O.J. Simpson Faces Minimum of 9 Years In Prison (Updated)

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O.J. Simpson was sentenced to 15 years behind bars and will serve a minimum of 6 9 years* before he could be eligible for parole for his role in a Las Vegas hotel robbery-kidnapping incident Sept. 13, 2007.

The former football star, actor and sportscaster could remain in a yet-to-be determined Nevada prison for as many as 16 years following his sentencing on 12 criminal charges, including robbery and kidnapping, by Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass.

Receiving an identical sentence was Clarence Stewart, a Simpson accomplice in the unsuccessful armed effort to retrieve what Simpson claimed was sports memorabilia that belonged to him.

For more details, see these news accounts:

• Las Vegas Sun

• New York Daily News

• Sporting News

*UPDATE 12/05/08 1:47 a.m. CDT:  The New York Times reports a different minimum sentence:

O.J. Simpson, the one-time football great who was acquitted in perhaps the most-watched murder trial of the 20th century, was sentenced Friday to a minimum of nine years in prison for his role in a 2007 raid on a Las Vegas hotel room in which two collectibles dealers were robbed of a trove of sports memorabilia.

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