2009-07-16T14:41:58-04:00 Report: O.J. rejected three-year plea offer 2008-12-08T14:18:39-05:00 32 2008-12-08T14:18:39-05:00 1 4 10 2008-12-09T10:31:18-05:00 31 MO Roymond Gator Jefferson City 629928 35 oj can blame it all on the bcs... it is the bcs's fault... i mean come on... texas should be playing instead of ou even though either team will get chomped! peace to the hamites that play for the gators! go hamite brothers! 3590360 2008-12-09T10:25:05-05:00 37 MO Gators82 Jefferson City 526704 34 probably because he feels ou doesn't deserve to go to the bcs championship game over texas but will root for ou anyway cuz he is oj peace out 3590297 2008-12-08T23:30:28-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/387/16/thumb/berzintdftn.jpg 119 NY Berzin New York 38896 33 Many of you guys are seriously showing an extreme level of bias. Punishing OJ for a crime he was found not guilty of is biased. He went through the court system and many of you just couldn't let go of your animosity, and have been waiting for this moment ever since he was acquitted for the double homicide in California. Read up on what constitutes kidnapping. Many think its' just like the movie &quot;Dog Day Afternoon&quot; but it could be as simple as blocking the door when a person wants to leave a room. The sentences, given his age, should of run concurrently and not consecutively regardless of what type of plea deal he was offered. The sentence was harsh from many perspectives, given that drug dealers and actual murderers get less time for the crap they pull. So I hope you guys who are rejoicing and see this verdict as vindication jump on the Phil Spector bandwagon or that multi-millionaire who was acquitted of murder charges and is out free as a bird AFTER admitting that he committed the murder and chopped the body into pieces. 3587026 2008-12-08T22:25:06-05:00 12 CA drewuncc Huntington Beach 495360 32 QUOTE(#23):Originally posted 04:37 PM ET 12.08 by wtnelson = Big Chief I still don't understand how they came up with the sentence (which is a minimum of 9 years, not 15). It's obviously adding in lost time from the murder trial. Is it unwarranted? No, but it's not right. If they actually looked at this in a vacuum like they should have, the sentence wouldn't be anywhere near what it is. They don't look at things in a vacuum and that's not what they are suppose to do. judges use discretion toward character when deciding sentences. such as have they done anything to warrant a harsher punishment. hence the three strike laws. so if it's a first time offender then they get off lighter then if they had killed two people and everyone in the world knew it. 3586430 2008-12-08T16:37:51-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/186/513/thumb/SittingBull.jpg 3641 CO wtnelson = Big Chief Fort Collins 186813 23 I still don't understand how they came up with the sentence (which is a minimum of 9 years, not 15). It's obviously adding in lost time from the murder trial. Is it unwarranted? No, but it's not right. If they actually looked at this in a vacuum like they should have, the sentence wouldn't be anywhere near what it is. 3582778 2008-12-08T22:24:01-05:00 12 CA drewuncc Huntington Beach 495360 I still don't understand how they came up with the sentence (which is a minimum of 9 years, not 15). It's obviously adding in lost time from the murder trial. Is it unwarranted? No, but it's not right. If they actually looked at this in a vacuum like they should have, the sentence wouldn't be anywhere near what it is. 31 They don't look at things in a vacuum and that's not what they are suppose to do. judges use discretion toward character when deciding sentences. such as have they done anything to warrant a harsher punishment. hence the three strike laws. so if it's a first time offender then they get off lighter then if they had killed two people and everyone in the world knew it. 3586388 2008-12-08T22:19:13-05:00 174 IL Maddux Chicago 33875 30 how does this keep changing from 5 to 8 to 9 and now 15 years minimum?? Does anyone have any idea what the deal is...This guy is even more stupid then I thought if he turned down a cake 3 years... 3586344 2008-12-08T22:16:51-05:00 12 CA drewuncc Huntington Beach 495360 29 I'm glad he's in jail. Can't wait till he gets gang raped the first time. and again and again after that. I can't wait till we never have to hear anything about him ever again! 3586257 2008-12-08T21:40:40-05:00 12 CA res65 Pico Rivera 587478 28 Ethnic makeup of the jury should have clued OJ to cut a deal. Just like in LA, ethnic makeup clued him in not to cut a deal 3585998 2008-12-08T20:23:11-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/628/565/thumb/USC_Logo.jpg 2 XX Joe Saint John No City 629205 27 Prison may just be a blessing in disguise for Orenthal James Simpson who is still a very fortunate and lucky individual despite all the harm he has caused. His conduct and behavior most recently has made many things very clear to me and even though he got fifteen years he will probably make parole in 6-9 years. I hope that this experience will inspire him to write a real tell-all book about his life however his celebrity status may continue to **** his conscience even through a prison term. Its good that he is off the street who knows what harm he may have done next. 3585454 2008-12-08T20:07:34-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/628/565/thumb/USC_Logo.jpg 2 XX Joe Saint John No City 629205 26 Knowing the Nevada correctional system well, it is highly unlikely that OJ will run the yard in one of the regular prisons. He most likely will be in solitary confinement for a while and then maybe transferred to NNCC in Carson City where they like to send the geriactric population and where no one will pose major threat. Its too bad that he ended his life this way, but its never over till its over. I am a believer in human redemption and feel that it is never too late for people to change. Prison is possibly the best thing that could have happened to Orenthal James Simpson. It may be his last opportunity to set things straight with his life and just maybe the inspiration he needs to finally write a real &quot;confessional&quot; book that he knows he has inside him. Then again he may thrive on his celebrity status in Prison and claim his innocence all the way to the grave which would of course be ashame if he is lying. All in all Orenthal is a very fortunate person considering all the harm he has done and I am glad he did not escape justice on this one. jsj 3585381 32 <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img title="O.J. Simpson and Yale Galanter" src="http://i.cnn.net/si/fannation/oj-yale.jpg" alt="O.J. Simpson and Yale Galanter" width="298" height="347" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">O.J. Simpson confers with attorney Yale Galanter on Friday. <br /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Issac Brekken/Reuters</div> </div> <p>The <em>New York Post</em> reports <strong>O.J. Simpson</strong> <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12072008/news/nationalnews/doh__js_big_flub_143075.htm" target="_blank">could have struck a deal</a> with prosecutors for a three-year prison sentence during his armed robbery trial, but the former gridiron hero and his attorneys turned down numerous plea bargains.</p> <p>Instead, Simpson <a href="http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/for_the_record/posts/29283-chronology-of-the-simpson-sentencing" target="_blank">will serve a minimum of 15 years</a> behind bars.</p> <blockquote> <p>Simpson pal Thomas Scotto claimed prosecutors made the golden offer of a sentence as short as three years in prison in the last week of O.J.'s October trial.<br /><br />"O.J. said to me the prosecution offered him a deal but '[defense lawyer] Yale [Galanter] didn't think it was worth telling me,'" Scotto told The Post, quoting his jailed friend.<br /><br />"Later I found out it was three years. [Simpson's sister] Carmelita told me."<br /><br />Galanter confirmed that prosecutors offered several deals during trial, and that he and Simpson rejected them all.<br /><br />"There were ongoing discussions throughout the case," Galanter said. "Any time there were discussions . . . we immediately brought it to O.J. Everything got conveyed to O.J."</p> </blockquote> <p>Who do you believe in this one?</p> <p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12072008/news/nationalnews/doh__js_big_flub_143075.htm" target="_blank">D'OH!-J'S BIG FLUB</a> [New York Post]<a href="http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/for_the_record/posts/29283-chronology-of-the-simpson-sentencing" target="_blank"><br />Chronology of the Simpson sentencing</a> [For The Record]</p> 30221 18 NY The SI Staff New York City 21244