The former Hall of Fame running back was found guilty in 2008 of the botched Las Vegas robbery – exactly 13 years to the day after he was sensationally cleared in the so-called trial of the century.
“I think his whole history of violence, ignoring the law, no respect for the law, no remorse for virtually anything he’s ever done is an indication of who he is as a person”, Fred Goldman said.
Nevada parole commissioners voted unanimously to grant Simpson parole, after serving time almost nine years behind bars for a botched robbery. – The Nevada Parole Board has granted OJ Simpson his freedom, reports CBS evening news. “I wish that the parole board would have.pressured him a bit more, and asked him what life is going to be like and what he learned”, she said.
He added, ‘I am sorry that things turned out the way they did. Do not cut, copy or lift any content from this website without our consent. He told parole board members that he plans to move to Florida upon his release.
She said she waited on Nicole Simpson and her party at Goldman’s request.
“My experience with him is that he is my best friend and my rock”, she said.
O.J. Simpson looks on during a parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada on July 20, 2017.
Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole
He and a group of five others stormed into a hotel room to confront two sports-memorabilia collectors and seize items that he claimed belonged to him from his career.
Kim Goldman also felt the parole board was somewhat lenient on Simpson, 70.
The award-winning shows The People vs OJ Simpsonand OJ: Made in America have brought a fresh perspective on the Simpson case, freeing the trial from its showbiz context and repositioning it in its historical moment. “I’ve done it as well and respectfully as anybody can”.
The commissioners said they did not take into consideration the notoriety still surrounding Simpson’s 1995 acquittal from charges of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
“My commitment to change is to be a better person”, Simpson, 70, told a parole board hearing in the western U.S. state of Nevada, which received blanket coverage on news networks.
“I would prefer to see him back in jail, simple as that”. Bruce Fromong said it was all water under the bridge; they were friends again.