Former U.S. football star O.J. Simpson was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury late Friday night on all charges he faced, including armed robbery and kidnapping.
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O.J. Simpson is taken into custody after being convicted on all charges in his Las Vegas kidnapping and robbery trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas October 3, 2008. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo]
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Simpson and his codefendant were both convicted on all the 12 counts in the lawsuit, resulted from their confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers last year in a Las Vegas hotel.
The verdict means that 61-year-old Simpson, who was infamously acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles 13 years ago, faces a possible life sentence for a five-minute quarrel. He will be sentenced on Dec. 5.
The 1995 trial of Simpson, a former NFL player and a rich blacksports star, attracted worldwide media attention and became a cultural flash point that drew huge courthouse crowds and polarized black and white Americans.
