questions related to that. this is a little bit offtopic, and i forget when this happened exactly during the course of mr. simpson s incarceration, tlrt reports of a fight, i don t know if that was ever addressed then or you could dress that now. were there any conflicts that he did have? maybe not that were not maybe his fault, but involved in nevertheless? well, during the hearing, i didn t hear of any disciplinary rule infractions he had. he was disciplinary-free, so i would say no. can you reiterate why it is that we were able to get a decision today instead of waiting ten days, three weeks, as we would for joe blow? as you recall, the 2013 hearing, it was a panel of one commissioner and one case hearing representative. after that hearing, there wasn t a lot of interest at the time of the hearing. we had several reporters, and one photographer, i think and one camera. but the minute that hearing took place. we became inundated with
cop, mark furman, in the o.j. trial, this really just outrageous comments using the n word, caught on tape. so, again, for me, we have to talk about race. we have to talk about class. and culture when we talk about o.j. simpson and it s not just black and white. it s the impact that he has on the african-american community as well. listening to all of you, and i want to continue this great conversation, just want to point the viewer, a, to this this is the carson city, nevada, room where we re about to hear from these four different commissioners on the decision to grant this parole, so stand by. that s going to happen in a couple of minutes. but in case you missed some of this testimony from earlier when o.j. simpson was questioned by these four different members and we ll cut to this as soon as we see it go live. let me play back some of o.j. simpson defending himself. at one point, a couple of guys came to me and they said, o.j., understand you re a baptist. we re baptist an
when eligible. mr. simpson s eligibility date is october 1, 2017, and he may be release from the prison on or after that date once any proposed a proposed replease plans have been approved. the board stated the reasons for granting parole included mr. simpson had no prior conviction or criminal history, he had participated in programs specific to addressing behavior that led to his incarceration, he has stable release plans and community and family support, and the victim in the case testified in support of mr. simpson s release. this case will now be turned over to the division of parole and probation to gather and investigate mr. simpson s proposed release plans. captain arudi and warden bacca indicated they don t have specific statements to make so at this time, i can open it up to questions. interestingly that, you know, you ve already provided us the contact information for florida. so, you were talking about earlier, captain, about the process of, in florida, so have
visit him here have also shed light on this. tom for one, who s behind me with o.j. simpson in lovelock, he said that whenever he visited with the simpsons, the guards would jokingly call him the name from the naked gun movies. they called him bobble head. he thinks that o.j. and others consistently played fantasy football and played it so well that felix said he cheated off o.j. s fantasy football sheets and made some money. they also said that he not only ran the softball league and coached it and one inmate said that he was a great coach and led the championship, so he continued to sort of tangentially keep his life linked on sports and as you pointed o pointed out, brooke, several sources, including the commission here in nevada say he kept his nose clean and obviously a big factor in him getting parole. i d like to at one more thing, brooke. so often when we cover these parole hearings, there s this
sometime in the next 15 to 20 minutes that will be faxed to you or presented to you at the institution and it will become a public record. so, based on all of that, mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. and that will conclude this hearing. thank you. thank you. paul, i wanted to come back to you for one quick question, but just to tell all of you, we will hear from these four different parole board commissioners in just a couple of minutes so we ll all stand by for that. but just finally, do we know what happens? just to clarify for everyone, just because he s granted parole today, doesn t mean he walks out of the front doors of lovelock correctional facility. he has to wait at least until october. but between now and then, is he still treated just like as he has been since december of 08 in that prison? reporter: according to prison