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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jurors who convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping said Sunday that they did not trust witness testimony and instead relied on recordings and other documented evidence to convict the former football star. It might have been a waste for prosecutors to give plea deals to several Simpson co-defendants in exchange for their testimony, since the jury did not rely on it, foreman Paul Connelly said. Seven members of the 12-person jury agreed to the extraordinary news conference two nights after the verdict was announced because they said they were being hounded by reporters. They...

In 1995 many African-Americans saw OJ Simpson as an innocent man persecuted because of the colour of his skin. This time, he is unlikely to receive similar sympathy. Thirteen years to the day of his sensational acquittal on charges of double murder, the conviction of OJ Simpson for conspiracy to kidnap and armed robbery looks unlikely to have the same dramatic impact. ____________________________________________ But, will it provide the same cultural flashpoint that drew huge crowds to the court and polarised black and white American back in 1995? This time, the court room was barely half full for most of the...

WHEN IT WAS REVEALED that Lionel Cryer, the male juror who flashed O. J. Simpson a black-power salute right after the verdict in the criminal trial, was once a member of the Black Panther Party, the Simpson case finally found its context. That black fist called up a host of Sixties memories, among them the ghostly voice of criminal-hero Eldridge Cleaver, who taunted the white world in his autobiography, Soul on Ice: "I'm perfectly aware that I'm in prison, that I'm a Negro, that I've been a rapist. . . . My answer to all such things lurking in their...

O.J. Simpson's sister Carmelita Durio lies on the floor after collapsed following a verdict of guilty on all counts is read following Simpson's trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The verdict comes 13 years to the day after Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman

Ronald Goldman's father and sister watched the verdict on live TV with a mix of joy and tears, a spokesman says. By Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 12:45 PM PDT, October 4, 2008 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 firm belief that their persistent efforts to collect a civil judgment from the former NFL star paid off, a family spokesman said this morning. "It was the civil suit that brought him down," the representative quoted Goldman's father, Fred,...

LAS VEGAS - Jurors in the O.J. Simpson trial had dinner delivered Friday so they could continue deliberating the fate of the former football star and a co-defendant, accused of robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a casino hotel room. "They have requested to continue deliberating tonight, and we are bringing in dinner to them,'' court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said in the late afternoon. The 61-year-old former football star and a golfing buddy, Clarence "C.J.'' Stewart each face five years to life in prison if convicted of kidnapping, or mandatory prison time if convicted of armed robbery.

Jury finds O.J. Simpson guilty on all charges in armed robbery and kidnapping trial in Las Vegas; former football star could spend the rest of his life in prison.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. Simpson, 61, could spend the rest of his life in prison. Sentenced was set for Dec. 5. A weary and somber Simpson released a heavy sigh as the charges were read by the clerk in Clark County District Court. He was immediately taken into custody. The Hall of Fame football star was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and 10 other charges...

LAS VEGAS -- Jury finds O.J. Simpson guilty in Las Vegas armed robbery-kidnapping trial.

OJ Simpson jury to announce decision tonight in Las Vegas at 10pm Pacific.

LAS VEGAS — The man who arranged the hotel-room confrontation that led to armed robbery and kidnapping charges against O.J. Simpson testified Monday that he received a at least $210,000 from various media outlets including ABC News in exchange for interviews, photos and portions of audio of the incident he recorded secretly.

DRUDGE MISCELLANY An all-white jury in Vegas will determine whether OJ spends the rest of his sorry existence in the hoosegow: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080912/D9352EAG0.html. Since Johnny Cochrane has passed to that great courtroom in the sky, and absent his fan club of predominatly black jurors, Orenthal will have to depend on mere mortals to prove him not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Accused of kidnapping and armed robbery this time around, instead of multiple murder, and defended by two black attorneys, even if “it don’t fit,” they may not acquit. Sarah shows she’s not a sheep: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5778018&page=1. She may not have gonads...

THIRTEEN years after his acquittal in one of the most publicised murder cases in US history, OJ Simpson returns to court later today for a robbery and kidnapping case that could see him jailed for life. Legal experts say the outcome of the case is far from clear as Simpson, 61, faces a dozen charges that stem from a confrontation in a hotel room last September after which he and a gang of gun-toting cohorts left with pillow cases stuffed full of sports memorabilia. The charges against Simpson and one of those men, Clarence Stewart, include kidnapping and armed robbery,...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson says an ambitious Nevada prosecutor is pressing a kidnapping and armed robbery case against him that he says even the alleged victims don't want to pursue. "If I was anybody else, I wouldn't be going to court," Simpson told a reporter for Fargo, N.D., radio station KFGO who interviewed him late Tuesday at a Fargo cigar bar. Simpson was vacationing in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. "How many trials have you ever heard of where both of the victims say they don't want this guy to go to jail, they don't want to...

As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape and three in 10 acknowledge feelings of racial prejudice, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Lingering racial bias affects the public's assessments of the Democrat from Illinois, but offsetting advantages and Sen. John McCain's age could be bigger factors in determining the next occupant of the White House. Overall, 51 percent call the current state of race relations "excellent" or "good," about the same as...

(CBS) O.J. Simpson's girlfriend, who had been hospitalized in February after a fall, was back in the hospital, this time with two broken legs and other serious injuries, CBS4 in Miami reported. Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Pat Santangelo said Christie Prody was injured early Saturday morning on the Don Shula Expressway near Miller Drive after she pulled over to an emergency lane because she had two flat tires on her 2-door Mitsubishi. Police say she rode on the flat tires for quite a distance because one of the tires was completely shredded and the other had come off the rim...

A judge has agreed to delay O.J. Simpson's trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges to September, defense lawyers said Friday. Simpson lawyer Yale Galanter and attorney John Moran Jr., representing co-defendant Charles Ehrlich emerged from a pre-hearing meeting with Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass and said the judge agreed to give them more time to prepare for trial. The judge took the bench minutes later and began hearing challenges to the charges against the former football star and arguments about whether co-defendants Ehrlich and Clarence "C.J." Stewart should be tried separately. Glass said she would issue her...

Time for a True Crime update and two high-profile verdicts came in last week. One involved a police officer who is very fertile and loves to impregnate the females in his surround. Should the child support get too burdensome, Bobby Cutts simply kills his pregnant girlfriend and tells the world he hit her accidentally with his elbow and tried to revive her with household bleach. A lesser profile case but still significant, the illegal immigrant killer of actress Adrienne Shelly pleads guilty. Also, more Saudi justice, a young man murders his identical twin, the Lane Bryant murders, shrink slasher, Illinois...

It has now been reported that has now learned that a neurologist at the hospital where O.J. Simpson’s girlfriend Christie Prody is being treated has told police her injuries are consistent with an assault, not a fall. O.J. Simpson's long-time girlfriend has severe injuries that are consistent with an assault, rather than simply a fall. Christie Prody, 32, remains hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Miami and may be facing brain surgery. The National Enquirer broke the story yesterday of Prody's injuries and revealed that O.J. was questioned by police detectives at his home in Florida. The police are still investigating.

O.J. Simpson's girlfriend Christie Prody was hospitalized Tuesday in Miami for what police are calling a "severe head injury," Entertainment Tonight has reported. An anonymous caller reported a woman falling and was taken by Fire Rescue to Baptist Hospital of Miami with a severe head injury, according to a police report obtained by the television show.

More than 10 years after publishing Mark Fuhrman’s controversial #1 bestseller, "Murder in Brentwood" Regnery Publishing today announced it has signed a contract with O.J. Simpson’s long-time sports agent and confidant, Michael Gilbert, for a book titled "How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder." The book, which will be released this spring, will provide shocking new proof that O.J. Simpson did indeed murder Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, and will reveal Gilbert’s crucial role in obtaining the “not guilty” verdict. Gilbert will expose how O.J.’s defense team deliberately manipulated evidence and witnesses during the murder trial -- and...

OJ Simpson slammed by judge in US By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 8:11pm GMT 16/01/2008 An infuriated judge doubled OJ Simpson's bail in an armed robbery case after he breached a court order by attempting to contact a co-defendant. OJ Simpson in court after breaching a court order The disgraced former sports star, who was jailed in Las Vegas on Friday after the breach came to light, was ordered to post bail of $250,000 (£120,000) and put his Florida home up as additional surety. Judge Jackie Glass told the ex-footballer he would not be released until 15...

Prosecutor: O.J. Simpson violated terms of Bail LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- O.J. Simpson was taken into custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his bail by trying to talk a co-defendant out of cooperating in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, court documents say. O.J. Simpson faces trial on 12 counts, including robbery and conspiracy. Simpson, 60, is to go before a Nevada judge on Wednesday at the request of Clark County District Attorney David Roger. The prosecutor filed a motion Friday to revoke Simpson's $125,000 bail. Court documents obtained by CNN say Simpson allegedly tried...

Las Vegas -- O.J. Simpson is in custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his release on bail by calling one of his co-defendants in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, a court official said Friday. Prosecutors allege that Simpson, identifying himself as "Miguel," telephoned Clarence "C.J." Stewart on Nov. 16 and expressed frustration with Stewart's testimony at a preliminary hearing, court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said. That was two days after a Las Vegas justice of the peace ruled that Simpson, Stewart and another co-defendant should stand trial on 12 charges, including kidnapping and robbery. Clark County...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - No matter how O.J. Simpson's hotel-room robbery trial plays out, he can plan on seeing Fred Goldman's lawyers in court again. A taciturn 66-year-old whose gray hair and handlebar mustache have made him familiar to followers of the Simpson saga, Goldman speaks forcefully but rarely angrily when he talks of hounding the former football star he believes stabbed his son, Ron Goldman, and Simpson's ex-wife to death in 1994. "Our intent is to continue to pursue him, to continue to hold him accountable and responsible for Ron's murder," he said during a recent phone interview from...

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from an alleged sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday. Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure ruled after a preliminary hearing of the charges and arguments against the case by attorneys for Simpson and co-defendants Clarence "C.J." Stewart and Charles "Charlie" Ehrlich. "This is what we expected," Simpson told The Associated Press before he left the courtroom. "If I have any disappointment it's that I wish a jury was here. As always, I rely on the jury system." No charges...

New items on three big crimes this past week. First, the rape and death of 9 year old Rowan Ford by two of the biggest (in one case, literally) losers on the planet. Will they get the death penalty like they gave to young Rowan? Cop Drew Peterson keeps losing wives and it seems as if someone in Illinois is helping him get away with it. Now they're exhuming his third wife's body and new stories on the marriage of Stacey and Drew. Finally, the fine state of Illinois where cops evidently get free murders are finally interviewing Lisa Stebic's...

A second co-defendant in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case said Monday that he will plead guilty to a reduced charge and testify against Simpson and four others in the alleged hotel room theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers. Walter Alexander, 46, of Mesa, Ariz., told a judge he will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery, a felony. He could face between one and six years in prison. Outside the courtroom, Alexander and his lawyers declined to say what testimony he will provide. Earlier Monday, Charles Cashmore, 40, of Las Vegas, told the same judge that he...

LAS VEGAS — A co-defendant in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case told a judge today he would plead guilty to a felony and testify against Simpson and four others in the hotel room theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers. The plea agreement with Charles Cashmore, 40, of Las Vegas ups the ante in the prosecution of Simpson. Cashmore can testify that guns were involved in the Sept. 13 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel room, his lawyer said. Simpson and his lawyers have denied guns were in the room. "In District...

The National Association of Black Journalists urges Citadel Broadcasting chief executive Farid Suleman and Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes to halt negotiations to return former radio personality Don Imus to the radio and television broadcast airwaves. Recent reports that Imus is in informal talks with Fox Chairman Roger Ailes and is finalizing contractual details with Citadel Broadcasting are unimaginable. Imus was fired last April after the shock jock called members of the Rutgers women's basketball team 'nappy-headed ho's.' "NABJ remains outraged after the racially inflammatory insults made by Don Imus last spring. He used his free speech to broadcast hate...

O.J. Simpson is getting his fake Rolex watch back. The timepiece, seized earlier this week by attorneys for Fred Goldman, was ordered returned to the former football star after it was determined to be a knockoff made in China. Goldman lawyer David Cook said his client will comply with Friday‘s order by Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg. Cook had hoped the watch might be worth as much as $22,000, but an appraisal from San Francisco jeweler Shreve & Co. concluded it was worth only about $100. Simpson had told his lawyer, Ronald Slates, he paid $125 for it. Had he...

Getting some measure of justice is proving difficult -- yet again -- for Fred Goldman. The Goldman's lawyers seized a watch from O.J. (after seeing it on TMZ) to pay off the $33.5 million wrongful death judgment against him. But it isn't a Rolex like they hoped -- it's a knock-off from China, worth about $100. If the watch were a genuine Rolex, it would have been worth as much as $22,000. But now they have to return the watch to Simpson, since it falls under an exemption in the judgment -- for jewelry worth less than $6,075. Goldman recently...

Handyman Says O.J. Simpson Threatened To Kill Him New York Post Reports Incident Happened Last July Police Described It As A 'Verbal Dispute' Peter D'Oench Reporting (CBS4) O.J. Simpson’s legal troubles in Las Vegas apparently are not the only run in with the law the former football star has had this year. The New York Post is reporting that last July Simpson accused a handyman he had hired to work on his Kendall home of sleeping with his girlfriend Christie Prody. The paper reports on July 29th, Simpson and Prody drove to the home of 42-year old Janos Gonzalez to...

O.J. Simpson had an explosive altercation six weeks ago, when he accused his girlfriend of sleeping with an ex-con handyman, according to what the worker and his wife told the New York Post. The pair tell the Post that Simpson arrived at the Gonzalez's home thirty minutes after leaving an angry voicemail in which he accused Janos Gonzalez -- who Simpson had hired to work at his South Miami home -- of sleeping with Christie Prody, the Juice's longtime girlfriend. According to Marlene Gonzalez, O.J. parked his car -- with his girlfriend in the front seat -- in the Gonzalez...

It's the second True Crime post of the week and we will have updates on the McCann case, and OJ, goodness let's lock this man up once and for all, huh? A fine collection of convict lawsuits is offered and in depth tongue in cheek updates on true crimes and pathetic criminals.

The O.J. Simpson case is expected to be presided over by either District Judge Lee Gates or District Judge Jackie Glass because cases handled at the lower level by Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure are randomly assigned to either Gates or Glass through the court's normal case tracking procedure. The chief District Court judge could reassign the case, but that rarely happens. Below is a look at the two judges who could wind up in the international spotlight with the case. JUDGE LEE GATES The sole black judge in Clark County District Court, 55-year-old Lee Gates, is...

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O.J. Simpson appears in a Clark County Justice courtroom for his arraignment in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007.

On Sept. 13th, Texas Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw announced in a speech to the North Texas Crime Commission that Texas authorities had apprehended terrorist suspects who were sneaking across the Mexico/U.S. border. Shouldn't such a report be running through the MSM like wildfire? Yet, the MSM seems to be ignoring this explosive report with only local Texas news sources, a few Jihad watchers and bloggers having picked up the Director's statements. The AP did have a report, shockingly enough, but few other MSM services seem to have found it as of yet... even though the story is about a...

COOPER: How much money has O.J. Simpson made off memorabilia, do you think? GILBERT: Just when he was in jail, probably a couple of million dollars. We signed autographs about every day for a year-and-a-half. COOPER: Every day for a year-and-a-half while he was in jail, you and he signed autographs, and you think he made more than $1 million or several million dollars? GILBERT: Oh, he would have to have, yes. COOPER: And, you know, obviously, there was a judgment against him that was supposed to go to the Goldman family and also the Brown family, the Brown estate....

Keep your eyes on the man on the right-hand side of the screen -- the one clad in an "O.J. '07" hat. Odd Man Upstages Lawyers at O.J. News Conference

Anyone watching this presser by OJ's attorney? The initial reaction in my office is he some mentally-challenged guy taken off the street, but now, we realize he must be some kind of comedian or something hired.

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Former American football star O.J. Simpson has been charged with eight offences, including kidnapping and armed robbery, court documents showed Tuesday. Simpson, an iconic sports star who was dramatically acquitted of brutally murdering his ex-wife and her friend 12 years ago, is to appear in court in Las Vegas on Wednesday for an arraignment hearing. The charges against Simpson and three other men were detailed in a criminal complaint filed by Nevada prosecutors in Clark County on Tuesday, following the fallen icon's arrest on Sunday in connection with an alleged armed robbery. Simpson and the men have been charged with...

LAS VEGAS - Prosecutors filed formal charges Tuesday against O.J. Simpson, alleging the fallen football star committed 10 felonies, including kidnapping, in the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room. Simpson was arrested Sunday after a collector reported a group of armed men charged into his hotel room and took several items Simpson claimed belonged to him. Police reports obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press offered details on the scene. Simpson, 60, was booked on five felony counts, including suspicion of assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. District Attorney David Roger filed those charges and added...

OJ Simpson's prison conditions released By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 2:35am BST 19/09/2007 OJ Simpson has traded a Las Vegas hotel room and leisurely mornings of golf for solitary confinement in a 7' by 14' cell, 4am wake-up calls, and just three to four hours of free time a day, also spent alone. Details of the prison conditions facing the fallen sporting legend were revealed by Las Vegas police, who arrested Simpson on Sunday at the city's Palms hotel for his alleged role in an armed robbery last week. The 60-year-old former American footballer is among 3,000...

LOS ANGELES - The Clark County district attorney filed eight charges, including kidnapping, against O.J. Simpson on Tuesday in an alleged armed robbery in a casino-hotel room. Also Tuesday, a judge gave Fred Goldman a week to come up with a list of items Simpson is accused of stealing, but he refused to order Simpson to hand over his earnings from everything from autograph signings to video games. (snip) He was being held without bail Tuesday in Clark County Detention Center on six felonies, including two counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon.

LOS ANGELES - O.J. Simpson lashed out Tuesday at the family of the late Ronald Goldman, a day after they won the rights to Simpson's canceled "If I Did It" book about the slayings of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife. ADVERTISEMENT In an online interview featuring questions from hostile participants, the former football star criticized Goldman's family for seeking to profit from the book after they said it promoted criminality and commercialized abuse. A federal bankruptcy judge in Miami awarded the book rights to Goldman's family Monday to satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against Simpson. "I find it sort...

LOS ANGELES—O.J. Simpson's defense lawyer said Monday that prosecutors lack the evidence to prove that the former football star committed armed robbery and other felonies in a sports memorabilia dispute at a Las Vegas hotel. "We are definitely on the attack," Yale Galanter told The Associated Press. Galanter, a Miami attorney who flew to Las Vegas to appear on Simpson's behalf, said he would seek Simpson's release on his own recognizance. Simpson had offered to surrender to police even if he had to return from his home in Miami, but they chose to arrest him, Galanter said. "If it was...