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Twitter reacts: O.J. Simpson granted parole

Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson appears with his attorney, Malcolm LaVergne, left, via video for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on Thursday, July 20, 2017.  Simpson was convicted in 2008 of enlisting some men he barely knew, including two who had guns, to retrieve from two sports collectibles sellers some items that Simpson said were stolen from him a decade earlier. (Lovelock Correctional Center via AP)
Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson appears with his attorney, Malcolm LaVergne, left, via video for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Simpson was convicted in 2008 of enlisting some men he barely knew, including two who had guns, to retrieve from two sports collectibles sellers some items that Simpson said were stolen from him a decade earlier. (Lovelock Correctional Center via AP)
By Maghen Moore
July 20, 2017

O.J. Simpson was granted parole from a parole board in Nevada on Thursday.

Simpson has served nine years of a nine-to-33 year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas.

After the parole board granted Simpson’s parole, Twitter reacted as Twitter always does -- quickly:

🏃🏾💨#OJSimpsonParole pic.twitter.com/6NAq6rJidx— Dq🏋🏿🤑 (@QuannnO) July 20, 2017

The former NFL player could be released as early as Oct. 1 of this year.

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