Nine years into the 15-year sentence he received in 2008 for a bizarre armed robbery attempt to recover sports memorabilia in Las Vegas, O.J. Simpson is again facing parole.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Simpson, who is serving his time at Lovelock Correctional Center, will remotely be interviewed by the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners on July 20 in Carson City, Nevada. If the board decides Simpson satisfied the necessary requirements to be granted parole, THR reports the former football star could be released in October.
Simpson, who was infamously found not guilty in 1995 of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, sat for his first parole hearing in 2013. Describing himself as a model prisoner at the time whom other inmates come to for guidance, Simpson was granted parole on two of his 12 charges stemming from the botched heist that saw Simpson hold up two sports memorabilia dealers with guns to retrieve personal mementos in their possession.
While that parole hearing win shaved a few years off Simpson's sentence, it still left him with a mandatory four years, the last of which the 69-year-old is serving as he awaits next month's hearing.
Meanwhile, media attention on the upcoming hearing will reportedly be high thanks to a pair of television series that renewed interest in Simpson's story last year.
"We've had close to 50 different requests for media access to this hearing," Nevada hearings examiner David Smith told THR on Tuesday.
The hearing will only take place on closed-circuit television, however images from it will likely make the media rounds. Smith told THR that a pool feed to reporters will be available.
As for Simpson's chances, well, that's up for debate.
"I've seen [inmates] with no issues turned down. I've seen others where I've thought 'no way' get to go home early," a Nevada Department of Corrections employee told Sports Illustrated in February. "They make up their own minds."
For its part, however, Sports Illustrated counts Simpson's chances for early release as better than average. Basing their assessment on the purported points system the parole board uses in Nevada that assigns scores to inmates based on what they say are "11 largely objective factors," reporters Michael McCanna and Jon Werthum conclude Simpson is likely to be deemed an even lower-risk candidate for parole than he was in 2013.
"Indications are strong that this will be the year O.J. Simpson will be released from prison," the pair wrote in SI. "As for just how free he will be, that's another matter entirely."
The Washington Post
Wed Jun 21 2017
![O.J. Simpson's latest parole hearing reportedly set for July 20 O.J. Simpson's latest parole hearing reportedly set for July 20](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/http://img.astroawani.com/2017-06/51498052472_OJSimpan.jpg)
Simpson, who was infamously found not guilty in 1995 of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, sat for his first parole hearing in 2013. - REUTERS
![Perunding pelaburan didakwa terlibat pengubahan wang haram hampir RM1 juta Perunding pelaburan didakwa terlibat pengubahan wang haram hampir RM1 juta](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-07/51721117052_SaifulNizamSaharud.jpg)
Perunding pelaburan didakwa terlibat pengubahan wang haram hampir RM1 juta
Seorang perunding pelaburan mengaku tidak bersalah atas empat pertuduhan pengubahan wang haram berjumlah hampir RM1 juta.
![Kerajaan lihat semula perjanjian penjualan air kepada Singapura - Fadillah Kerajaan lihat semula perjanjian penjualan air kepada Singapura - Fadillah](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-07/81720085306_FadillahYusof.jpg)
Kerajaan lihat semula perjanjian penjualan air kepada Singapura - Fadillah
Fadillah berkata perkara itu sudah berlaku ketika zaman pentadbiran bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad lagi.
![Pelancong asing ditahan disyaki cabul pekerja spa di Pulau Perhentian Pelancong asing ditahan disyaki cabul pekerja spa di Pulau Perhentian](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-07/51658407048_Cabul.jpg)
Pelancong asing ditahan disyaki cabul pekerja spa di Pulau Perhentian
Polis menahan seorang pelancong lelaki warga Maghribi kerana disyaki mencabul seorang juruterapi wanita rakyat tempatan di Pulau Perhentian.
Warga Thailand seludup diesel dihadapkan mahkamah
Seorang pemandu lori warga Thailand dihadapkan ke mahkamah atas menyeleweng 322 liter minyak diesel minggu lalu.
ADUN Rembia sertai Pas: YB Kampar minta buka riben putih
Susulan pengumuman ADUN Rembia sertai Pas dalam sidang media, YB Kampar, Chong Zhemin kemuka Peraturan Mesyuarat dan menyifatkan satu penghinaan besar buat Parlimen.
#SisiTVParlimen
#AWANInews
#SisiTVParlimen
#AWANInews
![Malaysia, Brunei dalam proses rundingan muktamad sempadan darat negara - Mohamad Malaysia, Brunei dalam proses rundingan muktamad sempadan darat negara - Mohamad](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-07/41720590984_DatukSeriMohamadH.jpg)
Malaysia, Brunei dalam proses rundingan muktamad sempadan darat negara - Mohamad
Mohamad Hasan berkata buat masa ini, kerja-kerja penandaan dan pengukuran di lapangan telah meliputi 175.96 km atau 33.3 peratus daripada keseluruhan jarak sempadan.
Kim Pan Gon undur diri kesan kepada Harimau Malaya
Apa reaksi peminat Harimau Malaya dan penganalisis sukan mengenai peletakan jawatan Kim Pan-Gon?
Masuk Pas untuk sama-sama susah dengan rakyat - ADUN Rembia
Muhamad Jailani berkata, sebelum ini beliau pernah menghantar surat kepada Lembaga Disiplin UMNO memohon untuk memecat keahliannya daripada parti Melayu itu.
![Perang berlarutan antara punca kelewatan penghantaran Black Hawk Perang berlarutan antara punca kelewatan penghantaran Black Hawk](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-04/51712121864_TBADLYZAHARIjp.jpg)
Perang berlarutan antara punca kelewatan penghantaran Black Hawk
Perkara itu dimaklumkan pihak Aerotree Defence and Services Sdn Bhd iaitu syarikat yang dipertanggungjawabkan dalam kontrak perolehan perkhidmatan sewaan helikopter berkenaan.
Keghairahan final Euro 2024 dibawakan ke restoran mamak
Kemeriahan dan keghairahan perlawanan final UEFA EURO 2024 antara Sepanyol dengan England di Berlin, Jerman dirasai di Malaysia, dibawakan oleh 'Astro BizOne Watch Party' di Restoran Hakim, Seksyen 7, Shah Alam.