minimal criminal conviction history, positive institutional record, participated in program specific to addressing behavior that led to his incarceration, he has community and family support and the victim testified in support of mister simpson. reporter: the commissioners only considered the hotel armed robbery and what if any danger simpson post to the public. they did not consider the double murder for which he is most well-known. his robbery victims spoke in favor of release. i don t feel that he is a threat and i will make this clear to you. oj never held a gun on me. reporter: by all accounts, he has been a model prisoner, he does have a release plan and support where he has a close friend and two children from nicole brown simpson, the people most people feel he knifed to