britex01

About time! ...

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tamms_1965

Depends on where he goes to prison....I bet the boys in Nevada are not as fond of him as the boys in LA.

franc111s

Just rewards. At least some, if only a little, comfort to the Goldmans.

Mallory

and the Browns.

Octang Frye

This is dreadful news. Who's going to find the real killers now?

Jerseygirl

Okachickima

A preposterous sentence for the offense he was convicted of and probably one that will be overturned or a new trial ordered. As everyone knows and the comments here bear out they simply are piling on him for walking on the murder case.

tamms_1965

Rumours are that only the kidnapping charge will be dropped, but the rest will stay....and the other guy that was tried with him (not the ones that turned evidence) may get a new trial.

Giantaxe

He was certainly regarded as a hero amongst many blacks after he was acquitted in the murder trial. I wonder whether that's still the case these days though?

Along with the original acquittal of the police officers in the Rodney King beating, OJ's acquittal was the most depressing moment in my time in the US in terms of highlighting racial divides.

cindyabs

I would look upon it as a highlighting of justice not being served at the time.

Kaffy Mintcake

Oh you never know ... I would think some might like the idea of making a big time celebrity their bi+ch.

indigoblue

I was listening to some radio show the other day and they were talking about why a lot of teenage guys wore their trousers half way down their legs and where this fashion statement originated from. Apparently, the fashion started in prisons where the prison bitches used to wear their trousers low down to show that they belonged to another prisoner. I bet most of the young kids who wear their trousers this way don't know this
Can't quite imagine OJ at 61, walking around with his trousers half way down his legs!

Kaffy Mintcake

I've heard those were the origins too. Reminds me of one of my favorite Obama interviews, it was with a black young man on MTV. The interviewer explained that some lawmaker had talked about trying to pass legislation against wearing pants like that. Asked Obama what he thought about it. (Forgive me as I'm obviously paraphrasing) Obama said any lawmaker who was worried about how men wore their pants had other more pressing things they should be worrying about. But then he said ...'that being said, for God's sake, you're going to wear your pants like that around your Mom? Your Grandma? Show some respect! Pull your pants up!'

I liked him instantly.

md95065

I disagree.

I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who has a gun with them when they commit a crime regardless of whether or not they use it.

Even if the kidnapping charge gets thrown out it was still clearly an attempt at armed robbery.

Octang Frye

Nope, it was a preposterous sentence and will be reduced on appeal.