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O.J. Simpson testifies at hearing

Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Appearing confident but sometimes emotional, O.J. Simpson testified Wednesday he did not know guns were involved in a confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers that led to his conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping...
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OJ Simpson stands during sentencing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center December 5, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart were sentenced on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Issac Brekken-Pool/Getty Images)

OJ Simpson says lawyer botched case, wants new trial

Ken Ritter, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case...
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O.J. Simpson leaves court after closing arguments for his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on October 2, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart are standing trial on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images)

OJ's ex-girlfriend sentenced in ND robbery case

Dave Kolpack, Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A woman who dated O.J. Simpson for more than a decade after he was acquitted of murder has received a four-year suspended sentence in North Dakota for allegedly trying to snatch someone's purse...
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In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands in the dock during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa. Even if Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star violated basic gun-handling regulations by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it, exposing himself to the lesser but still serious charge of culpable homicide. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe-File)

Oscar Pistorius: The new OJ Simpson?

Donu Kogbara
OPINION - It was inevitable that parallels would be drawn between the ongoing Oscar Pistorius drama and the O.J. Simpson trial, which hogged headlines the world over in the mid-1990s...
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Bills running back O.J. Simpson set the bar higher than any running back ever has on Thanksgiving back in 1976. Simpson gave the Lions' number one ranked defense nightmares, 273-yards worth. (a then single-game NFL record) The Lions were able to stop everyone else on Simpson's team, winning 27-14. (Photo/Getty Images)

theGrio's great NFL Thanksgiving performances

Todd Johnson
SLIDESHOW - TheGrio takes a look at five memorable performances from NFL stars on Turkey Day...
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O.J. Simpson arrives for a verdict at the Clark County Regional Justice Center, thirteen years to the day after he was acquitted of double murder charges, in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)

Nevada judge sets May hearing in OJ freedom bid

Ken Ritter, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada judge set the stage Friday for former football star O.J. Simpson to testify for the first time in the Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping case...
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Ex-OJ prosecutor accuses Cochran of 'manipulating' gloves

theGrio
Ex-O.J. Simpson trial prosecutor Christopher Darden is re-opening old wounds...
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O.J. Simpson arrives for a verdict at the Clark County Regional Justice Center, thirteen years to the day after he was acquitted of double murder charges, in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)

New film attempts to revamp OJ Simpson's image

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Norman Pardo, Simpson's one-time promoter, put together 70 hours of footage and turned it into a documentary film which will be titled The Unpromotable...
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A brief history of the n-word

James Braxton Peterson
OPINION - Once the n-word -- the epithet in either of its pronunciations -- enters into the public sphere, in any way, it is next to impossible to divorce it from the racialized history from which it originally emerged...
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OJ appeals to be released from Nevada prison

theGrio
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison...
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