Nine years after he was convicted of kidnapping and robbery, former football legend O.J. Simpson is making a bid to reclaim his freedom.
Simpson will appear before four members of the Nevada parole board on Thursday, where he'll get a chance to argue in favor of his release, the New York Times reports. Back in 2008, he was convicted of breaking into a Las Vegas hotel room and stealing sports memorabilia from two collectors, earning him nine to 33 years in prison. Now that the 70-year-old is approaching his minimum sentence, he's got a chance to vie for parole.
Among guards at Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center, Simpson is known as a model prisoner, which strengthens his case for an early release. He'll be scored on an 11-point disciplinary scale at the hearing—which increases based on the number of citations he's received behind bars. Despite recent reports speculating about Simpson's time at Lovelock—from eating a stolen cookie to violating prison rules for masturbating (a report that was later debunked)—he's managed to stay out of trouble and there's a good chance the celebrity could walk free as early as October 1.
Though Simpson is currently serving time for a robbery in Vegas, he's better known for beating a murder charge in the 90s that became one of the most-watched trials in history. In 1995, Simpson was acquitted of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Two years later, a jury in a civil trial found the Heisman Trophy-winner responsible for their deaths, and ordered him to pay each of their families millions in damages. So far, he's failed to provide them with the money they're owed, the Times reports.
Simpson is slated to appear before Nevada's Board of Parole Commissioners at 1 PM EST. You can watch a live stream of the hearing via theWashington Post above.
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