From CNN’s Paul Vercammen:
For the past eight and a half years, Simpson has been the most famous inmate inside Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Facility. Here’s a glimpse into his time there:
Read more about Simpson’s life in prison here.
Just after O.J. Simpson was charged with murder in 1994, a manhunt began. Police ultimately spotted Simpson Simpson on the expressway, riding in a white Ford Bronco driven by his best friend and former teammate, Al Cowlings.
TV helicopters swooped in to join the chase, andย the 60-mile, low-speed pursuitย through Los Angeles went down in TV history. People across the country tuned in โ Domino’s Pizza even reported record sales of pizza delivery during the chase, presumably because people Americans glued to the TVs.
Watch the chase unfold in the clip below:
From CNN’s Paul Vercammen and Eric Levenson:
Bruce Fromong, the only surviving victim of the 2007 O.J. Simpson-led armed robbery,ย says he is going to testify at the former football star’s parole hearingย — in support of Simpson’s release.
Fromong told CNN he plans to travel to Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center to advocate for his one-time friend’s release. He said:
“I never thought that the crime deserved that much time, that long of a sentence.”
The other victim of the Las Vegas robbery, Alfred Beardsley, died in 2015.
Simpson is incarcerated at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada. It’s a medium-security facility surrounded by guard towers and fences topped with barbed wire.
The prison houses 1,680 inmates in six units. It’s visible from Interstate 80, the main highway from Reno to Salt Lake City.
Lovelock, about 90 miles northeast of Reno, is tiny: It has fewer than 2,000 residents, a 25 mph main street and one traffic signal. Local lore promises good luck to lovers who make wishes and attach padlocks to a chain behind the Pershing County courthouse.
Charles Ehrlich, a long-time friend of O.J. Simpson and one of his accomplices in the 2007 hotel room robbery, said itโs โabout timeโ Simpson is released from prison.
“Heโs been in what, nine years now? And I donโt think he should have been there to begin with,” he told CNN this morning.
Ehrlich added: โI donโt think that he knew there were guns involved.”
Watch the moment in the clip below: