O.J. Simpson today received a 15-year sentence for his role in the Las Vegas/memorabilia raid with a group of his cronies. A minimum of 9 years and a maximum of 33 may end up making this a veritable life sentence.
Finally….justice.
A murderer who got off with an acquittal-and of course vowed to spend his days “searching for the real killer” (he never did find the culprit, no matter how many golf courses he scoured) has finally received a jail term that may end up being the life sentence he should have gotten years ago. The verdict was delivered 13 years to the day from the moment he walked out of a Los Angeles courtroom a free man.
Nothing will bring back his wife or her friend, but at least this sentence drives home that O.J.’s insane mocking of the U.S. Legal system has come to an end.
Karma is real-and it was only a matter of time before O.J. would see the pendulum swing back. Of course, no one takes any joy from the misfortune of another, but there was a deeply satisfying feeling that a dangerous man will now spend at least 6-9 years in a maximum security prison—no “country club incarceration” for him. Better yet, he will no longer be able to literally profit from the murders he committed so many years ago.
The tragedy of O.J. has yet to see a final chapter, but our culture’s saturation with the original crime tends to hide the chapters in Simpson’s life before that fateful act. Namely, that a gifted athlete, who parlayed his ability into that of a multi-millionaire sportscaster, actor, commercial spokesman and celebrity—was able to sink so far so fast. He had everything—and his own ego and sense of “no rules apply to me” attitude led to the behavior and rage that destroyed his life-and the lives of so many others.
Hopefully, we will be spared hearing about O.J. for at least 9 years. Just as hopefully, the families of Nicole and of Ron Goldman will be able to experience some sense of peace or closure.
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