This isn't necessarily payback, but the civil suit that brought this about was. He was found not guilty, and yet he still lost millions in the civil suit. I hope the judge takes that into consideration on sentencing.

I think it was payback by jury and I think it sucks. He's a jerk, but this isn't justice.

this is in fact payback, he was let off scoot free for murder and probably going to face years in prison for felonies I'm glad he will but his ass should be rotting in prison from the day he killed his ex wife and lover friend, what really made me laugh was he said he was disappointed because he will miss his children's graduation, first of all he should of thought of that before he killed their mother and second what about goldman he had a life to live but he was protecting an abused woman

My brother is a cop, and we have been joking for several weeks now that this is the first successful double jeopardy prosecution in America. We both think he was totally set up... but then again, neither of really care about OJ's well-being to begin with.

Yes, take his ass to the jailhouse!

Iwas I surprised - no. People hate OJ and if they could have thrown him in prison for 15 years for littering - they would have taken it as an opportunity to "get him back" for their perc

He should appeal. After reading the juries surveys on CNN at least 6 of them out and out lied on their surveys and another 2 are questionable. "I only knew of OJ from commercials and movies. I've never heard about any other trial he was involved in"

BS. My nephew was freaking 6 and HE REMEMBERS the OJ trial. He's brother who was 2 knows about the the Simpson/Goldman Murder trial from all of the pseudo-documentaries that keep getting played about them and from word of mouth from other.

*Sorry I was NOT surprised.* (I'm watching the post-race for Talladega and trying to type.)

He's finally where he should have been years ago.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He's a waste of space and he's finally where he should have been all along.

It's a dangerous thing to celebrate payback in any case.

Stephley, you don't think the evidence in this case was inculpatory?

later OJ.

Of course this is for murders. C'mon!

Maybe he and Vick can be prison pals... the sexy kind.

Naw, Vick only killed dogs. Wait, Nichole wasn't that good looking, so maybe...

I don't see how this is payback. He organized people to overt the law and physically, forcefully take property from someone.

It seems as if he thinks he is above the law.

It seems as if he thinks he is above the law.

Well.. it's not hard to see how he'd get that impression.

LOL Foxie (the sexy kind comment).

But aside from that, I don't like how this can be construed as a 'payback.'

The justice system shouldn't be like this as much as I think little of OJ (I don't respect how he thinks he can just do what he did, robbing someone's property, etc).

I don't like the implication that they're trying to put him away on another charge as a result from 13 years ago when he was acquitted from murders. It's just wrong (as much as I dislike the guy).

Do you guys really think the case against him was that weak?
Do you think he was ONLY convicted based on the past?

I do Jillness. He acted like a jerk, but the idea that this was a serious crime worthy of even 15 years in jail is ridiculous. It would have been pleaded way down if anyone else had been involved.

stephley, how strange you are so compassionate to OJ's plight!? as if justice is a common practice in the court room to begin with. I mean really how odd! to be bothered he received 15 years for kidnapping and robbery when he should have been executed for killing two innocent people years ago. I believe the severe mismanagement of the justice system for OJ happened 13 years ago. I would hope any judge with the power to give him a maximum penalty for any crime would do so knowing that justice had never been served with OJ.

Rot in jail.

Stephley's point is an important one.

Look - most of us think he did commit murder, and most of us don't particularly like the guy. Nobody's going to wail and gnash their teeth about OJ goin' away.

But what should be in the back of your minds though, is the precedent this sets, because this sort of squirrely justice is just the kind of thing that can come back to haunt the ordinary citizen.

Justice has to be blind.

This was not blind.

I'm not celebrating payback. I'm just saying that the guy managed to dodge two murder convictions and is now going away for being an idiot. He never should have been in that hotel in the first place. And they have him on audit and video tape so it seems that the evidence was in place for a conviction.

Thank God for Rabid Moon.

"but the idea that this was a serious crime worthy of even 15 years in jail is ridiculous. "

He rounded up a group of armed men, and charged into a person's hotel room to steal their things.

If this had been the mob, I think people would agree they should get 15 years.
If this had been a bank, people would think they should get 15 years.

But since he is a guy that has a past, they should ignore that he took extreme PLANNED measures to avoid the law and take matters into his own hands? He didn't know that no one would get hurt. Someone could have been shot.

Organized armed robbery is not something that should get a slap on the wrist.

It does sound to me like what OJ did in this case was criminal. Granted, it is a little like getting Al Capone on tax evasion.
But since I wasn't in the courtroom, I'm not going to assume that the jury based their decision on his past case. Didn't they even have audio tape of this robbery? I feel like I heard it when he was first arrested. If so, that is pretty strong evidence.

Good points Juju.

and people tell me there is no such thing as Karma!

I feel bad for his kids, first he murders their mother then he commits armed robbery at gun point and will spend the next 15 years in jail. They are probably better off without him.

He's facing more than 15 years because some of the sentences may be consecutive rather than concurrent. He could spend the rest of his life in jail, although I'm inclined to think it will be less and some of the charges (probably not all) could get overturned in appeal.

While I do think he's guilty of the murders, the case was presented so badly that if I were on that jury, who was sequestered, and all I saw was what the prosecution presented, I probably would not have voted guilty beyond a reasonable doubt either.

Finally, justice is served.