Regardless if you believe OJ Simpson killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman (the consensus was he was involved in some capacity), the reason he is in jail right was nothing more than a set up.
OJ was told he was going to retrieved stolen items that belonged to him including photos of his kids and ended up in the middle of a robbery that had nothing to do with him.
He was sentenced to 33 years in jail for that with the possibility of parole in 9 years.
While no one should feel sorry for OJ considering he may have gotten away with killing two people and then was dumb enough to get himself in a situation to get arrested again, by the letter of the law he should be paroled.
According to SI, he has a good chance, but there is a caveat.
For Simpson to get a favorable ruling—for the Juice to be loosed, as it were—he’ll need recommendations from at least four of the seven commissioners.
The decision to grant parole is, by definition, discretionary. But it is a decision that Thomas Patton, a former chairman of the parole board in Nevada, stresses is conducted through a “very comprehensive review,” weighing 11 largely objective factors. Between -1 and +2 points are allocated for each criterion. Inmates exceeding five points are classified as a “medium” or “high” risk and are unlikely to be granted parole. Score fewer than five points, and odds swing the other way. In 2013, Simpson scored three points, falling into the “low risk” category. He seems likely to do well again in 2017. Here are the 11 factors and how they would seem to cut for Simpson.
The caveat is that while there is a point system, it seem comes down to the individual commissioners and if at least four of them feels that OJ should die in prison, that is where he is going to stay.
You have to decide for yourself if that is fair or not.