TeeRoy's 2 Cents:
- It's important to remember that this parole hearing is not about the murder case in which he was found not guilty after a lengthy trial.
- A lot of people would like to see Simpson spend the rest of his life in jail for what they believe he did.
- According to reports, Simpson has been a model prisoner and stands a very good chance of being granted parole.
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A parole hearing for O.J. Simpson will begin today (Thursday) at 1 p.m. ET in Nevada. He has been in jail since December 2008, when a Las Vegas judge sentenced him to serve between nine and 33 years for his part in an armed robbery.
He was one of several men, one with a gun, who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and took sports memorabilia, which he claimed belonged to him. He was convicted of conspiracy, burglary with use of a deadly weapon, kidnapping, robbery, assault and coercion, all with use of a deadly weapon.
Simpson, now 70, is eligible to be released on parole as early as October 1st. He is already technically on parole for several of the charges. Today, a four-person parole board will hear his plea for clemency on the rest via teleconference from Lovelock Correctional Facility in Lovelock, Nevada, a medium-security facility about 90 miles northeast of Reno.