OJ Simpson granted Parole, will be freed from prison in October

After serving nine years of a 33-year sentence, O.J. Simpson was granted parole for a 2007 armed-robbery and kidnapping conviction. The former football star could be released as early as October. (Reuters)

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LOVELOCK, Nev. — O.J. Simpson will be paroled after serving nine years in prison for a botched bid to retrieve sports memorabilia in Las Vegas.

A Nevada parole board decided Thursday that the 70-year-old former football, TV and movie star will be released in October after serving his minimum term for armed robbery and assault with a weapon.

Simpson responded emotionally, saying, “Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

Four parole commissioners in Carson City questioned Simpson by video conference from the Lovelock Correctional Center in rural Nevada. He has been held there since he was convicted in 2008.

The conviction came 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of murder in 1995 in the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles.


O.J. Simpson, right, at his parole hearing with the Malcolm LaVergne at Lovelock Correctional Centre in Lovelock, Nevada, on July 20. (Photo by Jason Bean/Reuters)


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NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/oj-simpson-parole.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65598309&pgtype=article
Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/07/20/what-to-expect-from-the-o-j-simpson-parole-hearing/?utm_term=.3a36f313fe14
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/07/20/o-j-s-last-defender-f-lee-bailey-is-broke-disbarred-and-working-above-a-hair-salon/?utm_term=.79b6f8cb8ff4
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/us/oj-simpson-parole-hearing-live/index.html
NBC: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/o-j-simpson-granted-parole-nevada-officials-after-nine-years-n784931
ESPN:
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20105901/calculating-how-much-money-oj-simpson-made-nfl-pension-prison-nevada
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20114132/parole-board-votes-release-oj-simpson-prison-october