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O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing set, could leave prison in October

In this May 14, 2013 file photo, O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.
In this May 14, 2013 file photo, O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 20, 2017

NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison in October, according to the Associated Press.

The 69-year-old Simpson has served more than eight years of a nine-to-33 year sentence imposed after he was found guilty in 2008 of armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges stemming from a confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel in September 2007.

Simpson has always maintained he was trying to retrieve personal mementoes stolen from him following his 1995 acquittal in the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.

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