The Second O.J. Simpson Trial - Simpson Rejected an Earlier Plea Deal for Less Time
O.J. Simpson is headed to prison for at least nine years, but a prosecutor says the former football star could have spent less time behind bars if he had accepted a plea deal before he was convicted.
Clark County District Attorney David Roger said Simpson was offered a deal for less prison time than the nine-to 33-year prison terms the graying former football star was sentenced to on Friday for kidnapping and assaulting two sports memorabilia dealers with a deadly weapon.
"Mr. Simpson wanted something just short of a public apology," Roger said. "We didn't think that was appropriate."
For an interesting discussion of the varying reports in the media regarding how many years Simpson actually received during sentencing last week, see here.
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