OJ Simpson Wants Bail

Written by Tonya Rynerson on July 12, 2009 – 8:35 am -

OJ Simpson just doesn’t go away, even though we thought that he had been “put away” last year after his Las Vegas felony assault with a deadly weapon during a robbery involving a gun.

Now, awaiting appeal in that case, OJ Simpson is requesting bail. Ken Ritter of the Associated Press reports:

“Simpson recognizes that he has a heavy burden in demonstrating that his release will pose no danger to the community and that he is not a flight risk,” attorneys Yale Galanter and Malcolm LaVergne said in a follow-up document filed Monday with the state’s only appellate court. “Simpson will strictly adhere to whatever conditions this court sets for bond.”

 

The Nevada State Supreme Court will hold a bail hearing on August 3.

Subscribe to my RSS feed

OJ Simpson Back in the Courthouse

Written by Tonya Rynerson on September 24, 2008 – 4:51 am -

The Trial of the Centrury Touched It All:
Sex, Celebrity, Murder, Race… and Bail

Video: Associated Press, YouTube
September 8, 2008

  OJ’s back in court, but this trial surely won’t be as much of a spectacle as the murder trial. It’s hard to believe that more than 10 years have passed because, for those of us living in Southern California, television was “all OJ, all the time.”

That case had everything: sex, money, star power, murder, and a rocky celebrity marriage. It changed the way the public viewed the former football star and the way we talk about race in the United States. Read more »

Subscribe to my RSS feed