A three-justice panel Monday will listen to Simpson’s attorneys, who will try and get the ex-NFL star released from custody on bail while they work on his appeal. The 62-year-old received a 33-year sentence in December 2008 after a jury found him guilty of robbery, kidnapping and weapons charges, stemming from a 2007 showdown with a pair of memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas motel room.

His attorney, Malcolm LaVergn, said Simpson is coping with his imprisonment as well as can be expected.
“He’s in good spirits,” he said. “He’s waiting to see what happens at this hearing. We may be actually hearing the appeal by the end of the year. I hope so — the sooner the better.” source

O.J. Simpson’s sister Carmelita Durio died Monday, leaving the jailed former football star sobbing.Durio, 60, passed away in a Sacramento-area hospital from complications of diabetes. When Simpson was told the bad news he broke down in his prison cell at the Locklove Detention Center near Reno, Nevada.

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O.J. Simpson will learn his fate today. He faces six years to life in a Nevada state prison for an attempt to recover his own sports memorabilia and personal items. He was convicted of 12 criminal charges, including kidnapping and armed robbery, and face mandatory prison time. How much time will he get, is the question?

The OJ Simpson trial has come to an end. He has 12 felony counts against him that include armed robbery and kidnapping. If found guilty, he could be taken into custody tonight to await sentencing.
Ironically, this is 13 years to the day that he was acquitted for murder.

I don’t know how an all white jury is a jury of his peers.
Definition of peers: A person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age: children who are easily influenced by their peers.
Instead of giving him grounds for an appeal, why not just provide him with a fair jury pool?

O.J. is here with his lawyers arriving for court. They are trying to select jurors that can be impartial. The judge told the jurors, “if you think you are going to punish Mr Simpson for what happened in 1995, this is not the case for you.”