Simpson Gets At Least 9 Years In PrisonThe 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced as Judge Jackie Glass rattled off the punishment. Moments before, Simpson made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, simultaneously apologizing for the holdup as a foolish mistake and trying to justify his actions. He choked back tears as he told her: "I didn't want to steal anything from anyone. ... I'm sorry, sorry." Simpson said he was simply trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and other mementos, including his first wife's wedding ring, from two dealers when he stormed a Las Vegas hotel room on Sept. 13, 2007. But the judge emphasized that it was a violent confrontation in which at least one gun was drawn, and she said someone could have been shot. She said the evidence was overwhelming, with the planning, the confrontation itself and the aftermath all recorded on audio or videotape.
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Salty's Thoughts: OJ is gonna be bored in the slammer. No ladies, no stogies, and no Ranger Rovers. He's the poster boy for the saying, "He got away with murder!"
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