O.J. Simpson Sentenced

Today, Orenthal James Simpson faced the music, and was sentenced fifteen years, and up to thirty-three in state prison- but he could be out in nine. Not surprisingly, Simpson's lawyers are appealing the sentence.

Simpson and a co-defendant, Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart were convicted on October for armed robbery and kidnapping a couple of sports memorabilia collectors. Those collectors bought some of Simpson's items, proceeds of the sales going to the families of the late Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted of their murders in 1995, but was found civilly liable in their deaths. The families won a $33 million suit again Simpson.



Last year, Simpson, Stewart and several others went to a Las Vegas area hotel, and reported planned to rob collectors Bruce Frommong and Al Beardsley. However, the robbery was botched. Two of Simpson's co-defendants, Walter Alexander and Michael McClinton struck deals with prosecutors in exchange for testimony against Simpson, who was reportedly the ringleader of the robbery.

Simpson apologized for his act of jackassery. However, just like Las Vegas District Court Judge Jackie Glass, who sentenced Simpson and Stewart today, I'm not buying it.



This is the end of what could have been a storied life. Sure, he'll be do the jailhouse rock until 2017- if he's lucky, otherwise, we're talking 2023, when he's 76 and probably suffering from Alzheimer's. That is if he's lucky enough to live that long. Sure, he'll be in solitary confinement, which is a pity on the account that, one, his star got tarnished the day Nicole and Ronald were killed- of course, many say the day he was acquitted of the murders, he got away with killing them. So, with his star forever tarnished, two, he should be out there with the rest of the prison population. Solitary confinement is way too easy on this guy.

And then, there's the sentence itself. Fifteen years is not enough time for this asshole. He faced life in prison, and to be quite honest, judge Glass was much too lenient on Orenthal. Sure, he's 61, but when he gets out as early as 2017, he could very well still be healthy as a house. A life sentence would've been better, in my opinion. I guess he had to kill the collectors to get that- or the death sentence had he killed them.

This may bring closure to many, but for the Goldman and Brown families, there will never be closure.



But at least the monster won't be running amok anytime soon.

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