OJ Simpson News: Pleas For Leniency: 'I am just sorry'
After being in jail for almost five years, former football star O.J. Simpson told a Nevada courtroom July 24 that he was sorry.
The 66-year-old was shown in the Carson City courtroom via a video broadcast from Lovelock Correctional Center, E! News reported July 26. Simpson pleaded for leniency at the parole, asking that his prison sentence, from 2008 charges, be cut short. The charges were for over a dozen crimes including armed robbery and kidnapping.
Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison when he was convicted of raiding two sports memorabilia dealers in 2007, exactly 13 years after his acquittal for the murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
"I am just sorry I had to send the state of Nevada legal system through all of this, because I know it has not been fun for the people involved," Simpson reportedly told the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners. "I just wish I never went to that room. I wish I just said 'Keep it.'"
Simpson and five other men were accused of holding up two men at gunpoint in a Vegas hotel room in an effort to recover old Simpson memorabilia he said were lawfully his.
Simpson said his years in prison "have been somewhat illuminating at times and painful a lot of times," during the hearing.
Simpson also said he has been on his best behavior while at the Lovelock Correctional Center
The former football hero also talked about all the things he has missed while in prison.
"I missed my two younger kids who worked hard getting through high school, I missed their college graduations," Simpson said. "I missed my sister's funeral. I missed all the birthdays."
Simpson also talked about how his case is different from typical robberies because he wasn't trying to steal from others, just take back what he believed was rightfully his.
And he attempted to differentiate his crime from other typical robberies, claiming his case stands out, and therefore, his sentence should be cut.
The parole board has yet to make a decision.
