had a gun. there was a confrontation. ultimately all of the people involved were arrested. everybody pled guilty, except for o.j., and had very low sentences, suspended sentences or very low sentences. o.j. simpson got nine to 33 years. he s not even eligible for release until 2017. he s now charging that in that trial his lawyer, yale gallanter, a very well-known lawyer from florida that it was so bad in assistance of council violating the sixth amendment to the constitution. that s a very, very difficult case to make. judges are very reluctant to overturn convictions on the basis of ineffective assistance, but that s what this hearing is about. and i think his chances of success are remote. i want to ask you one thing, jeff.
against. i think that gallanter is a credible man. i think is he professional. reaching for straws because it s his only shot. yeah, the hearing could last for the remainder of the week, shep, and a judge may not rule for several weeks after that. shep? second time o.j. simpson has tried to get his case we tried and win his freedom. in 2010 he launched an appeal. the atlanta supreme court denied the motion and sent him right back to prison. u.s. troops are ready to take action after another deadly attack in libya. one of the worst we have seen in more than a year. plus, syria was another huge talk at the president wants news conference. how he says the plans he plans to up the pressure on a leader who murders his own people.
wasn t said. reporter: simpson is expected to take the witness stand this week, something he never did in the las vegas kidnapping trial, or his sensational televised trial in 1995. where he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. other witnesses expected this week are now retired prosecutors in the las vegas case, and yale gallanter, simpson s lead attorney in the kidnap trial, and a former ally. simpson s new lawyers will argue that gallanter has a conflict of interest in part because of his business dealings with the football star. simpson has been housed at the lovelock correctional center in northern nevada. his lawyers call him a model inmate. it s common in the prison for there to be different factions that don t get along with each other, and because of his status as a celebrity, and his personality, he s sometimes mediates between different groups when they re having conflicts.
grasso the late attorney jail galanter said he would not testify but he didn t but certainly will take the stand this time. shepard: o.j. said his attorney gave him bad advice. what was that. a couple of big things he said yale gallanter told him it was legal for him to go back to that casino and take back the memorabilia as long as he didn t trespass or use physical force. galanter denies that he ever said that o.j. also claims that galanter never told him about a plea deal being offered by the prosecution. today one of his former attorneys said there was, in fact, a plea deal but that gland gallanter said. no still for o.j. this is hearing is a long shot. listen. i think he did a very good job for o.j. i actually think that you know, the audiotapes and the video was very difficult to defend