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BREAKING: O.J. Simpson Wins Release

By K. Gitter

7 years ago

 

CNN

 

The four-person Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners has begun their deliberations to determine whether or not OJ Simpson will be granted parole.

  • If the four commissioners do not reach a unanimous decision, they’ll call two more commissioners to weigh in.
  • After that, if at least four of the six vote yes, parole is granted.
  • If the vote splits 3-3, parole will be denied. But he’ll get another shot at a hearing in six months.
  • If he gets the four or more votes needed for parole, he could be released as early as October.

“He’s a good man,” robbery victim says

“It’s time to give him a second chance,” Bruce Fromong, one of the victims of Simpson’s robbery, said. “He made a mistake.”

He then turned to Simpson and called him by his nickname: “Juice.”

“I will make this clear to you: OJ never held a gun on me”

Bruce Fromong echoed Simpson’s previous comments, saying he never pulled a gun on him during the robbery.

“He never laid a hand on me,” Fromong said.

Robbery victim: “I felt Simpson was misguided”

Bruce Fromong, one of the victims of Simpson’s robbery, testified in support of his early release.

He said it was clear that Simpson had been told that Fromong had personal items, like Simpson family photos and his wife’s wedding ring.

Simpson: “Believe it or not, I actually do have friends”

There was a moment of levity in Simpson’s remarks when he talked about life on the outside — how he wanted to get back to his family and his friends.

“Believe it or not, I actually do have friends,” he said.

Simpson: “I am sorry that things turned out the way they did”

“I’ve spent nine years making no excuses about anything,” Simpson said in his closing remarks, which he noted that he hadn’t prepared.

“I told the warden when I got here …. that I would be no problem,” he said. “I think I kept my word.”

“We just want him to come home”

Arnelle Simpson, the oldest daughter, ended her emotional statement by saying she just wants her father to come home.

“As a family, we recognize he is not the perfect man,” Simpson’s daughter says

“He is my best friend and my rock,” Arnelle Simpson said. The robbery, she recognized, was “counterproductive” and “clearly inappropriate.”

“As a family, we recognize he is not the perfect man,” she said.

Simpson’s oldest daughter: “No one really knows how much we have been through”

Arnelle Simpson spoke on behalf of her father, saying she understands that Simpson “didn’t make the right decision that day.”

“No one really knows how much we have been through … this ordeal the last nine years,” she said.

Simpson: “I take full responsibility”