OJ Simpson Granted Parole After Nine Years In Jail

O.J. Simpson has been granted parole for a Las Vegas robbery, a group of Nevada commissioners decided today.

He has already spent nine years in prison for the crime, for which he could have served a maximum of 33 years.

The imprisoned former NFL player could be released as early as October 1, ABC reports

Simpson, 70, faced the parole board earlier today, maintaining that he didn't intend to steal but did 'wish this would have never happened'.

Simpson, who was acquitted for a double murder in 1995, told parole officials that the objects he took from the Las Vegas hotel room were later ruled to legally belong to him.

He and a group of five others stormed into a hotel room to confront two sports-memorabilia collectors to seize items in 2007.

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James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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