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WORLD / America
Police not giving O.J. celebrity breaks
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-18 10:36
LAS VEGAS - News conferences, a slew of felony charges, a perp walk in
handcuffs and detention in a holding cell without bail — it's clear
authorities aren't giving O.J. Simpson any celebrity breaks.
Former NFL player O.J. Simpson, right, is transferred to the Clark County
Detention Center in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007. [AP]?
Police insist such treatment is prudent for a man whose name is
synonymous with a slow-speed chase from officers in a white Ford Bronco.
But legal experts are questioning whether Simpson is being singled out
for extra-tough prosecution in his casino-hotel robbery case as payback
for his murder acquittal more than a decade ago.
"It is regrettable that America has not gotten over the O.J. Simpson
criminal case," said Carl Douglas, who was co-counsel with Johnnie L.
Cochran in Simpson's 1995 criminal trial.
"The fact that he is being held without bail seems unfair and over the
top," Douglas said. "O.J. has always been able to satisfy his obligations
to the court. He cooperated with the authorities in this case. He is not
a flight risk. And he certainly can't hide anywhere."
At least six plainclothes policemen, accompanied by a handful of hotel
security guards, arrested Simpson on Sunday at The Palms casino-hotel. He
was accused of leading an armed heist of sports memorabilia. Simpson said
he was only reclaiming possessions that had been stolen.
"By our standard, there was no major show of force," Sgt. John Loretto
said.
Simpson was handcuffed and taken in a police vehicle to the Clark County
Detention Center to be booked on six felonies, including two counts of
robbery with use of a deadly weapon. If convicted of the charges, he
could get up to 30 years in state prison on each robbery count alone.
Simpson became inmate number 2648927.
Justice of the Peace Douglas Smith, who made the decision to hold Simpson
without bail, was "concerned about the flight factor" and because Simpson
had no ties to the Las Vegas area, said Judge Nancy Oesterle, who
addressed reporters on Monday.
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