LAS VEGAS -- A jury here Friday night found O.J. Simpson guilty of robbery and kidnapping, a verdict that came 13 year to the day after Simpson was acquitted in the highly publicized murders of his ex-wife and her friend. Simpson was facing 12 charges stemming from a September 2007 confrontation in a casino hotel room in which he and five cohorts departed with hundreds of items of sports memorabilia.
LAS VEGAS Two co-defendants pleaded guilty to reduced charges Tuesday in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case, agreeing to testify against Simpson and three others in the alleged hotel room theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers. Guilty, sir," said Walter Alexander, who entered the plea to felony conspiracy to commit robbery. Minutes later, Charles Cashmore pleaded guilty to felony accessory to robbery during a separate arraignment.
By Linda Deutsch The Associated Press
Fred Goldman blamed the defense attorneys when a Los Angeles jury found O.J. Simpson not guilty of murdering his son, Ron Goldman, and Nicole Brown Simpson on Oct 3, 1995. Yet Goldman was not the only one who blamed the defense attorneys for the acquittal; much of the media agreed that Simpson was guilty and had escaped his rightful punishment. Yet O.J. Simpson is not the only defendant who -- according to popular opinion -- has slipped away from justice because of his attorneys' skill. This note will argue that a skillful defense attorney is not as powerful as popular opinion would lead people to believe. The author defines skill as the qualities that an attorney brings to the courtroom independent of his case's strength, such as rhetorical abilities, tactical strategies, and knowledge...
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson stood before a judge Wednesday and firmly spoke a phrase he has uttered in other courtrooms in the past: "Not guilty. This time the former football star was arraigned, along with two other men, on suspicion of kidnapping and armed robbery of sports memorabilia dealers in a strange case that has ballooned to 12 charges that could send Simpson and the others to prison for life.
LAS VEGAS - In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson came out the big loser - and his unlucky number in a case full of bizarre twists was 13. He was convicted of an armed robbery that happened on Sept. 13 and was found guilty on the 13th anniversary of his Los Angeles murder acquittal. The Las Vegas jury deliberated for 13 hours after a 13-day trial.
LAS VEGAS -- The father and sister of Ronald Goldman greeted O.J. Simpson's conviction here on armed robbery and kidnapping charges with tears, laughter and a belief that their persistent efforts to collect a civil judgment from the former NFL star paid off, a family spokesman said Saturday morning. It was the civil suit that brought him down," the representative quoted Goldman's father, Fred, as saying.
Patrick Simpson, the former manager of a gift shop in York Beach, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Portland on Wednesday to a charge of intentionally setting a fire that damaged personal property. The charge stems from an incident on Jan. 16, 2007, in which Simpson, 40, showed up at the York police station with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
LAS VEGAS - A fourth co-defendant pleaded guilty Monday in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery and kidnapping case, agreeing to testify against the Hall of Fame football player and one remaining co- defendant. Charles Ehrlich entered his plea to reduced charges of attempted accessory to robbery and attempted burglary.
As much as I tried to avoid being taken in by the drama of the Casey Anthony trial, I was jerked alert by its conclusion, the most controversial murder acquittal since that of O.J. Simpson. Florida jurors found Anthony guilty of four counts of lying to law enforcement officers but acquitted her of the murder of her 2- year-old daughter, Caylee.
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