New Film "O.J.: Made in America" Explores The Life Of OJ Simpson | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Simpson said in the 15-minute hearing in 2013 that he wasnt like other inmates
ESPNs new documentary OJ: Made in America,opens with stunning footage of a 2013 hearing in which NevadaParole Commissioner Susan Jackson asks OJ Simpson about that time he was arrested in 1994.
Simpson appears shocked that Jackson, like almost everyone else in America, doesnt know the details already. The 1994 arrest was for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Mark Goldman. Simpson was acquitted the next year, but sentenced to 33 years in prison in 2007 for trying to steal sports memorabilia he said was stolen from him.
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After the hearing,Simpson was granted parole on some charges. But he was ineligible for parole on the others, which means he will remain behind bars for the time being.
The 15-minute video of the full hearing (above) includes many details that that the first episode ofOJ: Made in America does not. Simpson begins by sayingthat when he first arrived at Nevadas Lovelock Correctional Center, he vowed to bethe best person that theyve ever had here. He sayshe thinks hes succeeded.
Ive not had any instances, despite all those stories in the tabloids and everything, he says. I havent had one incident since Ive been here.
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He also says many inmates have told him about robberies they pulled even one guy who robbed a gun shop, which I think took a lot of guts.
Simpson says he isnt like the other inmates, who tried to steal other peoples possessions.
My crime was trying to retrieve for my family my own property, property that was stolen from me, he said, adding that California officials have ruled that it did in fact belong to him.
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Simpson also says he missed his sisters funeral and two of his childrens college graduations while behind bars. He say he deeply regrets confronting the men he believes stole from him.
I wasnt as civil as I should have been, he said.
He is asked if alcohol was a factor, and concedes it might have been but says he never had a drinking problem.
I was celebrating a wedding and I had been drinking all day, he said. I didnt feel that I was drunk but I also didnt think that I was capable of driving an automobile.
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In an interview with TheWrap on Thursday, former Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, who led the unsuccessful double-murder case against Simpson, said he thought Simpsons Nevada sentence was too harsh. He said it seemed like payback for Simpson avoiding prison in the murder case.
Our job is to seek justice, Garcetti said. Justice was not served when OJ Simpson was acquitted. But in my mind, justice was not served either when he was sentenced to 33 years for the crimes for which he was convicted.
As magnificent as The People v. O.J. Simpson was, Made In America brings a scope to the infamous murder trial that has never been attempted before
22 years removed from the Trial of the Century, and just a few weeks removed from "The People v. O.J. Simpson," you may wonder if there"s anything "O.J.: Made In America" can say that hasn"t been said already. Director Ezra Edelman once thought the same thing, but his five-part epic has expanded the scope of this one trial to include 50 years of American culture and conflict.
Source: http://www.thewrap.com/heres-oj-simpsons-parole-hearing-from-oj-made-in-america-video/
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