Update on the O.J Simpson Case: Spoilers (much?)

[Phantom]

Well, this is it, O.J got his sentening today, so be ready for some drama people. Note: This has two links. So scroll down for the second link.

Link #1

The original courtroom drama - Yahoo! News


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Slideshow: O.J. Simpson Play Video Video: 'This Sentence Will Stay' FOX News More from The Yahoo! Newsroom:
Top 5 political moments – Yahoo! style Project Runway: The Inaugural Edition Eliot Spitzer, back in the news What's up in a down economy? Issues facing Clinton as secretary of state The non-Clintons on Obama’s national security team Transcript: Obama national security team announcement The Obamas sit down with Barbara Walters AP – O.J. Simpson appears in court during his sentencing hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center … So it wasn’t a high-speed freeway chase in a white Bronco, but O.J. Simpson's day in court certainly delivered on the drama.

The big news is that Simpson is going to prison for kidnapping and armed robbery and could serve as much as 33 years in prison. But equally interesting is what happened before the hefty sentence came down.

Today was the first time many of us actually heard O.J. Simpson say "I’m sorry" in a courtroom. His voice seemed to break and it looked like he was fighting back tears as he read a surprise statement to the judge. He explained: "I didn’t want to hurt anybody. I didn't know I was doing anything wrong ... I stand before you somewhat confused." Simpson continued for about five minutes, sometimes rambling, as he talked about how he was merely trying to recover property that had been stolen from his family.

And while this case had nothing to do with the circus-like "trial of the century" that consumed the country back in 1995, some familiar faces in today’s courtroom wouldn't let us forget the drama of those days.

Sydney Simpson, O.J.'s twenty-three year-old daughter who is old enough to remember the last trial, was there to see her father receive a sentence that will put him into prison for at least nine years. Emotions also ran high for the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, who made the trip to Las Vegas to watch the sentencing.

Ron's father, Fred Goldman, continues to believe O.J. Simpson murdered his son and wasn't moved by the apology. Goldman told reporters: "He committed a crime. He's gonna be where he belongs, with others of his kind, and he can complain there." Denise Brown, Nicole’s sister, said she is saddened about how the prison time will affect Sydney and her brother Justin.

And the drama may not be over. As AP pointed out, many attorneys who have watched this case from the beginning are still sorting out the complex series of consecutive and concurrent sentences to determine how much time Simpson got and how much he will actually serve. USA Today’s newsblog shows top newspapers from around the country are just as confused. None of them agree on how much time Simpson actually got. Is it 9 years like the New York Times reports? 15 according to the Washington Post? 16 as reported by the Los Angeles Times? Or is the Wall Street Journal the one to trust with a report of 33 years?

In the end, it might not matter. O.J. Simpson’s lawyer plans to appeal by arguing that a fair trial was nearly impossible after Simpson’s 1995 acquittal.

Link #2

O.J. gets at least 9 years for armed hotel robbery - Yahoo! News


It is sad, but he deserved it, sad to say. I forget what age he is, but if he is getting 9 years in prison, its diffinitely going to long and hard for olde O.J.

Comments, opinons, what are your throughts everyone?

[Meier Link]

So the guy gets away with murder and now he thinks he can get away with anything?!?! Seriously though I would have to agree when you said he got what he desevered for the most part. I watched his plea to the judge and it was rediculous. He had no emotion over anything he did and all he basicly did was call himself stupid for doing it.

Personally I am glad he is going to jail, to bad it will be one of those strictly enforced retirement villages, or so I suspect. the guy needs far more then just that, how about a life of getting getting abused by a local prision billy bad ass? That might be a just cause.

Even if I didn't think he killed his wife and put it aside I fell that he deserves more time then what he was issued, he blames it on "stupidity". I say he is a grown adult that has common sence he should of known better. Let the bastard rot.

[Pete]

He should've gotten life in prison 13 years ago.

I'm glad that he's gotten what he was sentenced, but I feel like there should've been more. And the only reason that OJ was breaking down and apologizing was because he wanted sympathy and because he was just so shocked that he actually got sentenced for a crime he'd committed.

Hell, if I ever got away with murder, I'd either be the most low key person I could possibly be, or I'd be ballsy and dumb. Guess OJ decided the latter was wise.

[nix]

Poor OJ, i think they should let him go...

Surely his work in the naked gun series is enough to warrant his freedom