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Going to prison. Because i know he wouldnt go for me. Reporter their stories, their regrets, and their wishes for the soon to be free o. J. Simpson. This special edition of nightline will be right back. This is a special edition of nightline. O. J. Simpson parole granted. Good evening. One of the most controversial figures in American Life is once again heading toward freedom. O. J. Simpson was granted parole today after spending nearly nine years in prison for a botched robbery, an attempt he says to reclaim Sports Memorabilia that was rightfully his. Now with his release coming as soon as october abcs Debora Roberts speaks to some of the other men involved in that crime. Reporter o. J. Simpson about to become a free man. Capturing the nations attention once again. Tonight, o. J. Simpson will be a free man. Reporter ....
Bronco. Oj on the run after the death of his exwife and her friend. His trial lasted nearly a year. Lead the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant not guilty of the crime of murder. Shepard for years, relative quiet until that night in vegas. O. J. Simpson said he tried to get back memorabilia from collectors. Cops called it a crime. I didnt know i was doing anything illegal. Shepard the judge sent to the juice to prison. Which leads us here. Alive look from the prison where o. J. Simpson will appear from a videoconference. He is serving a sentence of 933 years for his role in that Armed Robbery of two Sports Memorabilia agents in a Las Vegas Hotel room. The commissioners are speaking, lets listen. O. J. Simpsons defense argued that he was just trying to get back things that belonged to him but the jur ....
Who do we have here, guys . Good morning. This is good morning. This officer butitta. And case worker le fleur. Okay, gentlemen. What were going to be doing this morning is after the two of you leave the area and back to where youre going to be im going to have officer batista, have you bring mr. Simpson in. And we will go from there. The camera angle that youve got is perfect. If youll keep your camera late to that will allow us to see the people were supposed toing seeing, and case worker le fleur, i will refer to you, if youll have your program up and your Computer System up. There are some questions im going to be asking you to confirm for uss so if youll be ready to do that, i would appreciate that. So, gentlemen, if you will go to your spots for me and bring mr. Simpson and i believe he has representation with him, if youll bring them to the table, id appreciate it. Thank you. Good morning. Have a seat, please. Thank you. A ....
That is why we are not exaggerating when we say we dont know and i think its fair to say as with all things o. J. Simpson, the eyes of the nation again on the criminal justice system, how it works, how unpredictable it is, and which way discretion goes. I dont have to remind anyone that celebrity, race, and class are always an issue when it comes to the criminal conduct and potential criminal transgressions of Orenthal James simpson. Pop culture columnist standing by, toure, o. J. Simpson hasnt run a football in decades, hasnt been in a film, a tv show in decades, hasnt pitched a product in decades, but there is still this obsession with all that is o. J. Why is that . To what can rewe attribute that . A couple things. The o. J. Trial represents sort of the beginning of modern culture in many ways the way cable news changed, the notion of the megacelebrity trial, just the way let me cut you off. Hold that thought. Well come back a ....
Able to go with the Lieutenant General to one of the more remote areas of the commonwealth and when youre on the satellite islands off of the bigger islands you realize just the extent of the devastation. The vegetation decimated. We are talking about almost 20,000 u. S. Citizens on the islands that are completely cut off. They depend on the bigger island for supplies. For medicine. For food and we already showed you just the long lines that are going on here in san juan on the outskirts of san juan. So just imagine being off of the remote areas. Both airports in those two islands not operational. Again they need absolutely every single thing you can imagine so i was on if ground with Lieutenant General. I asked him about his plans for the recovery. He gave us a firsthand look at his planning. Lets see. Right now we have 11 distribution centers. That are based but wer ....