OJ Simpson to be imprisoned for 9-33 years

**Jenna** · 12-06-08, 09:21 AM

A broken O.J. Simpson, headed for the slammer for 9 to 33 years for an armed hotel robbery and kidnapping, admitted to being “stupid” but insisted he meant no harm, while the relatives of his slain ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman took comfort in his sentence.

The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency.

“I didn’t want to hurt any of these guys. I know these guys. These guys have eaten in my home. I’ve done book reports with their kids. I’ve sung to their mothers when they were sick,” Simpson said. “You know I wasn’t there to hurt anyone. I just wanted my personal things and I realize that was stupid of me. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to steal anything from anybody and I didn’t know I was doing anything illegal.”

The notorious grid star had said he was simply trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and items such as his first wife’s wedding ring from two dealers when he stormed a Las Vegas hotel room on Sept. 13, 2007.

Glass said her sentence had nothing to do with Simpson’s 1995 acquittal in the slaying of his ex-wife and Goldman.

“I’m not here to try and cause any retribution or any payback for anything else,” Glass said. But she noted O.J.’s cockamamie scheme led to a violent confrontation in which at least one gun was drawn, and someone could have been shot. Simpson could serve up to 33 years but is eligible for parole in nine years, the judge’s clerk said.

Simpson was immediately led away as Glass refused to let him go free on bail while he appeals. Co-defendant and former golfing buddy Clarence “C.J.” Stewart was sentenced to at least 15 years.

Ron Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, said, “We are thrilled, and it’s a bittersweet moment. It was satisfying seeing him in shackles like he belongs.”

The Goldmans took a measure of credit, saying their relentless pursuit of O.J.’s assets to satisfy a $33.5 million wrongful-death judgment “pushed him over the edge.”

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**BigDawg** · 12-06-08, 09:58 AM

This is just awful!! Just another example of whitey bringing the black man down.

I tried to say it with a straight face and it didnt work.

This POS deserved the sentance based only on this case, forget LA. He is beyond stupid and thought he was above the law. Hope he has fun in prison playing punt, pass, and kick with Bubba.

**TXCharlie** · 12-06-08, 10:02 AM

I guess that retirement fund that he pumped up to exempt the money from the Goldmans' lawsuit won't do him any good now. How sad

**CTR man** · 12-06-08, 10:19 AM

Where is Johnnie Cochran now, OJ? Oh he's dead and can't come to your rescue? No one believes you? Or thinks you have the money to pay for your defense? Awwww thats too bad, I guess you'll have to serve your time with Bubba now.

**Pinki** · 12-06-08, 10:39 AM

It's good to hear he will finally serve some time.

**2 Blue 4 U** · 12-06-08, 12:21 PM

Justice finally prevails!

Rot in Jail you POS murderer!

**Captain America** · 12-06-08, 01:20 PM

You would think someone that escaped a conviction in a double homicide would have kept just a little bit lower of a profile instead of looking for every opportunity to rub it in society's face. Ego will do you in every time.

**2 Blue 4 U** · 12-06-08, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Captain America

You would think someone that escaped a conviction in a double homicide would have kept just a little bit lower of a profile instead of looking for every opportunity to rub it in society's face. Ego will do you in every time.

Touche!

Well if you think about it he did get away with murder!

**bayern** · 12-06-08, 06:04 PM

Fox news had a segment with Geraldo Rivera this afternoon. He played a video tape where OJ is seen and heard telling how he has secretely been selling stuff and hiding the money in off-shore accounts. Rivera is supposed to show the complete tape later this evening.

Guess OJ goose is cooked.

**TXCharlie** · 12-07-08, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by bayern

He played a video tape where OJ is seen and heard telling how he has secretely been selling stuff and hiding the money in off-shore accounts.

That's probably how his stuff wound up in the hands of the shady dealer that he robbed, in the first place.

I guess he maxed out what the bankruptcy court allowed him to keep in his retirement accounts. Sack of shit would probably do anything to keep the Goldman's from getting it.