Legal Updates
The O.J. Simpson trial concludes in Las Vegas:
O.J. Simpson, the former football star who was famously cleared of double murder in the sensational 1990s “Trial of the Century,” was found guilty on all charges in his Las Vegas kidnapping and robbery case on Friday.
Simpson was convicted along with co-defendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart on the 13th anniversary of his controversial 1995 acquittal and immediately jailed by Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass.
Both Simpson, 61, and Stewart, 54, face mandatory minimum sentences of five years behind bars and could be sentenced to life in prison.
And Troopergate makes its final stop at the Supreme Court of Alaska:
The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether to block the findings of an abuse-of-power investigation due to be released next week that could be potentially damaging to Governor Sarah Palin’s vice presidential candidacy.
The court accepted an emergency appeal late on Friday filed by six Alaska politicians who claim the investigation is being manipulated to hurt Palin before Election Day on November 4.
The court scheduled verbal arguments for Wednesday on whether to suppress the probe’s findings.
The independent investigator conducting the probe plans to turn over his conclusions by next Friday to the Legislative Council, the body that authorised it.
