OJ Simpson gets off easy… Judge changes mind at last minute!
Well, as much as we’d all like to think it’s over, it’s probably not. There will be more appeals and interviews. We’ll see lots of commentary from some of the people involved. But the bottom line is, OJ has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years to 17 1/2 years in prison.
Guilty!
Was he guilty? Of course. Did he mean to do what he did? Yes. Did he know what he was doing at the time? Absolutely. Now after just over a year he’s sorry. He’s thought about it and he knows he shouldn’t have done it. But at the time he got caught up in the moment and made a mistake.
The prosocuter wanted 18 years. He got 7 1/2 minimum. That’s 7 1/2 years if he’s lucky. Amazingly, this is the same sentence given to his co-defendant, CJ Stewart.
As I watched every minute of the sentencing, I believe what I saw was a last second change. I think the Judge heard what OJ said and changed what she was going to sentence at the last second. She got taken by the moment and wasn’t ready for what she heard.
Judge Glass
I believe she intended to give CJ Stewert the 7 1/2 year minimum sentence and OJ was going to get substantially more. She heard OJ’s pre-sentence speech and quickly starting ruffling some papers. At this moment, I believe she changed her mind. But to change her mind at the last second meant that all her preperation for what she was planning on giving for the sentence was out the door!
So, with not much choice and no time to she decided to give OJ the same sentence as CJ. She basically read CJ Stewart’s decision, put OJ’s aside and re-read CJ’s sentence for OJ. A stunning last second change.
Stay tuned… it’s not over. CJ Stewart will appeal that he should have had a separate trial, which he probably should have. OJ will appeal that he got an unfair sentence due to his previous troubles. So we should be hearing about this story for a good majority of 2009. But one thing is for sure… Both men should get out of prison before their death, due to the lighter than expected sentence. OJ should feel especially lucky that his last minute speech worked out for him.
History repeated itself a little bit on this sentencing day. What we saw was a 4th and goal for OJ’s team, and he leaped over the goal line for a last second TD. He pulled it off as a player for the Buffalo Bills and he just pulled it off again 30 years later.
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