OJ Simpson is Going to Prison

Exactly 13 years to the day he was acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman, OJ Simpson was found guilty of all 12 counts stemming from a robbery in a Las Vegas hotel last year. The 12 counts included kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon and should land Simpson in prison for somewhere from 15 years to life. While the proceedings in Las Vegas have certainly been under the radar in comparison to The Trial of the Century, no Simpson trial would be complete without a little bit of theatrics. In between readings of the verdicts, the lights in the court mysteriously went out and as Simpson was finally being led away, his sister fainted inside the courtroom. Aside from Simpson, the only familiar holdover from 1995's verdict was Dominick Dunne, the writer who covered the former trial for Vanity Fair, who in failing health recently told the New York Times that this "would be a fitting way to end."

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By Billy Parker in News on October 4, 2008 8:53 AM

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hubcap

any responsible person would have acquitted him 13 years ago. there were thousands of people waiting to burn down LA had he been found guilty. think of the innocent people killed/injured in the last LA riots.. anyway, now that this is tucked away in vegas and people have bigger problems, we can let him die in a cell like he always deserved.

where's your chewbacca defense now?!

NannyState

He's hoping to get his convictions cut and his prison time slashed on appeal. But his options are quickly draining out.

Snoopy

He will never admit to the murders as long as he is looking for the murderer. He has been looking all over the golf courses in the US of A for the murderer. Fortunately his search has probably ended.

Who would ever play golf with this guy? Or be in the same room? Other than Hugo that is.

MrCow

waiting for him to admit the murder...

Novanglus

Why do you assume that they are hipsters?

Sorry your retardation makes you think he's innocent. Let us know when you get your brain back from coat check.

Snoopy

Because he's guilty that's why.

HUGO_MEGO

I think OJ is innocent. Why is it that all the gothamist hipsters want to see a black man go to jail?

Wza

99 problems but a bitch aint one.

Rocknrope

Between this fool and Robert Chambers, its good to see that the mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.

eyekantspel

I love that his sister fainted. I guess the justice rose to her head all at once.

Steven

Another loser who thinks he is above the law who thinks his money can get him another acquitted verdict.

13 years too late, but at least he gets what he deserves. Let him rot in prison.

JacqueMehoff

ha ha, dominick dunne is going to hell, too.

and none too soon.

Peter

He'll beat the charges. The lawyer already has vowed to appeal.

ed_Extinct

Good things come to those who wait.

Spirit of 76

13 is not your lucky number, OJ. But some of us had your number way back when, even if that brainless jury was flummoxed by "If the gloves don't fit, you must acquit." Why don't you just fess up now? You're probably going to die in prison. They can't re-try you on the murder charges because of double jeopardy and you already lost the Goldmans' civil trial, so you have nothing to lose. Be a man for once and tell the truth.