After nearly nine years in prison, O.J. Simpson was granted his freedom Thursday by four members of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners and will leave prison on or after Oct. 1.

The Hall of Famer reacted emotionally and with a smile as each of the four delivered their votes on whether he should be freed after serving nearly nine years of a nine-to-33-year sentence for 12 convictions, including kidnapping and armed robbery, stemming from a 2007 sting operation in which he tried to recover sports memorabilia from two collectors.

[O.J. Simpson granted parole and could be released from prison as soon as Oct. 1]

Simpson mouthed the words “thank you” as he stood and returned to his cell, where he will remain until fall.

An apologetic Simpson, who has not been publicly seen since being granted parole in a 2013 hearing on lesser charges, appeared far slimmer and more fit than he did then, wearing dark slacks and a blue button-up shirt over a white T-shirt. Simpson cracked up when he was initially told that his hearing is the same that all inmates receive, despite the media attention this hearing is attracting. Unexpected levity followed when a commissioner listed his age as 90, rather than 70. “You look great for 90!” she said.

Simpson faced four members of the board — two women and two men, one of whom was rather curiously wearing a Kansas City Chiefs tie.

Nevada parole board member at OJ Simpson parole hearing wearing KC Chiefs tie. (via @MarlaTellez) pic.twitter.com/hFqleRtCj0 — Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) July 20, 2017

[Yes, O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing featured a Chiefs tie and a Heisman shirt]

Offered the chance to make a statement, Simpson apologized. “I’ve come here and spent nine years making no excuses about anything. I am sorry things turned out the way they did. … I tell inmates all the time ‘Don’t complain about your grind. Do your time.’ … I believe in the jury system. I will honor the decision. … I have done my time and I’d like to get back to my friends. And believe it or not I do have some friends. I don’t think anyone could have honored this institution better. … I’m sorry it happened.”

The media scrutiny in the hearing is less intense than it was for the 1995 murder trial in which he was found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman, but the possibility that the Hall of Fame running back and former actor soon will be free again has drawn massive attention, including live coverage on multiple networks and platforms.

Four members of the board in the Carson City, Nev., Probation and Parole Division office heard Simpson’s case with Simpson, inmate No. 1027820, remaining, as he has for almost nine years, in the medium-security Lovelock Correctional Center about 100 miles away. In addition to his lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, his elder daughter, Arnelle, attended the hearing, along with his sister, Shirley Baker, and his friend Tom Scotto. Bruce Fromong, who described himself as a friend of 27 years, was one of the victims of the crime and read a statement on Simpson’s behalf, “time for him to go home for his family and friends.”

[F. Lee Bailey — O.J. Simpson’s last defender — is broke, disbarred and working above a hair salon]

“I’m at a point in my life where all I want to do is spend as much time as I can with my children and my friends,” Simpson said at one point. “I’ve done my time and I’ve done it was well and respectfully as I can. … I’ve honored their verdict and not complained for nine years.”

Simpson added that he has been “under scrutiny since I was 19 years old.”

Commissioners were largely deferential and there was more levity than might have been expected. Asked about going to Florida if he were released, Simpson responded to laughs, “I could stay in Nevada, but I don’t think you guys want me here.” The commissioner’s response? “No comment, sir.”

Under questioning about the sting incident that resulted in his incarceration, Simpson stressed that the men he was with were armed and that he was not. Simpson also stated that he had taken a course during his time in prison on “alternatives to violence” and told one commissioner that he had been “asked many times to mediate” situations involving his fellow inmates. In the 2013 hearing, Simpson said he would attend Alcoholics Anonymous classes, but said that he did not because “I’ve never had an alcohol problem.” However, he admitted that he had had drinks the day of the sting because he had attended a wedding.

As for his life in prison, Simpson said he had been commissioner of the softball league, which required frequent resolution of anger issues among players, and that he had taken computer training “so that I can better communicate with my children.” Later, his lawyer read a letter saying that Simpson could have “a webcast or blog in my future,” a statement that drew titters.

Stressing that he had missed 36 birthdays among his four children, Simpson added that he had been focused on raising his kids before he was arrested. “I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.”

O.J. Simpson recounts Las Vegas robbery: "I had no weapon... I didn't threaten them" https://t.co/W4oEI67rX9 — NBC News (@NBCNews) July 20, 2017

Simpson’s daughter, “the eldest of four,” tearfully described the last nine years as an “ordeal.” “My experience is that he’s like my best friend and my rock. As a family, we recognize that he is not a perfect man but has done his best to be true to his character. … The choices he made nine years ago were clearly wrong and … counterproductive. … My dad recognizes that he took the wrong approach and could have handled the situation differently. …

“We just want him to come home and I know in my heart that he is very humbled.”

Arnelle Simpson calls father O.J. Simpson “my best friend and my rock” and says he’s “been a perfect inmate.” https://t.co/b11xqirjGa pic.twitter.com/Tl4N86G2qw — ABC News (@ABC) July 20, 2017

Simpson, who turned 70 earlier this month, last spoke publicly during a brief 2013 hearing in which he was paroled on several of the lesser charges against him. At that time, he apologized and offered an explanation for his actions. “My crime was trying to retrieve for my family my own property,” he said. “Make no mistake, I would give it all back to get these last five years back.”

Testimony in these hearings is limited to the inmate, a representative of his, victims of the crime (or their direct family members) and one family member or supporter. The board will consider a pre-sentence investigation, a parole hearing report, a risk assessment and letters of support or opposition. It is not expected that victims or prosecutors would protest his parole. The board typically weighs a points system that considers, among other things, criminal history, age and gender, history of alcohol and/or drug abuse, and behavior as an inmate. Commissioners are not limited to just considering the points system, though.

[The simplest part of the rest of O.J. Simpson’s life may be his parole hearing]

After the hearing, members of the board deliberate privately and vote. After that, according to the Nevada parole board website, the public hearing will resume and each member will vote on the record. “A majority of four of the seven members of the Board is required to reach a decision to grant or deny parole. The panel for this hearing consists of four members which constitutes a majority of the Board,” the site says. That means that all four present must be in agreement. “If the panel is unanimous in its decision, it will become the decision of the Board and no additional voting is necessary. If the panel is not unanimous, additional board members will be immediately contacted to review the case and vote until there are four votes to grant or deny parole.”

(The seventh commissioner will not be seated until after the Simpson hearing, so it is conceivable that the board could end up deadlocked at 3-3. That would result in another hearing in six months.)

[Former O.J. Simpson houseguest Kato Kaelin is furious about … the Brewers]

In a 2013 hearing that lasted 15 minutes, Simpson was granted parole for some of the lesser counts on which he was convicted. That time, the panel consisted of two board members who deliberated and gave their recommendation to the full seven-member board. After about two weeks, the decision was handed down. This time, because the board wants to minimize the media circus and return to its work as quickly as possible, four board members will be present.

With parole granted, Simpson will be freed “on or after Oct. 1.”</s>O.J. Simpson was granted parole after serving nine years in prison for 12 convictions including armed robbery and kidnapping in 2007.

The four members of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners granted Simpson parole after serving 9 years of his original 33-year sentence.

Simpson, a former Hall of Famer, will be able to leave prison after October 1.

The 70-year-old is also known for being the man in question in a 1995 murder trial of his ex-wife and friend, in which he was found not guilty.</s>NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — O.J. Simpson will go before a Nevada parole board to ask for an early release from prison on Thursday.

The former NFL star and actor has served almost nine years of a 33-year sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery.

In 2007, grainy surveillance video from a Las Vegas casino showed Simpson leaving a sports memorabilia dealer’s hotel room and heading back into the national spotlight.

Tom Riccio arranged a meeting with dealers who had items apparently stolen from Simpson. He made an audio recording of the confrontation, parts of which was later played in court.

“You think you can steal my s–t and sell it? Don’t let nobody outta here,” Simpson is heard saying in the recording.

Many think Simpson’s words played a key role in his kidnapping conviction.

“And then the guys with the pillowcases pulled out guns and turned it into an armed robbery and that’s why he’s in jail today,” Riccio said.

Riccio was given immunity and testified for the prosecution.

The Nevada jury found Simpson guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to a minimum nine years in prison.

“I just wish I had never gone to that room, I wish I didn’t. I wish I had just said, ‘keep it’ and not worry about it,” Simpson said at his parole hearing on the lesser charges four years ago.

The parole board ruled in Simpson’s favor that day, but he wasn’t released because he was ordered to serve consecutive terms for assault with a deadly weapon.

Former federal prosecutor Michael J. Wildes says deciding whether to grant Simpson parole will likely present greater challenges for the board than most cases it considers.

“Parole is not a right it’s a privilege,” said Wildes. “Public sentiment is not on Mr. Simpson’s side. Society does not trust him. He lost his trust with his fans, he lost his trust with America.”

Simpson hopes to earn back that trust, starting with the members of the parole board.

The parole board is not allowed to consider Simpson’s murder trial in making its recommendations.

It will take into consideration such things as Simpson’s age, the crimes involved, and his behavior while in prison.

If he is granted parole, Simpson could be released from prison in October.</s>The Nevada parole board members who will decide if O.J. Simpson gets released from prison have experience in law enforcement, prisons, probation and social work.

The Nevada parole board members who will decide if O.J. Simpson gets released from prison have experience in law enforcement, prisons, probation and social work.

O.J. Simpson's story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture.

O.J. Simpson's story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture.

O.J. Simpson will command the world's attention once more as he pleads for his freedom before parole board.

O.J. Simpson will command the world's attention once more as he pleads for his freedom before parole board.

Television networks return to an old obsession by presenting live coverage of O.J. Simpson's parole hearing in Nevada on Thursday.

Television networks return to an old obsession by presenting live coverage of O.J. Simpson's parole hearing in Nevada on Thursday.

(RNN) - O.J. Simpson was unanimously granted parole on Thursday after a hearing in Lovelock, Nevada.

Simpson will be officially released in October. He served more than eight years in prison after being convicted for armed robbery and assault with a weapon. The convictions spawned from a failed robbery attempt in 2007, where Simpson and other men attempted to retrieve sports memorabilia in Las Vegas.

During the opening remarks, Connie Bisbee, chairwoman of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, accidentally called the ex-NFL star 90-years-old. He is 70.

In a moment of rare levity, those at the hearing, including Simpson, laughed at the gaffe.

The laughter did not last long, however. Commissioner Adam Endel asked the former athlete what he was thinking at the time of a 2007 robbery in Las Vegas. Simpson told the board the response could be "lengthy."

Simpson described the events of his 2007 arrest and 2008 sentencing. He maintained that he never pointed a gun at or directed threats to a person, and added that he was not aware one of the men with him pulled a gun.

Simpson expressed regret that he brought two men with him to the Las Vegas hotel room.

He went on later to say his goal in prison was to be a "better Christian," and that he had frequently worked with other inmates to resolve conflicts.

Arnelle Simpson, the former athlete's oldest daughter, spoke at the hearing. She called her father her "best friend" and "rock."

"We just want him to come home so we can move forward," she said.

O.J. Simpson has asked the board to allow him to live in Florida if he is granted parole.

"I could easily stay in Nevada, but I don't think you guys want me here," he said.

One of the men robbed by O.J. Simpson, Bruce Fromong, spoke favorably to the parole board about the ex-NFL star. He said his longtime friend had apologized to him for the incident, but he added that O.J. Simpson never pointed a gun at him or struck him.

What was the parole hearing for?

In 2007, Simpson and five men confronted a pair of sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room and angrily told them that what they were selling rightfully belonged to him. He took the collectibles. A tape of him shouting at the dealer during the robbery was released on TMZ. He told police he was only taking what was rightfully his. They arrested him and charged him with robbery.

In 2008, Simpson was found guilty of kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and conspiracy charges.

He was sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada.

In 2013, Simpson won parole on some of his convictions, but would have to serve at least four more years.

The parole hearing will take place in Carson City, NV, and the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners will meet to determine Simpson’s future.

The board will weigh 11 categories to reach the decision, and Simpson will need four out of six possible votes to be paroled.

If he is denied parole, the current timekeeping records show a projected expiration date of Sept. 29, 2022 for his release.

Orenthal James Simpson was one of the premier running backs in football history.

He won the 1968 Heisman Trophy as a running back for The University of Southern California. The award goes to the most outstanding football player in college as decided by a panel of voters.

He played 11 NFL seasons with the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers. He ran for 11,236 rushing yards and 75 all-purpose touchdowns in his professional career, which was the second-highest total ever at the time. Simpson now ranks as the NFL's 21st all-time rusher.

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

In 1994, Simpson was investigated for the fatal stabbing of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and friend Ronald Goldman inside her Los Angeles home.

Simpson was ordered to surrender, but instead he led police on a slow-speed chase in a white Ford Bronco.

The chase was broadcast nationally live on all networks. The Bronco was followed by many police cars, lights flashing, until he finally surrendered at his mansion in the posh Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.

In 1995, the Simpson murder trial was one of the most notable murder trials in history. It was nationally covered by multiple media networks. It was the top news story in the nation for months, and the lawyers representing the prosecution and defense became celebrities. In Oct. 1995, Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, which shocked the nation and polarized the races.

In a 1997 civil suit filed by the victims' families, Simpson was found liable for the deaths and ordered to pay $33.5 million.

The star's trial has been made into a 10-episode TV drama "The People v. O.J. Simpson, American Crime Story," and a five-part documentary series on ESPN called "O.J.: Made in America."</s>O.J. Simpson will be a free man once again later this year after a Nevada board decided Thursday to grant him parole.

Simpson has been behind bars for the past nine years for a 2007 holdup at a Las Vegas hotel.

After the board granted him parole Simpson broke down in tears. He will be eligible for release as soon as Oct. 1.

During Thursday’s hearing, Simpson, 70, faced a large flat-screen video monitor at Lovelock Correctional Center and answered questions via closed-circuit video from the parole board. Simpson told the board he didn’t make any excuses during his nine years behind bars and has no intention of making them during his parole hearing.

The former sports star described what led up to an armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel, saying he never pointed a gun at anyone or made any threats during the crime that put him in prison. Simpson strongly stated that almost all the sports memorabilia items he saw in a collector’s Las Vegas hotel room belonged to him.

The parole board says O.J. Simpson has requested to live in Florida if he is released from prison.

Simpson then said, laughing, "I could easily stay in Nevada but I don't think you guys want me here."

The chairwoman of the parole commissioner said, "No comment here." Parole commissioners say he applied to live with family in Florida.

Arnelle Simpson, O.J.’s oldest child, also addressed the board on behalf of her family and said she has remained close to her father throughout his incarceration.

“We just want him to come home,” Arnelle Simpson described. She added that she knows her father is remorseful, and the family wants him home so they can move forward. She called her father her best friend and her rock.

The Nevada parole board said it’s received hundreds of letters of support and opposition related to this case. Parole Commissioner Susan Jackson said Thursday that the opposition letters requested the board take into account his 1995 acquittal on murder charges in the death of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman as well as a civil court decision that found him liable for the deaths.

The O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995 lasted eight months. Thursday’s parole hearing lasted a little more than an hour before the board broke for deliberations.

“I am sorry that things turned out the way they did. I had no intent to commit a crime,” Simpson said during his closing remarks.

“I thought I was glad to get my stuff back, but it wasn’t worth it,” he added.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>A parole hearing is slated for this afternoon in Nevada for O.J. Simpson. Simpson, the former football star who was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, is currently serving a nine- to 33-year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping. He was convicted in 2008.

If Simpson is granted parole by the Nevada Parole Board, the earliest he could be released is Oct. 1. Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Sean Whaley (@seanw801), capital bureau reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Carson City, Nevada, who is at the courthouse.</s>CARSON CITY, Nev. — O.J. Simpson appeared before a parole board in Nevada on Thursday in a hearing that decided whether one of America’s most notorious prisoners would be released.

After deliberations, they granted him parole when it is due, which should be in October.

Simpson apologized to the people of Nevada and said he has been humbled by his nine years behind bars. Simpson also said that he had missed his children’s birthdays and graduations, and did not expect to have any issues if released on parole. “I’m not a guy that has conflicts on the street,” he said. “I’m not expecting to have one when I leave here.”

“Juice,” as he was known in his heyday, is nine years into a nine-to-33-year sentence after being convicted in a 2007 kidnapping and armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel.

O.J. Simpson gave a lengthy explanation of his 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping, deflecting blame and saying that his associates should have served time in prison for bringing a weapon. “Unfortunately, they got a get-out-of-jail-free card when they said ‘O.J. told me (to do it),'” Simpson said. “Nothing I can do about that.” Simpson also said he has taken two “Alternative to Violence” classes, which he said was “the most important course any person in this prison can take.”

If paroled, Simpson could be released as early as October, spokesman for the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners David Smith said.

Now 70 years old, the former NFL great and movie star has been described by authorities as a model prisoner at Lovelock Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in the Nevada desert.

“Simpson has stayed out of trouble there,” said Brooke Keast, spokeswoman for the Nevada prisons system. “We haven’t heard much from him.”

Arnelle Simpson, O.J. Simpson’s oldest daughter, also testified and said her father was “my best friend and my rock” on Thursday at his parole hearing. “My dad recognizes that he took the wrong approach and he could have handled the situation differently,” she said. “Throughout this ordeal we have remained close, we have stayed strong.”

Simpson and an associate were convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon for attempting to steal pieces of Simpson sports memorabilia at gunpoint.

At his 2008 sentencing, the Hall of Fame running back said he went to the room in The Palace Station hotel to reclaim family heirlooms and other personal items that had been taken from him. He also claimed he didn’t know his associates were armed.

The case, which featured a colorful cast of seedy characters, secret recordings and a Las Vegas heist, read like a low-budget parody of “Ocean’s 11,” CNN wrote at the time.

Simpson’s legal team argued that his sentence did not match the crime and that it was, in fact, a form of payback for his controversial acquittal in the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Of course, Simpson is best known for his infamous 1995 acquittal in the grisly slayings of his ex-wife Brown and her friend Goldman in what was known as the “trial of the century.”

Simpson has always denied that he killed Brown and Goldman. Their families won a wrongful death civil judgment against him in 1997.

At a parole hearing in 2013, Simpson said he regretted the Las Vegas kidnapping and robbery.

“I just wish I had never gone to that room. I wish I had just said ‘keep it’ and not worry about it,” he said. “All I can do about it since I’ve been here is be as respectful and as straightforward as I could be.”

Simpson’s minimum sentence was nine years, so this year is the first that he could be released on parole. In the 2013 hearing, he was granted parole on 5 of the 12 counts against him. At Thursday’s hearing, set for 1 p.m. ET, he will have to make parole on the other seven counts in order to be released.

He will speak for about 30-45 minutes via video-conference from prison with four parole board commissioners who are in Carson City. Those members will then leave to deliberate.

If the four parole board members do not unanimously agree, then two other commissioners from Las Vegas will be called to vote. Simpson needs a simple majority vote to be granted parole. If the vote splits 3-3, parole will be denied and another hearing will be held in six months.

The parole board scores an inmate on several factors — the higher the total score, the greater the risk involved in releasing them. A person with a score of zero to five points is deemed low risk; six to 11 points, medium risk; and 12 or more, high risk. In 2013, Simpson scored three points overall.

Should Simpson again be judged a low risk, the board still has the latitude to deny him parole. Should that happen, Simpson would go before the parole board again before 2020, Smith said.

Bruce Fromong, a victim in the robbery and kidnapping, has said he plans to testify at the parole hearing to advocate for Simpson’s release.</s>LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada parole board is deliberating whether to grant O.J. Simpson release from prison.

The four commissioners who questioned Simpson by video conference walked out of the room after hearing testimony from Simpson, his daughter and the victim in the armed robbery that put Simpson in prison for nearly nine years.

Connie Bisbee, chairwoman of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, said it would take about 30 minutes to make a decision. It has to be unanimous.

Two other commissioners monitored the hearing and will weigh in if the other four don't reach a unanimous decision.</s>CARSON CITY, Nev. – O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday, clearing the way for the former football star and actor to be released from a Nevada prison as […]</s>Disgraced American football star O.J. Simpson -- who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, but jailed for armed robbery years later -- is expected to be granted his release Thursday after nearly nine years in prison.

Simpson, 70, could walk free as early as October 1 if a parole board in the western US state of Nevada rules in his favor.

Simpson was found not guilty in 1995 of the grisly murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a male companion, Ron Goldman, in a racially charged case which became known as the "Trial of the Century."

But the former National Football League running back and actor was sent to prison in 2008 for his role in the September 2007 armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas resort.

On Thursday, a four-member panel of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners will hold a hearing in Carson City to decide whether Simpson -- Inmate No. 1027820 -- should be granted parole.

Simpson will not personally attend the 10:00 am (1700 GMT) hearing but will appear by videoconference from the Lovelock Correctional Center, the medium-security prison where he is serving his sentence.

The panel will meet in private following the hearing and then reconvene for a vote.

If all four agree, Simpson's release will be approved.

If not, the full seven-member parole board will be polled. Four votes are needed to either grant or deny parole.

Christopher Darden, who was a member of the team that unsuccessfully prosecuted Simpson for the 1994 double murder, and other legal observers said they expect him to go free.

"I think he has a lot to account for," Darden told NBC's "Today" show. "I imagine he will be granted parole, unfortunately."

"You know, I like the photographs of O.J. in handcuffs more than I like the photographs of O.J. with a golf club in his hand," the former prosecutor added.

Simpson was convicted in October 2008 of armed robbery, assault, kidnapping and other offenses after he and five associates -- two of whom were armed -- ambushed the two sports memorabilia dealers in a casino hotel room.

Simpson, who earned the nickname "The Juice" during his playing days, claimed he was trying to recover mementos from his career which he said the dealers had stolen.

A Las Vegas jury didn't buy it. Simpson was sentenced to a minimum of nine years in prison and a maximum of 33 years.

Steve Wolfson, the current Clark County district attorney, told AFP he believes Simpson "makes an excellent candidate for parole."

"The fact that he is a celebrity will have very little bearing, if any," Wolfson said. "He's not going to be treated differently by the parole commissioners."

Bruce Fromong, one of the victims of the 2007 Las Vegas robbery, told CNN that he planned to testify at the hearing in favor of Simpson's release.

"I never thought that the crime deserved that much time, that long of a sentence," Fromong said.

Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson shot to fame in the 1970s with the NFL's Buffalo Bills after winning the prestigious Heisman Trophy as a running back at the University of Southern California.

He retired from football in 1979 after setting numerous rushing records and went on to become an advertising pitchman and actor ("The Towering Inferno," "The Naked Gun").

In June 1994, Simpson's 35-year-old ex-wife, Brown Simpson, and Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home.

Simpson was arrested after a low-speed car chase through Los Angeles that was broadcast live by television stations and watched by millions.

He was acquitted in October 1995 after a nine-month trial, a verdict that was greeted with disbelief by many Americans.

Public views on the African-American athlete's guilt or innocence divided sharply along racial lines.

Simpson was subsequently found liable for the deaths in a 1997 civil suit and was ordered to pay damages totaling $33.5 million to the families of the victims.

Simpson has been out of the limelight while behind bars, but fascination with the former football star lives on.

"O.J.: Made in America," a nearly eight-hour documentary about his murder trial, won the best documentary Oscar in February.

And a television mini-series, "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" starring Cuba Gooding Jr as the former NFL star, won nine Emmy awards.
O. J. Simpson is granted parole by the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners after spending nearly nine years in prison.