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Orenthal James, also known as O.J Simpson or “The Juice”, was born on July 9 1994. O.J was known as a family man, living in the Las Vegas area; by the year 1988 he had had 5 kids and 2 wives. O.J had many careers, he served as a professional football player from 1969-1977 and continued as a broadcaster and actor in the following years. Simpson was convicted of being an armed robber and a kidnapper and was also accused of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Even though Simpson was convicted of murder, he was acquitted of the charges but still remained guilty of the armed robbery. He was sentenced to 33 years in prison in 2008, but then was granted parole and was released from prison in 2017.
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Bruce was a sports memorabilia collector who was held at gunpoint at the Palace Station hotel in Nevada. Simpson was arrested 3 days later and held without bail. After admitting to stealing the items that he said were previously his. He did not admit to breaking into the hotel room or having the possession of weapons. On October 3, 2008, O.J Simpson was convicted on 12 counts, including armed robbery with a deadly weapon, assault and kidnapping and Simpson was found guilty of them all. “Seeking to retrieve only personal keepsakes like ceremonial footballs from his Hall of Fame career in the National Football League and photos of his family that years ago were taken from his home.” (Simpson, 2008). After Simpson saying this he also said that it was not intended to be an armed robbery because he was just taking back what was rightfully his. Even though Simpson said that he was not intending for it to be a robbery it was stated "That is robbery. You don't go in and get a gun and demand property from people." (Roger, 2008). Despite what Simpson had to say, it was an armed

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