and a possible fine of up to $15,000.
- The coercion convictions carry mandatory one- to six-year sentences and a possible fine of up to $5,000.
- The assault convictions carry mandatory one- to six-year sentences and a possible fine of up to $5,000.
- Conspiracy to commit kidnapping carries a mandatory one- to six-year sentence and a possible fine of up to $5,000.
- Conspiracy to commit robbery carries a mandatory one- to six-year sentence and a possible fine of up to $5,000. Conspiracy to commit a crime is a gross misdemeanor that carries a possible probationable one-year sentence and/or $2,000 fine.
O.J. Simpson will spend at least nine years in a Nevada prison.
District Court Judge Jackie Glass handed the former NFL star his punishment, 33 years in prison without the possibility of parole for nine years, just after 10 a.m. this morning.
“The evidence in this case was overwhelming,” Glass said. “Overwhelming.”
Dressed in navy blue inmate attire, Simpson addressed the court before receiving his sentence.
“I stand before you today, sorry, somewhat confused,” he said, his voice unsteady as he spoke.
“I didn’t mean to hurt anybody and I didn’t mean to steal from anybody,“ he said. “I didn’t know I was doing anything illegal. I thought I was confronting friends and retrieving my property.”
The All-Star running back was facing a possible life sentence following a run-in with two memorabilia dealers in a Palace Station hotel room last year.
Though Glass declined to impose a life term, her sentence means the former football star could remain incarcerated until he is 94 years old if denied parole.
Simpson and his co-accused, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, were found guilty on Oct. 3 of allegedly robbing the collectibles dealers at gunpoint on Sept 13, 2007.
Simpson, 61, maintained that no guns were involved and that he and his five-man entourage were simply recovering personal items that had been stolen from him.
A secret audio recording of the six-minute altercation captured by the middleman who arranged the meeting, Thomas Ricco, was used as evidence against the accused during the trial.
Simpson and Stewart were convicted on all 12 counts they faced, including two counts of first-degree kidnapping, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
The state had requested Simpson get at least 18 years behind bars while his attorneys asked he serve the minimum, six years.
Simpson’s attorney, Gabriel Grasso, said the defense was disappointed with Glass’s sentence.
“We were expecting less than that,” he said.
Grasso and Simpson’s other lawyer, Yale Galanter, will appeal the decision.
“We’ll file the notice of appeal as soon as we can,” Galanter said yesterday. He said he expected to file the necessary documents this afternoon or first thing Monday morning.
Simpson’s attorneys will ask their client serve his sentence at either the High Desert State Prison or Southern Desert Correctional Center, in Indian Springs.
Stewart was also sentenced today and will serve a lighter prison term than Simpson. Glass sentenced him to 27 years in jail with no possibility of parole until 2016.
His lawyers will also appeal the decision.
District Attorney David Roger offered plea bargains in return for the testimony of the five others who accompanied Simpson and Stewart during the raid.
The accomplices, Charles Cashmore, Charles “Charlie” Ehrlich, and the two who said Simpson asked them to bring guns that fateful day, Michael McClinton and Walter Alexander, testified against Simpson and Stewart. They will be sentenced Tuesday.
(Editor's Note: This story is developing and will be updated. An earlier story is below.)
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O.J. Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, is hoping his client will receive the minimum sentence when District Court Judge Jackie Glass decides the former NFL star’s fate this morning – but the attorney isn’t kidding himself.
He said he doesn’t know what kind of prison term Simpson will receive.
“I can’t predict,” Galanter said Thursday afternoon.
Simpson, 61, is facing a possible sentence of six years to life behind bars following a confrontation with two memorabilia dealers in a Palace Station hotel room in the fall of 2007.
Regardless of the sentence, Galanter said he will begin the appeal process immediately following Friday’s proceedings. Stewart’s lawyers have also indicated that they will appeal.
“We’ll file the notice of appeal as soon as we can,” Galanter said, adding that he expected to file the necessary documents either Friday afternoon or first thing Monday morning.
The appeal would likely be heard within a year, if accepted.
Simpson was convicted on Oct. 3 of all 12 charges he faced related to the incident, including 11 felonies — two counts each of first degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon; robbery with use of a deadly weapon; assault with a deadly weapon; and coercion with use of a deadly weapon, and one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping; conspiracy to commit burglary; and burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon — and one gross misdemeanor, conspiracy to commit a crime.
The State Parole and Probation Division has asked Glass to send the Heisman Trophy winner away for no less than 18 years but Galanter is hoping the judge will consider a lighter sentence.
Simpson will be transferred to a state penitentiary after receiving his sentence today. Galanter said he did not know which jail his client will be sent to but said the defense will request Simpson go to either the High Desert State Prison or Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs. Both are medium-security institutions located about 45 minutes from where he’s currently being held and are approximately 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Galanter hopes his client’s stay at the prison will be as short as possible.
“Obviously we think that the facts and the circumstances of this case really do call for the minimum sentence,” he said.
“We want (Judge Glass) to (assign the minimum sentence based) on the fact that a, he’s a first time offender … and b, that he did not have any … criminal intent,” Galanter said.
Criminal intent relates to whether or not Simpson knowingly intended to commit a crime. The defense maintained throughout the three-week long trial that Simpson was not simply trying to retrieve items that belonged to him.
“Everything that came into that room had the name O.J. Simpson on it,” Galanter said, referring to the range of Simpson memorabilia the two victims, collectibles dealers Bruce Fromong and Alfred Beardsley, had with them that day.
There were, however, items unrelated to Simpson in Palace Station hotel room 1203 on Sept. 13, 2007, including boxes of Joe Montana lithographs and two dozen baseballs autographed by MLB legends Pete Rose and Duke Snider. Still, the vast majority of memorabilia Fromong and Beardsley were hoping to sell that day was Simpson-related, including NFL game presentation footballs, his 1969 All-Star plaque, and numerous personal and family photos, including one of him with former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
Galanter and Simpson’s other lawyer, Gabriel Grasso, also said, repeatedly, during the trial that their client had no knowledge that any weapons were either planned to be or actually used during the six-minute confrontation.
Ganater suggested the predominantly white, predominantly female jury delivered the unanimous guilty verdict to punish his client over ill-feelings related to Simpson’s 1995 acquittal in the double murder trial of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
The nine-women and three-man jury delivered their guilty verdict in Simpson’s latest case 13 years to the day after the another, predominantly black jury exonerated him of the murders.
The two complaining witnesses and victims, Fromong and Beardsley, will be called as witnesses during tomorrow’s sentencing hearing.
They are the only two witnesses that Glass has agreed to allow take the stand.
“We want to ask them their feelings on this and whether or not they feel crimes were committed,” Galanter said.
Beardsley made it clear when he testified during the trial that he did not want to see Simpson do any jail time. He initially refused to testify and only appeared before the court after being subpoenaed.
Fromong was also sympathetic to the accused and told the court that he felt "angry and hurt” after the incident.
"I was angry and hurt that my best friend had just robbed me at gunpoint," he told the court, noting that neither Simpson nor his co-accused, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, wielded weapons during the alleged robbery.
Simpson did not testify in his defense and has not talked to reporters since the verdict was delivered.
He and Stewart have been held at the Clark County Detention Center without bail for the past 62 days. (Stewart was also convicted on all 12 charges.)
Galanter visited Simpson at the Detention Center Thursday.
He said Simpson has adjusted well since having to trade his 4,200-square-foot Florida home for a 12 by 14-foot jail cell.
“He’s OK,” Galanter said. “Not great, but he’s OK.”
Galanter said Simpson has passed the last two months by doing the same sort of things others do while incarcerated: reading books and playing board games.
"He’s been reading books, playing checkers, playing chess," Galanter said.
Simpson is allowed two books or magazines in his cell at a time, and up to five religious books or articles.
Metro Police public information officer, Ramon Denby, said Simpson is classified as a "protective custody – isolation" inmate, meaning he is kept in strict solitary confinement.
His cell is closed off from the rest of the detention center’s 3,000 inmates and he spends most of his time within the four cinderblock walls of his cell with the door locked shut.
Simpson is allowed outside once a week for 60 minutes.
Denby described the outdoor recreation area as “basically four concrete walls with a mesh cage on top.”
After being sentenced and transferred to a state prison, Simpson will likely remain in protected custody because of his high profile.
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The sentencing will be televised. It'd be nice to include the WHEN of the sentencing in this news story.
I guess his golf game is going to get very very rusty.
Many people hope he dies in prison, and I am one of them.
What happened to if the glove does not fit then we must acquit?
Yeah form fitting gloves put on after putting on surgical gloves tend not to fit. That was the most moronic example ever. Yeah the LAPD framed him Nance. As a matter of fact Fuhrman killed Nicole and Ron, wore Brunos, ran back to OJs estate, and smeared blood all over his estate and house. Not to mention he found a way to break into the Bronco and put blood there too.
Wow.....That sure sounds like a lot of evidence.
I bet the defense team never played the race card.
I bet the near all black jury did not give OJ a free ride as payback to "the man" for past injustices.
Nope...you are wrong Redferrent. The glove did not fit so we must acquit.
oj is off the streets.
next up...
the r-j's director of advertising for using "readership" numbers in his media kit that are almost equally criminal.
500,000 readers, huh?
ya, whatever.
then how do you explain the civil suit? Guilty.
And now he has to face the music for being a total moron. If I got away with a double homicide it would be goodbye USA and hello Europe or South America or something. For that matter I wouldn't have even farted in public for fear of some backlash. This guy was just dumb. Hopefully he lives to see a free day.
I guess that means he's gonna be missing the De La Hoya fight.
Just took 13 years (?) for OJ to get "justice" for the murder of Nicole and Goldman. C'mon - this was an entire set-up. Jackie Glass craves the publicity - national now. How did the Goldman's (father and daughter) get seats in this courtroom?? When it was supposed to be a lottery? Were they waiting all night - first in line? - I wanna see the proof of that. Why did weathergirl Glass even mention the previous 1995 trial? Had to respect, she says, that jury's decesion. BS!! She played supreme court and overturned their verdict. For what Simpson did in this case was maybe worth one year 1n the county jail - if that! He should have gotten life back in 1995 - but hey, I guess we have to accept that jury's verdict. I sure hope he can get someone to bribe the Nevada Supreme Court on some technicality - like extreme judical prejudice. Seeing the Goldman's sitting in that courtroom spoke volumes. They were not the victims in this case. They certainly are not family. They need to get over it. I can say this because my cousin was brutally murdered in 1967. Move on Goldman's!! Life is more than showing up on every TV show playing the eternal victims. It is tiring and boring.
stevem "500,000 readers, huh?"
They are counting each eye. Four eyes for glasses or contacts, obviously.
the OJ sentencing constitutes misconduct on the part of state and local government. at worst he should have gotten probation. While I prefer not to dwell in that part of society - this matter had been dealt with successfully until the police and courts got involved. The people of Nevada should not stand for this kind of expenditure of funds to incarcerate this miserable human being. No wonder their are financial problems when you spend what will likely be millions of bucks. Maybe the court and detention budget should be cut in the amount that this case costs so people make better decisions. Let OJ out to play golf and to be self supporting. Follow him so he doesn't exhibit equally bad judgments again. I would say that the Goldman's should spend some time in prison until they can decide to get out of their bitter self-destructive mood but I don't have to because they are imprisoning themselves. Yes, why were they there? They were not an interested or involved party in this case. Throw the people in jail who allowed them to be there - at least for contempt for a few days. Ok, may OJ again run through the airports whether in an ad or to flee the police!
Hm I guessed it right! Wonder who going make OJ there B LOLL.
I Heard it get cold out there in the desert, on those cold desert nights at the prison. Thank God there is a god and justice is served loll. I assume Obama will pardon him, and appoint him to some agency. I kinda wish that judge would preside over that Barney Fife the banking commitee chairmen and his budies at Fannie Mae who caused this economic mess. I assume his day will come and please judge him in Clark couty seems that where it was hit the most in the housing and employment please use the same judge. Hm? Barney and OJ in the same Jail cell loll wonder who would be the B lolll.
OJ is getting railroaded again.
If the glove does fit then we must acquit.
All that blood evidence from Niclole and her boyfriend where on his truck, his clothes and glove and OJ blood was mix in with Nicole in the crime scene. All that was planted by Furhman who said the "N" word.
Now the white man has gotten his way by putting him in jail for just trying to get his pictures back. OJ did not have a gun.
The injustice....and no leader is standing up for him.....
Karma's a mean ole' b!tch ain't it?
you guys are so funny!! (dorks)
he will be free again. the judge had her head so far up her butt, she couldn't see straight.
agree or disagree with the verdict; there is no way that every single comment or attempted action by the defense should have been denied. the judge set up 1,000 reasons to have this thing re-examined.
I think you are so wrong.
He will not see the light of day in the free world until (if the article is accurate which I doubt) is 9 years.
His only chance is get the jury selection rules overturned via a Fed appeals which will take 2 to 4 years to get to and then he will have a new trial and get convicted all over again.
i appreciate your comment, we'll just wait and see. :-)
The glove didn't fit because he stopped his meds. so his hands would swell up - genius!
Well, the glove fit. Any of you ever put on your leather golf glove after it sat in your golf bag and completely dried out? Our Nevada juror's were a little bit smarter than that.
Not one Black was on that Jury. If anyone thinks for a moment that racisim is dead in the good old usa. they better think again. according to our laws someone cannot be tried twice. the charges were different but we all know he was convicted not for what happened in that vegas hotel room, because not much of anything happen. he was convicted for what happened in Brentwood CA. Its funny but if Ron and Nicole were black. the sentence in las vegas would of never been. because America does not look at the life of a Black and White person the same the ultimate judge is the Good Lord.
it does appear suspicious that the judge mentioned the previous situation of OJ's trial in California - if it weren't of relevance, why should the judge be so fixated on denial? Ok, so I still hope that OJ will be able to play golf and run through airports in the not too distant future.
OJ's first trial did not have one hint of racism.
The defense never played the race card.
None of the all most black jury, including the ex-black panther who stood up gave the black power salute at the verdict was given, used race as factor.
I would have much rather seen the judge sentence OJ to a handicap fist fight with Fred and Kim Goldman. If the Goldman's won so be it, if they lost then I would not have to see them again. Now they'll probably go on some coast to coast speaking tour about how Ron finally got justice. They are two disgusting bitter people that need to get on with their lives. It's a shame that Sin City had to step up and correct what it perceived as a wrong by the jury in California. Las Vegas, I hate to admit, but you're really starting to live up to your nickname as "The Mississippi of the West." God help us!
oj got what was coming to him , he could very well spend the rest of his life in jail, serves him right!!!! there is a good chance that he may not make it out of prison alive ! i hope that is the case.Judge jackie glass put his butt in the slammer for a long time, YIPPIEEEEEEE
Word Cotton.......
some on this blog suggest oj was shafted, that is a lot of bravo sierra!He got a fair trial.I would have put his rear end away for life! Unlike the first trial he did not have a jury of MORONS, to spring him. he is just arrogant and STUPID! The aryan brotherhood is waiting for him in the slammer!!
As a former CO from Nevada OJ will be going to HDSP then because he is a "celebrity" he will then go to Nevada's Siberia, Ely State Prison. When he comes out he will have a complete white Afro or shved head and be much thinner. Just watch.
watched the trail 13 years ago. I watched every bit of it and the end O.J. came out free. Upto 33 years that is a lot for someone who stole some material possessions. The judge says it not pay back, hard to believe.
I really think this judge was biased in her decision by giving him some many years behind bars.
Geoffrey Rao
Ottawa, canada
So does this mean he cant be on the golf course looking for the real killers, dam what ashame.
Good verdict. O.J. will have some time to reflect on his sins.
This verdict just goes to show how screwed up our justice system is. The verdict 13 years ago was way off and so is this one.
Vegas Baby . . .
Anyone wanna put some $$$ on his getting shanked in the joint by some white racist "Bubba" in retribution for murdering Nicole?
Eligible for parole in 9 yrs, but he won't get it because the Parole Board will be compelled to consider that he's serving several sentences concurrently.
This glass witch is an attention whore. He's a murderer for sure but 9 years minimum for stealing back stuff that was stolen from him in the first place, is friggin ridiculous.
No one should be able to preside over a trial with such bad temperment. There are going to be much more serious cases before this tantrum emotional, theatrical judge. It did not help the jury verdict with her almost "fits."
OJ GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER
(Grandma/Osama Got Run Over By a Reindeer)
WilliamBanzai7
(chorus)
OJ got run over by a reindeer
Walking out of his cell Christmas eve
You can say there's no such thing as Santa
But as for the Goldmans and the Browns they believe
He'd been caught robbing football memorabilia
So the jury said he had to go
But as he sat in his cell block
Defiant as he was, he said, "Hell, no!"
When we found him Christmas morning
It was clear he'd been attacked
There was a note stuck to his forehead
It said, "Its over Simpson time for some pay back!"
(repeat chorus)
Now we're all so proud of Johnny Cochran
He's been taking this so well
See him in his office
Knowing that Simpsons going to be joining him in celebrity H-e-l-l
It's bad for business without OJ
No more TV trials and Court TV quacks.
And we just can't help but wonder
Will Ford use bailout money to buy that Bronco back?
(repeat chorus)
Now the famous glove is on the table
See Marcia Clark dance a jig (Ah!)
And the famous blood stained Bruno Magli foot print
That F Lee Bailey claimed was rigged!
Well theres a moral to this story
Celebrity wife murderers watch out for yourselves!
You should not be using guns and two bit hoodlums
Stealing back all the celebrity junk you once had to sell!
(repeat chorus)
williambanzai7.blogspot.com
The confusing sentence was an abomination. No one could or did understand it. What the heck does "Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping: 12 -- 48 months (concurrent)" mean? Who decides whether it is 12, 24, or something in between? That is what the judge is supposed to decide at sentencing. Nevada get your act together!
it is a sad day for justice because it was so very evident that the judge and jurors felt they were trying simpson for murder. his attorney was impotent to allow an all white jury when las vegas is more racialy diverse. again i will have to see and hear the money hungry goldmans
O.J. is the victim in this mess. Where is the middleman, Thomas, who arranged the meeting, excuse me robbery? Is he locked up for arranging a crime? How do you commit armored robbery without a weapon? O.J. was doomed when he left his first wife and children to play "rich sugar-daddy" to Nicole Brown. Why did Nicole play with poison (taking a married man for his money)? Why was Ron Goldman hanging around Nicole (perhaps to drive her red ferrari)? It's all so sick and evil. O.J. was used as Sunday entertainment on NFL football, O.J. was used by Hertz in the rental car business, O.J. was used by whites who needed to have a safe Black friend during the sixties, O.J. was used by friends and relatives because he had money and talent. This fiasco in Las Vegas is simply another sick drama to victimize this poor fool. O.J., this 60-year old arthritic fool, did not break down any doors in Las Vegas, because someone opened the door to let him inside of the room. This was a brawl between a bunch of half-drunk old men. They are all culpable. The Goldmans should let their son and brother rest in peace. People are murder (sadly) everyday in this country and their families do not spend 13 years in a talespin.
The last trial had nothing to do with this trial and shouldn't be referred to. OJ wasnt convicted because he didnt do it. It is very suspect that he has been given this length of sentence and I hope his lawyers are successful in getting this thrown out. Start putting real criminals in prison and make the country safer. Putting OJ & his friend in prison is a travesty, what danger are they to anyone.
OJ a VICTIM? Oh please, give me a frickin break. He got what he deserved - he tried to take the law into his own hands - held people at gunpoint and that IS kidnapping when you won't let someone leave on their own accord "don't let anyone out of this room". On the other hand - I'm sick of seeing the Goldmans - I can only imagine the pain of losing a family member but time for them to get on with the rest of their lives now.
To say the Goldmans should "just get over it and move on" is MERCILESS. How does a father get over the senseless murder of his child? Or a sister of her only brother?
That said: the presence of the Goldmans in Vegas courtroom was a obvious setup; the judge should be ashamed of herself.
I don't like OJ and for the record I am white,but I lived 4 blocks from the condo where the murders occured in 1994. The prosecution's timeline for the murders was ridiculous; you can't get to LAX(International Airport) to be on an 11 PM flight if you were on Bundy Drive at 10:15 & then went waaaaay up into Brentwood(Rockingham)to "clean up" and pick up a limo.The driver would have had to go 100MPH-impossible on the only TWO ways out of that area: a long,twisty winding section of Sunset Boulevard.
In a nutshell: OJ was framed. He could not have physically killed the victims and been on that 11 o'clock flight. The judge knew it, the prosecution knew it and the neighbors knew it. The trial was a farce. And by the way,the jury was not a black majority. But when the probable real killers were mad dogs from a drug ring, nobody wants to do anything "real" in the courtroom.
To this day I feel terrible for Nicole's and Ron's families and friends. But the murder trial was a disgraceful putup and the severity of the Vegas scenario is highly questionable.
What OJ did in Vegas was wrong---but where is the guy who set it up? And why did OJ get so much time?
Those responsible for the slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are shady racist elements from law enforcement and authorities of Los Angeles, with ties to racist criminal groups from which were recruited the two white caucasian males that murdered Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, yes, the very same ones who were seen running from the estate because they were the ones who had committed the murders!
The insinuation that an African-American would have something to do with two slain white victims - it was all a big lie, a lie built on the american principle of "think big..." applied into criminal racist murder plotting.
For those murderous breed of racist monsters it would not matter that Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman would be killed because, as they believed, the outrage from their killings would ensure that both Nicole and Ron Goldman "would be vindicated" and that their deaths "would serve a purpose".
Poor OJ If he wasn't such a stupid animal he would be free today. And anyone that says he is not a murderer is a liar or a damn fool. Only an idiot or someone paid off could have seen all the evidence and thought for a minute that he was innocent. Another thing, there should never be allowed one person to hang a jury and let a killer go free. Thats just crazy.