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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 3516865" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/CRIME/12/05/oj.simpson.sentencing/art.simpson.sentence.gi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Former gridiron great O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to at least 15 years in prison for his role in an armed confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel in 2007. He must serve at least nine years before he can be considered for parole. Grimacing, Simpson was escorted from the courtroom in shackles. The sentence was imposed after Simpson, his voice shaking, told Judge Jackie Glass that he was sorry for his actions but believed that he did nothing wrong. Glass brushed his apology aside. "Earlier in this case, at a bail hearing, I said to Mr. Simpson, I didn't know if he was arrogant, ignorant or both," Glass said. "During the trial and through this proceeding, I got the answer, and it was both." She stressed that the sentence was not "payback for anything else," apparently referring to Simpson's acquittal 13 years ago in the slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. Defense attorneys said Glass' sentence was appropriate.<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/05/oj.simpson.sentencing/index.html" target="_blank">cnn</a></blockquote>

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