O.J. Paroled

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O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel heist, successfully making his case in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America's enduring fascination with the former football star.

With the ruling, the 70-year-old Simpson, who was convicted in 2008 of an armed robbery involving two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room, could be out of prison as early as Oct. 1 after serving the minimum nine years of a 33-year sentence.

When the final vote to grant parole was read after parole commissioners deliberated just over 30 minutes, Simpson lowered his head and then raised it up with a big smile.

Malcolm LaVergne, O.J. Simpson's attorney, and former prison guard Jeffrey Felix traded barbs after the hearing Thursday. During a recess in the hearing, Simpson, LaVergne and another man were caught talking, presumably about Felix.

Here's our calculation of how much money Simpson has earned during his eight-plus years in prison -- potentially more than $600,000 -- which depends on the age in which Simpson elected to begin drawing from his NFL pension.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," an emotional Simpson said while his sister, Shirley Baker, wept and hugged Arnelle Simpson, his daughter.

Then, as he was led down a hall, the former athlete raised his hands over his head in a victory gesture and said, "Oh, God, oh!"

That's a terrible meme.

That pic is of Antoine Dodson. The caption is a reference to TNT by AC/DC, not the Bed Intruder Song.

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^ You have "mr Bill" confused with "Mr Rogers".

In those few minutes he pointed out that the state had decreed that the property in question was in fact his, and further that the state had returned the memorabilia to him. So "why should I keep on serving a sentence for stealing my own property?". Had to admit that he did seem to have a point there.

Mr. Bill was on Saturday Night Live in about 1980 or so. He was some sort of a funny doll who kept on being victimized. He used to say, "Oh no!"

Exactly. A high pitched "OH NO!" while heavy objects fell on him.

Mr Rogers was the host of the long running children's show "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" on PBS.

Mr. Rogers would address the young TV audience, and would punctuate his talk with "can you say [word X]?".

Mr. Rogers was frequently spoofed by TV comics both on, and off of SNL.. Eddie Murphy did a Mr. Rogers spoof on SNL. Complete with that signature "can you say.....?".

So CC is probably thinking of some Mr. Rogers parody, and has his name confused with Mr. Bill.

Now I understand how this is an autism forum.