O.J. Simpson Sentenced To 15 Years Minimum

LAS VEGAS - A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as much as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity."

The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions.

He choked back tears as he told her: "I didn't want to steal anything from anyone. ... I'm sorry, sorry."

Simpson said he was simply trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and other mementos, including his first wife's wedding ring, from two dealers when he stormed a Las Vegas hotel room on Sept. 13, 2007.

But the judge emphasized that it was a violent confrontation in which at least one gun was drawn, and she said someone could have been shot. She said the evidence was overwhelming, with the planning, the confrontation itself and the aftermath all recorded on audio or videotape.

Glass, a no-nonsense judge known for her tough sentences, imposed such a complex series of consecutive and concurrent sentences that even many attorneys watching the case were confused as to how much time Simpson got.

Simpson could serve up to 33 years but could be eligible for parole after nine years, according to Elana Roberto, the judge's clerk.

The judge said several times that her sentence in the Las Vegas case had nothing to do with Simpson's 1995 acquittal in the slaying of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

"I'm not here to try and cause any retribution or any payback for anything else," Glass said.

Simpson was immediately led away to prison after the judge refused to permit him to go free on bail while he appeals.

Simpson's co-defendant and former golfing buddy, Clarence "C.J. Stewart, also was sentenced to at least 15 years.

Outside court, Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, and sister, Kim, said they were delighted with the sentence.

"We are thrilled, and it's a bittersweet moment," Fred Goldman said. "It was satisfying seeing him in shackles like he belongs."

The Goldmans took a measure of credit for Simpson's fate, saying their relentless pursuit of his assets to satisfy a $33.5 million wrongful-death judgment "pushed him over the edge" and led him to commit the robbery to recover some of his sports memorabilia.

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[joyalgur]

pay back is a bitch

[zepps88]

he can get away with murder but he can't get away with armed robbery?

[guyfisher81]

This Nigga Retarded. He got away with killing a white woman which is very hard to do in america. Then he goes and robs a white man like they werent waiting for you to slip and fuck up.

[panjak42]

@SGLMUSIC No. That show is the cancer causing America to rot.

[abahawas]

@zepps88 black people on the jury.

[Thaquisha]

Okkk my friend was at the hotel when O.J robbed it my friend wrote the last comment I was at a other hotel I was ight but my friend was scared she texted me like crazy

[Thaquisha]

I was at that hotel where he robbed I was scared I just hide and ran into the room and I am 10 years old I was scared I cried when I came back

[SGLMUSIC]

Thumbs up if your watching this because of family guy :D

[SUNMAYDEN518]

i knew that even tho he got away with the murders he would get in trouble again.

[charlenemonique1]

Yeah pay back is a motherThe judge that she is not sentencing him on retribution over those killings he got away with but I not sure that's completely true.He deserved what he got.

[thisjointisloose]

he got away with murder and then he was dumb enough to do another crime. FUCKIN MURDERER

[gonefishin1977]

l sleep so well when l watch this clip last, gunna watch it first thing tomorow morning to garantee a fuckin great day. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU, O.J...LOL