Sentenced to 33 years in prison in 2008, the former American soccer star is heard this Thursday by a commission to rule on a possible release.
Is the Judicial Soap O.J. Simpson Coming to an End? The former star of American football, whose history has not ceased to fascinate America, should in any case soon be fixed on its fate. After spending nine years behind bars in Lovelock prison in Nevada, the fallen star is heard this Thursday before a commission to decide if he is going to regain freedom.
O.J. Simpson will appear by videoconference at 10 am local time .The Carson City Parole Board will then decide if he can be released. Uncertainty, however, hangs over the timetable, as the decision can be immediately known or delayed. If they grant him freedom, O.J. Simpson could be released on 1st of October.
One of the victims pleads for his release
The former Buffalo Bills back-to-back was sentenced in 2008 to 33 years in prison for armed robbery, assault and kidnapping, among other charges. The facts came in September 2007 when Simpson went with accomplices to a casino hotel in Las Vegas to steal memories of his playing career. According to him, he was only trying to recover those objects that had been stolen from him by the two vendors assaulted.
O.J. Simpson has a real card to play. Bruce Fromong, one of the victims of the theft, will appear before the commission to plead in favor of his release. "I never thought that this offense deserved such a long sentence," he told CNN.
David Roger, a former Clark County prosecutor who led the charge against Simpson in court in 2008, said: "Assuming he behaved well, I think nine years is A fairly decent stay for these counts, "he said in the New York Post. The current Clark County Attorney General, Steve Wolfson, believes that O.J. Simpson is "an excellent candidate for parole".
An unusual business
Orenthal James Simpson first became a star thanks to his performances on the American football pitches. In the 1970s he exploded into the spotlight in NFL, the American professional league. At the end of his career as an athlete in 1979, his charisma allowed him to reconvert as a television consultant. He also succeeds in making a place in the cinema, playing in films like "Capricorn One" or the trilogy of "Is there a cop ...", as well as on television, whether in Series or commercials.
For O.J. Simpson, everything switches on June 12, 1994. That day, his ex-wife Nicole Brown is discovered dead in Los Angeles in a pool of blood. Ronald Goldman, a friend of Nicole Brown, was also savagely murdered. Promising to go to the police, he finally chose to flee on June 17 in a white Ford Bronco. In front of their television, 95 million Americans follow live the pursuit race with the forces of the order. NBC even decides to interrupt the broadcast of the NBA final to cover the event, which ends with the arrest of Simpson.
For nine months, the trial of O. J. Simpson, during which the twists and turns follow, captivates the United States. The verdict is the ultimate turnaround: he is finally acquitted. Three years later, this criminal acquittal does not prevent him from being held responsible for the deaths of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman in a civil suit. He is condemned to pay more than $ 33 million to their families, which he will never do.
Last year, the series "American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson "won several Emmy Awards. ESPN also devoted a documentary series of almost eight hours, "O.J. : Made in America ", which received the Oscar for the best documentary in February. The main television stations must also broadcast live the Simpson hearing this Thursday night.
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