9-33 years: "The Juice" gets squeezed for good

[Kiwon]

For more than 13 years, he has been widely regarded as the man who got away with murder. But this morning, O.J. Simpson was punished for other crimes: last year’s kidnapping and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at Palace Station.

After hearing a statement of remorse from Simpson, whose voice quivered as he spoke, District Judge Jackie Glass imposed a sentence that will keep the Hall of Fame running back behind bars between nine and 33 years.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/35601444.html

[cpk1994]

Not sure where they get 33 years, but all the major news services report 9 years to 15 years with parole eligibility to begin at 5 years.

[CaliforniaCheez]

Why start a thread not about football or about the Packers here.

A moderator should move it to the Romper Room.

Criminals should not be discussed here (unless it is another arrested viking).

[sheepshead]

To quote Bill Michaels...Ssssseeee ya!

[oregonpackfan]

How is O.J. ever going to find his wife's killer if he is behind bars?

[cheesner]

Probably part of OJs plan. He likely knows who the real killer is, the guy is in prison, and now the juice can get to him.

The man is relentless.

[Kiwon]

The younger guys here have no idea how popular O.J. Simpson was back in the mid-70's.

Football, TV, movies, commercials. He was the marketing equivalent of Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan rolled into one.

He made it to the football HOF, but other than that........

He wasted his life in the worst way. It's a shame.

[cpk1994]

The younger guys here have no idea how popular O.J. Simpson was back in the mid-70's.

Football, TV, movies, commercials. He was the marketing equivalent of Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan rolled into one.

He made it to the football HOF, but other than that........

He wasted his life in the worst way. It's a shame.

Absolutely, Ill never forget his famous Hertz commerical showing him running through the airport. I actually still have an orange "OJ Simpson signature NFL football". Boy Im really starting to date myself.

[packinpatland]

I (we) were living in Oswego, NY in 1976. My husband's boss gave us tickets to a home Buffalo game. Saw OJ play. He was good.

[texaspackerbacker]

I honestly don't know why I've always been sympathetic to O.J., but I am.

In this recent case, it just seems like he was behaving like a natural man--going after something he perceived to have been stolen from him. And I don't care what the law says, kidnapping when the person kidnapped never leaves the room? Come on. That's bullshit. I could see myself--and truth be told, almost any of us--behaving about the same in similar circumstances.

Now, I'll sit back and listen to all the whiny do-gooder shame-on-you types spew about how they're above all that.

I would have voted Not Guilty in his murder case too. The inept prosecutors never crossed the reasonable doubt threshhold. "He probably did it" doesn't cut it in the American judicial system.

Besides, by the Texas legal doctrine of "she needed killing", she did ...... and the boyfriend even more so.

[retailguy]

pathetic. there are no other words to describe that. Tex you should be ashamed.

[swede]

I honestly don't know why I've always been sympathetic to O.J., but I am...

I would have voted Not Guilty in his murder case too...

Besides, by the Texas legal doctrine of "she needed killing", she did ...... and the boyfriend even more so.

Tex!
OMG!




Seriously, Tex...that post should buy you 9-33 days in the Rat Trap.

(Do we still HAVE the Rat Trap?)

[packinpatland]

I honestly don't know why I've always been sympathetic to O.J., but I am.

In this recent case, it just seems like he was behaving like a natural man--going after something he perceived to have been stolen from him. And I don't care what the law says, kidnapping when the person kidnapped never leaves the room? Come on. That's bullshit. I could see myself--and truth be told, almost any of us--behaving about the same in similar circumstances.

Now, I'll sit back and listen to all the whiny do-gooder shame-on-you types spew about how they're above all that.

I would have voted Not Guilty in his murder case too. The inept prosecutors never crossed the reasonable doubt threshhold. "He probably did it" doesn't cut it in the American judicial system.

Besides, by the Texas legal doctrine of "she needed killing", she did ...... and the boyfriend even more so.

I don't for one minute believe you believe what you wrote.
You just like yank people's chains.

[texaspackerbacker]

I'm just saying what is routinely said in bars and factories and offices, everywhere that intellectually honest men gather and speak without fear of the p.c. crowd.

Do we have nobody in here who admits he would go in and kick some ass if somebody stole something from him and he knew where to find the thief?

Do we have nobody in here who at least sympathizes with a guy who offs his slut ex-wife and her boyfriend? Sure, most of us wouldn't do it, but why? Because it isn't worth the time you do if you get caught, that's all.

Whine on, you p.c. types. I bet you felt sorry for Russert too.

[swede]

I would like to challenge anyone who thinks anything I write to be "extremist" to state specifically "how" and "why" they see whatever it is as "extremist"--and NOT merely normal Americanism.


I honestly don't know why I've always been sympathetic to O.J., but I am.

In this recent case, it just seems like he was behaving like a natural man--going after something he perceived to have been stolen from him. And I don't care what the law says, kidnapping when the person kidnapped never leaves the room? Come on. That's bullshit. I could see myself--and truth be told, almost any of us--behaving about the same in similar circumstances.

Now, I'll sit back and listen to all the whiny do-gooder shame-on-you types spew about how they're above all that.

I would have voted Not Guilty in his murder case too. The inept prosecutors never crossed the reasonable doubt threshhold. "He probably did it" doesn't cut it in the American judicial system.

Besides, by the Texas legal doctrine of "she needed killing", she did ...... and the boyfriend even more so.

The above is extremely not normal Americanism, dude.