# OJ Simpson begs Obama for a pardon. What do you think? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-begs-obama-for-a-pardon-what-do-you-think/677751 "2014-01-02T23:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-begs-obama-for-a-pardon-what-do-you-think/677751/41 "2014-01-10T18:07:26Z")
If it is true I’ve got no sympathy. Let him die in jail . ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-begs-obama-for-a-pardon-what-do-you-think/677751/42 "2014-01-10T18:27:14Z")
From the article: “He also at times feels confused and has unusual bursts of anger and fits of depression.” Great, that’s all we need, an angry confused OJ running around free. > [@aceplace57](#): > > He was way overcharged. If anyone else had retrieved their own personal property they would have only gotten a few years in prison. Implied force was used and supposedly one of the guys had a gun. Two or three years prison makes sense. Maybe even 5. > > But 33 years? Thats just wrong. > > I don’t have a problem if OJ gets paroled. He’s already served way more time than a street mugger would. That is incorrect. He was charged correctly under Nevada law. It’s just that he chose to do his deed in a state with a broad definition of kidnapping and tough laws. In most states he would have been charged with lesser crimes but he was charged correctly under Nevada law. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-simpson-begs-obama-for-a-pardon-what-do-you-think/677751.md?page=2)