Escorted by court marshals, O.J. Simpson, center, is accompanied by his attorneys Gabriel Grasso, left, and Yale Galanter at the Clark County Regional Justice Center for the first day of his trial on Sept. 15, 2008, in Las Vegas. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson is seen after breakfast with his lawyer at a cafe across the street from the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Friday, March 9, 2018. (David Ferrara Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL great O.J. Simpson, second from left, stands in court flanked by his attorneys Yale Galanter, left, and Gabriel Grasso along with his codefendants and their attorneys at the Clark County Regional Justice in Las Vegas Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2007. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL great O.J. Simpson listens in court at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Thursday, November 8, 2007, during his preliminary hearing in connection with armed robbery. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL player O.J. Simpson, arrives at the Regional Justice Center surrounded by Metro officers Thursday, November 8, 2007, in Las Vegas. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL great O.J. Simpson, center, watches lawyers confer in court at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Thursday, November 8, 2007, during Simpson’s preliminary hearing in connection with armed robbery. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson appears in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, on day four of jury selection for his trial in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Maria Luna, left, and Aaron Ramos, both of San Jose, Calif., look over the Ford Bronco owned by O.J. Simpson on display at the Luxor on Monday, July 2, 2012, in Las Vegas. The Bronco gained notoriety in a slow-speed chase involving Simpson in Los Angeles in which about twenty police cars were involved. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson testifies during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Las Vegas. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson is seen during a break in jury selection for his trial in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson arrives with his attorney Yale Galanter, left, for the first day of Simpson’s trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas September 15, 2008.(File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson arrives at the Regional Justice Center Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, for the verdict in his robbery and kidnapping trial. Simpson and co-defendant The verdict come thirteen years to the day after he was acquitted of double murder charges. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson appears during his trial as co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart confers with his attorneys in the background at the Clark County Regional Justice Center October 1, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson arrives at the Clark County Regional Justice Center with his sister Carmelita Durio, left, and daughter Arnelle Simpson Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, in Las Vegas. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson, in custody at the Lovelock Correctional Center, appears before Nevada Board of Parole members Robin Bates and Susan Jackson via video conference, in Carson City, Nevada Thursday, July 25, 2013. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Defendant O.J. Simpson, right, accompanied by his attorney, Gabriel Grasso, is surrounded by members of the Las Vegas police as he arrives at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas for his trial September 8, 2008. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL player O.J. Simpson is flanked by his attorneys Gabriel Grosso, left, and Yale Galanter as they wait in court at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson appears at Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Monday, May 13, 2013. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL player O.J. Simpson, center, is greeted by attorney Gabriel L. Grasso as he is arraigned in Las Vegas Justice Court Wednesday, September 19, 2007. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL football player O.J. Simpson is escorted by Las Vegas police officers from their Investigative Services Division building to a vehicle waiting to take him to the Clark County Detention Center Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former NFL player O.J. Simpson rubs his face as he sits in court at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, during his preliminary hearing in connection with armed robbery. (File/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
O.J. Simpson, who died Wednesday in Las Vegas at 76, might be remembered most for his acquittal of the 1994 murders of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
But in a Las Vegas courtroom in 2008, Simpson did not find as understanding of a jury, sentenced to between nine and 33 years for the kidnapping and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at Palace Station.
There was some chatter that the Las Vegas jury was looking to get payback to the former NFL star, but District Judge Jackie Glass said that was not the case during the sentencing.
“I’m not here to try and cause any retribution or any payback for anything else,” the judge told the packed courtroom before announcing her decision. “I want that to be perfectly clear to everyone.”
Simpson ended up serving the nine years, being released from Lovelock Correctional Center in Northern Nevada on Oct. 1, 2017.
He was released from parole after the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners conducted a hearing on Nov. 30, 2021, and a decision to grant early discharge from parole was ratified on Dec. 6.
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