Reports say that prosecutors are recommending 18 years for O.J. Simpson and co-defendant C.J. Stewart. With the December 5th sentencing date fast approaching, we thought it would be a good time to poll our audience regarding whether you think Judge Glass will be in a head-spinning, fire-breathing mood Friday morning.So, fellow commenters, how much time do you think O.J. will get?
It was a fairly lame robbery, at least by robbery standards. I suspect that 8-10 years will sufficiently freeze the Juice.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big fan of OJ and I do think he got away with murder in L.A. BUT I don't really think that these robberies warrant 18yrs of prison time. He does seem to think he can do whatever he wants and get away with it and this could be used as a lesson for others not to do $#!& in Nevada casinos, but still...
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rudolph, give him enough time to set an example, to punish him, but let him come out when he hits 70 yrs old so it is not an ad-hoc death penalty.
I say he gets all 18 years. Glass isn't going to risk being the judge who let O.J. off easy. She will leave that up to the Supreme Court on appeal.
ReplyDeleteAccord, 3:53. Glass enjoys her rep as a 'tough on crime' judge and will take this once in a career opportunity to burnish her credentials.
ReplyDeleteYou can take that to the bank. Or the prop bet window at Palace Station.
15 years (calculates out to about 8-10 actually served).
ReplyDeleteThis Virginia criminal defense attorney has no idea how to interpret the sentence just handed down for O.J. Virginia did away with parole years ago so the defendant actually serves most of the time to which he's sentenced. Could someone give me the short course on what this sentence means in terms of time he'll actually serve? Also, what's the difference between being sentenced to a period of years as opposed to a period of months as I've seen with some of the counts?
ReplyDelete@ Catzmaw
ReplyDeleteI'm unsure about the first part of your question, but I believe I can address the second.
You see, "a year" refers to 12 months. Much in the same way "a dozen" refers to 12 eggs. When a sentence is given in "years," you simply take the amount of "years," multiply by 12, and you get the months.
Since some of the counts today carried sentences of 26 months, the court finds it easier to announce the sentence in terms of months, rather than saying "2.166667 years." Glad I could be of service.