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OJ Simpson subject to 15-year mandatory minimum (though with parole)

By Douglas A. Berman

Writing here at SI.com, law professor Michael McCann provides an effective review of "the key questions following the guilty verdict of O.J. Simpson on all 12 counts of armed robbery and kidnapping."  Here is the Q&A on sentencing: What will happen at Simpson's sentencing on December 5? Even if she opts to impose the most lenient possible sentence under discretion, Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass will sentence Simpson to at least 15 years in prison.  His conviction alone of first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon carries a minimum sentence of 15 years, with the possibility of parole after five years, and a maximum sentence of life of prison with the chance of parole. Judge Glass could run the sentences for each of the 12 charges concurrently or consecutively, the latter of which would be disastrous for Simpson, as he would then serve time for each sentence, one-after-the-other...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).