OJ Simpson Found Guilty For Once, Sentence Announced Today

It wasn’t difficult for jurors to decide on an armed robbery trial for alleged wife killer OJ Simpson. In October the jury found him guilty of coercion, burglary, robbery, and kidnapping for an incident in which he purportedly demanded that a man who had purchased Simpson memorabilia return it immediately at gunpoint with the assistance of six other men. While he and his lawyers claim that the Simpson memorabilia belonged to him, the jury tends to agree with much of the country that Simpson is one of the most insane ex-footballers to grace the American criminal justice system.

According to ESPN:

It was a bad few minutes for O.J. Simpson late on a Friday evening in early October, when 12 angry jurors unanimously pronounced him guilty of kidnapping and robbery and a Las Vegas judge instantly ordered him handcuffed and taken to jail. And it's been a bad nine weeks for him since then, sitting alone in a small cell in the Clark County Jail awaiting the next step in the legal process.

But on Friday morning, it will be much worse.

With his legs shackled in irons and his hands chained to his sides, Simpson, in a dark blue prison jumpsuit, will stand before District Court Judge Jackie Glass as she pronounces his sentence.

Glass, a jurist with a flair for the melodramatic, is likely to begin with a stern lecture. And she is likely to end with a prison sentence that will keep the 61-year-old Simpson behind bars in Nevada for 18 years and possibly more.

Court probation officials have been investigating Simpson for weeks, preparing a recommendation that will be a critical factor in Judge Glass' decision. In most cases, probation officials are inclined to suggest sentences that are more lenient.

 

But according to recently filed court documents, the probation officers in Simpson's case are suggesting a sentence of 18 years. Even worse, it will be 18 years of actual incarceration before there can be any consideration of parole.

Even Simpson's lawyers acknowledge that the best possible outcome for Simpson would be six years in the penitentiary before any possibility of parole.

Well it’s good to know that Simpson’s lawyers can be at least minimally logical; he very well may go to jail for 18 years, now that everyone’s getting thoroughly sick of him and his innocence is getting to be laughable. Oh O.J., what will we do without you? I guess there’s always TO to be the next two-letter named football freak.