Guilty Simpson
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- ArmandoEstrada0
Gee no surprise. Our court system is so fucked up. Not to say he shouldnt get any jail time, but 15 years for trying to get your shit back is nuts. Ive seen murderers and drug dealers get less time.
- F*CK that, CYAAAAAAAAA!!JazX
- i can think of one murderer in particular who got no jail time...longtongued_liar
- OH GOD THE FUCKING IRONY!longtongued_liar
- yup!
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- JazX0
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2…
Simpson and the other three men are charged with: two counts of first-degree kidnapping; two counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon; burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon; two counts of assault with a deadly weapon; conspiracy to commit kidnapping; conspiracy to commit robbery; and a misdemeanor, conspiracy to commit a crime.Simpson also faces one charge of coercion with use of a deadly weapon, a felony.
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Are you kidding me? WOW...- foxnews?Milan
- Be sure not to miss The O'Reilly Factor , ahhaha...3point14159
- Stylus0
the guy can rot in Jail for all I care , I'm just surprised at the length of the sentence. You've got to do some pretty evil shit to get 15 years in Australia.
- dog_opus0
"It's kind of a bittersweet moment knowing that that S.O.B. is going to be in jail for a very long time."
"This monster is where he belongs – behind bars."
Yup.
- sputnik20
maybe he'll get the same treatment jeffrey dahmer got in jail
- ghandolf0
The MSN videos of his "I'm Sorry" and the judge's explanation of the charges, verdict, and sentencing can be found here. The judge does a great job at putting it in perspective, and wasn't as hard on him as she could have been. Pretty much, mandatory minimums.
- Point50
innocent.
- dearhead0
Is it safe to say that simpson's imprisonment is the reason the dow went up today?
- section_0140
^^^ me too. Go Steelers!!!
- DrBombay0
jazx is a bit too gleeful.
- That's cause there's another blacky locked up.Glitterati_Duane
- rylamar0
I read earlier that he told the judge he "didn't think he was doing anything illegal".
BroJ, you stormed a hotel room with a gun. Your hilarious role as Nordberg in Naked Gun will not help them overlook that.
- turk_1820
FUOJ!!
- ukit0
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/co…
No athlete in American history has ever suffered such a spectacular fall. Why Simpson chose such a clearly losing path -- in his remarks to the judge, Yale Galanter, one of Simpson's own attorneys, used the term "stupid" at least a dozen times for Simpson's dangerous, ill-conceived plan to recover items from former associates -- might always be an unanswerable question to anyone but him. Another unanswerable question is whether athletes will ever realize that accountability applies to them.
Judging by the Plaxico Burress affair, it appears some still don't. Simpson should have provided the cautionary tale 13 years ago, and again today. As Glass pointed out so powerfully, Simpson could have killed someone, "an innocent tourist or worker." But O.J. Simpson believed in the protection that the hero always seems to get.
"At Mr. Simpson's initial bail hearing, I didn't know if he was arrogant or ignorant or both," Glass said. "During this trial, I got my answer. It was both."
There can be no underestimating the complete undoing of O.J. Simpson. He was once the country's greatest athlete. If Michael Jordan is considered the man who perfected the marriage of sports and marketing, O.J. Simpson is the man who pioneered it. If it is commonplace for athletes to sign multimillion-dollar contracts that now include music, movie and broadcasting deals, it is only because O.J. Simpson introduced to all parties the concept of crossover star power.
And now, it's all over. His dignity and reputation disappeared following his acquittal on a double-murder charge in 1995, and what was left of his freedom, well, that's gone now, too.
The juxtaposition of election night last month and the courtroom on Friday was all too obvious. The scene at Chicago's Grant Park, after Barack Obama won the election and in the process shattered so much of what people were convinced they thought they knew about the black and the white and the possibilities of America, hovered Friday over Simpson, his voice crackling, trying to negotiate the difficult task of sipping water from a Styrofoam cup while handcuffed. Thirteen years ago, it was Simpson who was the face of America. The famous photo of black cheers adjacent to white dejection upon the announcement of the Simpson acquittal served as proof that race was intractable, impossible to break. In 1995, O.J. provided the proof that blacks and whites viewed the idea of justice very, very differently
Forty-six days away from the inauguration of the country's first biracial president, O.J. Simpson was sent to prison Friday, a pathetic anachronism. He left this Nevada courtroom very differently than he did the one in California 13 years ago. Then, race had torn the country apart. Now, there is no position in America that a person of color can't attain. There are no excuses.
The country did not split along racial lines this time. The police were not on trial. A convicted criminal with all the advantages the world could provide went to jail.
Unfortunately, the hero game still lives on, as the post-sentencing scene in the street revealed. But now, it lives on with one fewer player.
- I think they have a typo. It's supposed to be "FAIL," not "fall".dMullins
- drgss0
He was offered reduced time, but declined and is going to do 30 years
- olli1010
Score one for the karma police!
- Gucci0
I think simpson is an asshat, but ultimately I don't think the punishment fits the crime. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they've determined the stuff was rightly his. The way he went about getting it was unjustifiable, but three of his accomplices cut deals so he could be nailed to the wall. They've been looking for ways to hammer him for years.
I don't care how many times the judge says it, the outcome here was definitely payback. Many would argue the fact that it's justice being served – I, for one, think it's a backwards way of getting to it. But sure... if the man's a killer – he deserves to sit out a few decades.