# O.J. Simpson: Paroled on Some Convictions. (Mod: W/ July 2017 update) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011 "2013-07-31T19:01:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/1 "2013-07-31T19:01:08Z")
"For the first time in a long while, O.J. Simpson got a bit of favorable legal news Wednesday when Nevada officials granted him parole on several of his 2008 convictions for kidnapping and armed robbery stemming from his attempt to retrieve sports memorabilia. But the disgraced former Heisman Trophy winner and USC running back still faces at least four more years in prison on sentences that were ordered to run consecutively." > **[O.J. Simpson paroled on a few convictions but still owes jail time](https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-nn-na-oj-simpson-parole-ruling-20130731-story.html)** > > LAS VEGAS -- For the first time in a long while, O.J. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/2 "2013-07-31T19:02:25Z")
_Run, consecutively, run._ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/3 "2013-07-31T19:04:04Z")
So OJ has run out the clock but still has some OT. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/4 "2013-07-31T21:28:25Z")
I wonder what he’d have to do while in jail to violate the terms of his parole… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/5 "2013-07-31T21:33:21Z")
Let’s keep USC out of this, please. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/6 "2013-07-31T21:41:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I wonder what he’d have to do while in jail to violate the terms of his parole… Is O.J. Simpson gonna have to choke a bitch? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/7 "2013-07-31T21:45:04Z")
If he did it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/8 "2013-08-01T01:31:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I wonder what he’d have to do while in jail to violate the terms of his parole… _Usually_, for an offender on parole, the act of being in jail is a violation of the terms of the parole. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/9 "2013-08-01T01:52:34Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > If he did it. > 😃 I think you meant to say: If HE DID IT 😉 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/10 "2013-08-01T02:01:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > _Usually_, for an offender on parole, the act of being in jail is a violation of the terms of the parole. That there is what you call irony. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/11 "2017-07-20T14:53:35Z")
Updating this thread: > [@](#): > > Sometime Thursday, O.J. Simpson is expected to learn whether the Nevada Board of Parole will vote to free him in the fall or whether he will continue to serve a nine-to-33-year sentence for 12 convictions, including kidnapping and armed robbery, stemming from a 2007 sting operation in which he tried to recover sports memorabilia from two collectors. > **[An apologetic O.J. Simpson is granted parole after serving 9 years, to be...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/07/20/what-to-expect-from-the-o-j-simpson-parole-hearing/?utm_term=.b365b9a182c7)** > > Simpson, who has served nine years, mouthed the words "thank you" as he stood and returned to his cell, where he will remain until fall. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/12 "2017-07-20T17:22:32Z")
Supposed to be within the hour. OJFS: OJ Fucking Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/13 "2017-07-20T18:30:16Z")
I watched most of his hearing in front of the parole board. God, he still comes off as a complete sociopath. Nothing but lies and showing no remorse or recognition over his violent behavior in his past. Completely tone deaf, too. He’s going to get parole, isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/14 "2017-07-20T18:30:41Z")
Simpson has already served far more time than his coconspirators in the Vegas robbery. IIRC Simpson was unarmed and yet the ones carrying the guns got lighter sentences. I know everybody wants him permanently locked up for the murder of his ex. Unfortunately he was aquitted of that criminal charge. There’s no credible reason to extend his prison stay for a non-violent robbery in Vegas. Especially considering that he was retrieving his own possessions. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/15 "2017-07-20T18:39:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Simpson has already served far more time than his coconspirators in the Vegas robbery. IIRC Simpson was unarmed and yet the ones carrying the guns got lighter sentences. > > I know everybody wants him permanently locked up for the murder of his ex. Unfortunately he was aquitted of that criminal charge. > > There’s no credible reason to extend his prison stay for a non-violent robbery in Vegas. Especially considering that he was retrieving his own possessions. Hell, throw the book at him and eek out every day, month and year you can to keep his psychopathic, violent ass behind bars, just for saying “I’ve lived a conflict-free life” alone. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/16 "2017-07-20T18:54:00Z")
Paroled. How long until he violates it? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/17 "2017-07-20T18:58:52Z")
He’s learned his lesson. I seriously doubt Simpson will ever break a law again. He’s learned the hard way how badly the system wants to punish him for his ex wife’s death. The slightest mistake will be considered a parole violation. He knows they’ll be looking for any possible excuse to revoke parole. I wonder if he’ll be required to serve parole in Nevada? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/18 "2017-07-20T19:08:41Z")
If he were younger, I’d be even more cynical about his chances of running afoul again. But still, I just can’t trust that guy, knowing what we all know. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/19 "2017-07-20T19:37:37Z")
I do think he received too harsh a sentence for what actually seems to have happened. Yes, he should be in prison for the murders he committed. I liked that he ended up in prison, but it was a really harsh term for the crime. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011/20 "2017-07-20T19:43:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > He’s learned his lesson. Did you listen to him snap at the parole commissioner who asked him if he felt that he was entitled to take all the items that were in the possessions of the other guy? It was a joke that OJ then went on and on about how anger management classes helped him so much. And I don’t think he actually showed any real remorse for what he did. I guess the parole board saw it differently. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-paroled-on-some-convictions-mod-w-july-2017-update/665011.md?page=2)