Former US football star and
actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after nine years in a
Nevada prison.
“Thank you!” said 70-year-old Simpson, bowing his head as the
commissioners approved him for release.
Simpson, who was acquitted for a double murder in 1995, has been
serving time for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and 11
other charges.
He is set to go free in October after being convicted of a 2007
confrontation at a Las Vegas hotel.
The former Hall of Fame running back was found guilty in 2008 –
exactly 13 years to the day after he was famously acquitted for the
killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron
Goldman.
He and a group of five others stormed into a hotel room to
confront two sports-memorabilia collectors to seize items that he
claimed belonged to him from his own career.
The hearing for Prisoner 1027820 took place at the Lovelock
Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in the Nevada
desert.
culled : BBC
Former US football star and
actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after nine years in a
Nevada prison.
“Thank you!” said 70-year-old Simpson, bowing his head as the
commissioners approved him for release.
Simpson, who was acquitted for a double murder in 1995, has been
serving time for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and 11
other charges.
He is set to go free in October after being convicted of a 2007
confrontation at a Las Vegas hotel.
The former Hall of Fame running back was found guilty in 2008 –
exactly 13 years to the day after he was famously acquitted for the
killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron
Goldman.
He and a group of five others stormed into a hotel room to
confront two sports-memorabilia collectors to seize items that he
claimed belonged to him from his own career.
The hearing for Prisoner 1027820 took place at the Lovelock
Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in the Nevada
desert.
culled : BBC
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