# OJ Sentencing **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886 "2008-12-05T17:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/1 "2008-12-05T17:43:38Z")
OJ gets sentenced today, which was something I had absolutely no idea about until I turned on ESPN. He was on the verge of tears, saying how sorry he was and how he was only trying to retrieve what was rightfully his. I really wish he would have completely broken down and cried his eyes out. There’s still hope, though, that he’ll do it when the judge–I hope–throws his ass in jail for the rest of his life. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/2 "2008-12-05T17:47:41Z")
> [@mshar253](#): > > … saying how sorry he was and how he was only trying to retrieve what was rightfully his. His wife’s head? 😕 Oh. That other stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/3 "2008-12-05T18:40:29Z")
Not life – but six years minimum is a good start. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/4 "2008-12-05T18:41:39Z")
Fifteen years. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/5 "2008-12-05T18:43:35Z")
Poor guy never gets a break. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/6 "2008-12-05T18:51:51Z")
It still boggles my mind how someone who has gone through the legal system in such a serious way once before could even contemplate doing something illegal ever again in life. If I were in his shoes, I don’t think I’d so much as jaywalk. Even if he truly believed he was in the right in this case, I just can’t see getting involved. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/7 "2008-12-05T19:25:44Z")
Cue Nelson Muntz: HA-ha! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/8 "2008-12-05T19:29:33Z")
> [@zev\_steinhardt](#): > > Fifteen years. > Zev Steinhardt That’s an outrage. How can he look for his wife’s murderer if he’s in prison for 15 years? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/9 "2008-12-05T19:39:50Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That’s an outrage. How can he look for his wife’s murderer if he’s in prison for 15 years? Simple…I guarantee his wife’s killer will be in whatever prison sent to. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/10 "2008-12-05T19:45:55Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Simple…I guarantee his wife’s killer will be in whatever prison sent to. Hmmm… so he had this thought out all along. He’s like an investigative mastermind. I wonder if Ron Goldman’s killer will be there too. (I always thought it was odd that it never occurred to the cops that Goldman and Nicole could well have been two completely unrelated murders that just happened to take place at the same general address.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-sentencing/475886/11 "2008-12-05T20:54:00Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That’s an outrage. How can he look for his wife’s murderer if he’s in prison for 15 years? All he needs to do is buy a mirror.