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15 years for Simpson.


OJ Simpson was jailed for 15 years yesterday for kidnapping and armed robbery.

The former American football star recruited five other men to help him rob two sports memorabilia The term sports memorabilia usually refers to anything that can be directly connected to a sports event or personality. These items are generally gathered by fans of the particular sport, athlete or team that the item signifies or by collectors who find value in the rarity  dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States.  hotel room on September 13 last year, a jury at Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
  • Clark County, Arkansas
  • Clark County, Idaho
  • Clark County, Illinois
  • Clark County, Indiana
  • Clark County, Kansas
  • Clark County, Kentucky
  • Clark County, Missouri
 District Court found.

He was convicted of all 12 charges he faced in October after more than 13 continuous hours of jury deliberations - 13 years to the day after he was cleared of double murder in America's "trial of the century".

Judge Jackie Glass told Simpson he knew what he was doing and that his actions were "much more than stupidity".

The judge also told Simpson that she had "respect" for his acquittal of double murder in 1995 and added that she did not take into account that many people disagreed with that not-guilty verdict.
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Publication:Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Date:Dec 6, 2008
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