{"id":328587,"date":"2017-10-02T03:44:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T02:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/oj-simpson-released-from-prison-after-serving-9-years-for-vegas-robbery\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T03:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T02:44:53","slug":"oj-simpson-released-from-prison-after-serving-9-years-for-vegas-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/oj-simpson-released-from-prison-after-serving-9-years-for-vegas-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"OJ Simpson released from prison after serving 9 years for Vegas robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/oj-simpson-released-prison-serving-years-vegas-robbery\/story?id=50180766\">ABC News<\/a><\/strong><br \/>October 1, 2017 <!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><\/p>\n<p><strong>O.J. Simpson is a free man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After spending nine years in prison for a Las Vegas robbery, the former NFL star walked out of the Lovelock Correctional Institute at 12:08 a.m. local time on Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson, 70, who served his time at the facility in Nevada, was granted parole at a hearing in July. The earliest date he was eligible for release was Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Corrections released a short video of Simpson exiting the prison, as well as a photo of him signing release papers.<\/p>\n<p>Simpson was sentenced to prison following an arrest in 2007 during a botched robbery in Las Vegas, when he led a group of men into a hotel and casino to steal sports memorabilia at gunpoint. The former Buffalo Bills star contended the memorabilia and other personal items belonged to him.<\/p>\n<p>At his parole hearing in July, Simpsons said, \u201cAll I want is my property. \u2026 I wasn\u2019t there to steal from anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/oj-simpson-released-prison-serving-years-vegas-robbery\/story?id=50180766\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Sunday, October 1, 2017  at  7:26 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/oj-simpson-released-from-prison-after-serving-9-years-for-vegas-robbery.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/oj-simpson-released-from-prison-after-serving-9-years-for-vegas-robbery.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC NewsOctober 1, 2017 O.J. Simpson is a free man. After spending nine years in prison for a Las Vegas robbery, the former NFL star walked out of the Lovelock Correctional Institute at 12:08 a.m. local time on Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections. 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