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  • OJ Simpson regains freedom after nine years in jail

    Former American football star and actor, OJ Simpson has been released on parole after nine years in a Nevada jail.

     

    The Nevada Department of Corrections verified the news on Sunday via a Facebook post with an image and video of Simpson signing documents and leaving Lovelock Correctional Center, where he was serving time.

     

    Simpson was condemned to prison after he was found guilty for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and 10 other charges over a 2007 confrontation at a Las Vegas hotel.

     

    Following a board hearing deliberating his appeal for an early parole release, Simpson’s appeal was accepted by the panel in July.

     

    The former athlete was cleared of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goodman In 1995.

     

  • O.J Simpson gets parole — after nine years in jail

    O.J. Simpson has been granted parole, after nine years of being imprisoned for a Las Vegas robbery.

     

    The outcome of the television star/former NFL player was on Thursday decided by a parole board made up of four Nevada commissioners.

     

    During the bail hearing, the 70-year-old narrated the account of the robbery to the board, saying he regrets every moment of it.

     

    Simpson stated that his actions weren’t intentional and that he “wish[es] this would have never happened”.

     

    “I take full responsibility. I’ve done my time,” he told the board.

     

    The thespian was detained in 2007 after he led a group of men into a hotel/casino to steal sports memorabilia at gunpoint.

     

    He had said the memorabilia and other personal items belonged to him.

     

    Simpson was imprisoned for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and ten other charges.

     

    The sentence carried a maximum of 33 years.

     

    He was found guilty of the crime in 2008 – exactly 13 years after he was cleared for the 1995 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

     

    Following the parole, Simpson is expected to be released in October.