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 Judge Nixes OJ Retrial 

Las Vegas justice rejects defense claims that jury foreman was racist

Nov 7, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - OJ Simpson won’t get a retrial in his Las Vegas robbery conviction, despite challenges raised by his attorneys, AP reports, with the presiding judge telling Simpson’s lawyers to take matters up with state appellate court. A lawyer for Simpson’s co-defendant today accused the jury foreman of racism,... More »

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Las Vegas • kidnapping • appeal • OJ Simpson • assault • Clarence Stewart • armed robbery • retrial

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Simpson Facing 'Very Hard Years' in Prison


Oct 4, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Don't expect a miracle legal rescue to set OJ Simpson free anytime soon, writes Richard Abowitz in the Los Angeles Times. Simpson will be imprisoned until his December sentencing—the judge didn't have to do that but chose to anyway—then sent into the Nevada prison system. His appeal probably... More »

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crime • celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • Clarence Stewart • armed robbery

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 OJ Will Appeal Conviction 

Lawyer: Appeal is "only hope" after Simpson found guilty on all counts

Oct 4, 08 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson’s lawyer has said that “you would have to be living on another planet” to not anticipate his client’s guilty verdict, reports the Las Vegas Sun. Simpson was found guilty on all 12 counts of armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges late last night and could... More »

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crime • celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • Clarence Stewart • armed robbery • guilty verdict

OJ Defense Rests Without Calling Simpson

Las Vegas jury could get robbery-kidnap case tomorrow

Oct 1, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson’s defense team rested its case today without calling the former football star to testify in his armed robbery and kidnapping trial in Las Vegas. Though the prosecution can still call rebuttal witnesses, the case could go to jury tomorrow, the Review-Journal reports. Lawyers for Simpson's co-defendant called... More »

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crime • celebrity trials • Las Vegas • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • armed robbery

OJ Victim Alleges Tape Tampering

Dealer thinks recording was doctored to hurt Simpson's defense

Sep 26, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the alleged victims in OJ Simpson's memorabilia-theft trial has turned into a boon for the defense, suggesting that another victim doctored a key piece of evidence. Alfred Beardsley, a witness for the prosecution, accused auctioneer Thomas Riccio of editing out parts of a recording Riccio made during their... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • armed robbery • witness • criminal trial

 Witness: Guns Were OJ's Idea 

Former golf buddy Alexander says Simpson told him to lie about being armed

Sep 24, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former OJ Simpson golfing buddy testified today that the football star told him to pack heat for September’s confrontation with sports-memorabilia dealers, and that Simpson shooed away concerns about the police. "This is going to be a robbery," Walter Alexander recalled thinking after Simpson allegedly told... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • Walter Alexander • armed robbery • guns

OJ Judge Bars Goldman Lawyer From Testifying

Prosecution in Vegas robbery sought to tie Simpson's mindset to 90s slaying

Sep 24, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The skeletons are back in the closet for OJ Simpson today after a judge said a lawyer for the Goldman family—who won a civil verdict against the former football star in the slaying of their son—can't testify in Simpson’s current armed-robbery trial, AP reports. The prosecution argued... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • Ronald Goldman • armed robbery • David Cook

Vegas Cop Thought OJ Heist 'Couldn't Be True'

'It didn't make sense' until he heard tape

Sep 18, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first Las Vegas detective to investigate OJ Simpson’s alleged involvement in an armed robbery last September said he was initially flabbergasted at the idea, the Los Angeles Times reports. “It didn't make sense,” Andy Caldwell testified yesterday at Simpson’s trial. Caldwell was soon swayed by... More »

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celebrity trials • Las Vegas • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • trial • video • testimony • armed robbery • recording

 All-White Jury Will Judge OJ 


Sep 12, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine women and three men will make up the jury in OJ Simpson’s trial for kidnapping and armed robbery —but none of them are black, the Los Angeles Times reports. The prosecution dismissed two black candidates, one from the jury and another from the pool of alternates, but... More »

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race • celebrity trials • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • trial • armed robbery • jury selection

OJ's Past Will
Be Elephant
in Courtroom

Simpson must overcome baggage to beat robbery rap

Sep 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - If he gets an impartial jury, it’s possible “OJ’s going to walk again,” one trial consultant says of the armed-robbery case starting today in a Las Vegas courtroom. But finding an impartial jury is nigh-impossible when it comes to Orenthal James Simpson. Simpson’s double-murder case... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • trial • jury • armed robbery

 Life Imitates Depp:
 Caribbean Piracy on Rise 

Yacht crowd comes under increased attack from armed buccaneers

Jun 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pirates of the Caribbean is becoming all too real for yachters, the Los Angeles Times reports, with crime against visiting boats on the rise—and “it's becoming more violent,” one analyst says. The attacks are prompting businesses to advise caution—but they worry that overstating the problem could... More »

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theft • Pirates of the Caribbean • piracy • Caribbean • pirates • violent crime • armed robbery • yachts

Marine Dies Months After Mugging

Corporal who survived Iraq shot for having
only $8 in his pocket

Jun 2, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A careful young Marine has died from bullet wounds 4 months after muggers shot him point blank in the neck while he was on leave home in Cleveland from Iraq, the AP reports. Warned that a Marine could be a robbery target, Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield decided to carry only... More »

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armed robbery • Marine • shooting • Iraq war

 Tryst Backfires for Chicago Man 

Escapes robbery critically injured

Apr 15, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Call this a lesson of love. A Chicago man was shot multiple times earlier this morning by a carjacker who tried to rob him during a midnight romp with a prostitute, the Chicago Tribune reports. The 29-year-old John had picked up a hooker and was with her in his car's... More »

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Chicago • armed robbery • prostitute • carjacking • gunshot wounds

OJ Told
His Buddies
to Bring Guns

Simpson wanted
'heat' in hotel room,
says witness

Nov 13, 07 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - OJ Simpson asked his buddies to bring guns to their confrontation in a Las Vegas hotel room with two sports memorabilia dealers, one of his accomplices testified today. Walter Alexander, one of OJ's golfing pals, said Simpson wanted everyone to bring "heat." OJ also told another accomplice to... More »

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OJ Simpson • sports memorabilia • armed robbery

OJ Scheme
'Went South,' Witness Says

Simpson's plan to
get back stolen goods fell apart in room

Nov 9, 07 6:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A collectors dealer testified today that OJ Simpson was trying to get back memorabilia stolen from his own home when he and others entered into a hotel room to confront two men, the Los Angeles Times reports. The situation quickly "went south," said Thomas Riccio. He said, though,... More »

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OJ Simpson • sports memorabilia • armed robbery

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