Onlookers watch television monitors outside the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas during the sentencing hearing for O.J. Simpson. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Kim Williams, center, who said she wanted O.J. Simpson to go to prison, watches the trial outside the Clark County courthouse in Las Vegas. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
O.J. Simpson supporters Michael Champ, left, and Robert Zeiders wear Simpson’s USC and Buffalo Bills jerseys, respectively, outside the Clark County courthouse in Las Vegas. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
O.J. Simpson, left, listens with his attorney Yale Galanter during his sentencing hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. (Isaac Brekken / Pool)
Simpson listens during his sentencing hearing in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller / Pool)
O.J. Simpson, left, appears during his sentencing hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller / Pool)
O.J. Simpson prepares to leave the courtroom after being sentenced at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. (Isaac Brekken / Pool)
Fred Goldman appears in court during the sentencing of O.J. Simpson, at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Goldman is the father of Ron Goldman, who was killed along with Nicole Brown Simpson, the former wife of Simpson, in 1994. (Ethan Miller / Pool)
Arnelle Simpson, daughter of O.J. Simpson, appears during his sentencing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller / Pool)
Clarence Stewart, left, O.J. Simpson‘s codefendant, speaks with his lawyer Charles D. Jones during the sentencing hearing in Las Vegas. Stewart was sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Ethan Miller / Pool)
Fred Goldman leaves the Clark County courthouse in Las Vegas after attending O.J. Simpson‘s sentencing. In 1995, Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Goldman’s son, Ron, and Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
O.J. Simpson’s Las Vegas legal odyssey began with his confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. The episode ramped up when the former USC and pro football star was arrested by Las Vegas police on Sept. 16, 2007. Here, he’s transferred to the Clark County Detention Center on the day of his arrest. (Isaac Brekken / Associated Press)
O.J. Simpson faces a possible life sentence for a six-minute confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino, an off-the-Strip hotel in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
A few days after his arrest, Simpson was arraigned in a Las Vegas courtroom, flanked by attorneys Gabriel L. Grasso, left, and Yale Galanter. (Clint Karlsen / Pool)
Simpson wore handcuffs in the courtroom during his arraignment. (Jae C. Hong / Pool)
O.J. Simpson’s sister Mattie Shirley Simpson Baker, center, talks with his daughter, Arnelle, during his arraignment hearing. (Jae C. Hong / Pool)
Among those attending the arraignment in Las Vegas was Marcia Clark, one of the prosecutors in O.J. Simpson’s murder trial in 1995. Clark covered the hearing for a television program. (Jae C. Hong / Pool)
Christine Prody, O.J. Simpson’s girlfriend, enters the Las Vegas courthouse for his arraignment hearing. (Isaac Brekken / AP)
Simpson’s attorneys, Gabriel L. Grasso, second from left, and Yale Galanter, third from left, held a news conference after the arraignment, which drew plenty of reporters -- and publicity-seekers. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
The lineup at the defense table during a Las Vegas court hearing in November 2007: Attorney Yale Galanter, left, O.J. Simpson, attorney Gabriel Grasso, attorney John T. Moran III, attorney John Moran Jr. and co-defendant Charles Ehrlich. A judge ordered Simpson and co-defendants Ehrlich and Clarence Stewart to stand trial in connection with the events at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino. (John Locher / Pool)
Clark County Dist. Atty. David Roger, left, cross-examines witness Bruce Fromong during O.J. Simpson‘s trial in Las Vegas. Fromong was one of the memorabilia dealers confronted by Simpson and others at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino. (Daniel Gluskoster / Pool)
O.J. Simpson signs an autograph as he leaves the Clark County Regional Justice Center during his trial in Las Vegas.(John Locher / Pool)
Thomas Riccio gestures about the use of guns while testifying during O.J. Simpson‘s trial. Riccio was the auctioneer who set up Simpson’s meeting with the memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel; he surreptitiously taped the six-minute encounter on a digital recorder hidden atop an armoire. He later sold the clip to celebrity gossip site TMZ.com for $150,000. Riccio, who was granted immunity for cooperating with prosecutors, also taped the hours surrounding the confrontation -- including Simpson denying in phone calls afterward that he saw weapons. (Ethan Miller / Pool)
Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, one of O.J. Simpson’s co-defendants, sits in the Las Vegas courtroom as his attorneys Charles D. Jones, left, and Robert Lucherini talk. (John Locher / Pool)
Walter Alexander, right, testified at the trial that, at the behest of O.J. Simpson, he and Michael McClinton carried handguns into the meeting with sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel. Here, Alexander asks Simpson’s attorney, Yale Galanter, to give him some space during Galanter’s cross-examination. (Daniel Gluskoter / Pool)
Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass listens to attorneys during the O.J. Simpson trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. From left are Simpson attorney Gabriel L. Grasso, Clark County Dist. Atty. David Roger, Clark County Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Chris Owens and Brent Bryson, attorney for Simpson co-defendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart. (Isaac Brekken / Pool)
Memorabilia dealer Alfred Beardsley points to O.J. Simpson as he testifies during Simpson’s trial. Beardsley blamed auctioneer Thomas Riccio for the 2007 altercation at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino and told jurors the charges against Simpson should be dropped. (Isaac Brekken / Pool)
Prosecution witness Michael McClinton testifies during the O.J. Simpson‘s trial. McClinton told jurors that he and Walter Alexander, acting on a request from Simpson, carried handguns into the meeting with the memorabilia dealers at the Las Vegas hotel. McClintock also secretly made an audiotape of his dealings with Simpson; he taped a 26-minute conversation he had with the Heisman Trophy-winner at a restaurant called Little Buddha. The prosecution used that tape as evidence against Simpson. (Ethan Miller / Pool)
O.J. Simpson mulls the proceedings as co-defendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart confers with his attorneys. (John Gurzinski / Pool)
Dist. Atty. David Roger makes his closing argument at the O.J. Simpson trial. Mugshots of some of the players in the case are pictured in the background. (Jae C. Hong / Pool)
Brent Bryson, an attorney for Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, makes his closing argument while displaying a gun that had been entered into evidence. (Jae C. Hong / Pool)
O.J. Simpson, left, and his attorney, Yale Galanter, listen as verdicts are announced in the trial. Simpson and codefendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart were found guilty on all 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy. The verdict came on the 13th anniversary of the day Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. (Daniel Gluskoter / Pool)
O.J. Simpson is handcuffed in the courtroom after being found guilty. (Daniel Gluskoter / Pool)
Carmelita Durio, one of O.J. Simpson’s sisters, weeps on the shoulder of Tom Scotto as the guilty verdicts are read. Durio’s weeping became wailing as marshals escorted Simpson from the courtroom. Scotto had testified in support of Simpson during the trial; he and Durio were joined in the courtroom for the verdicts by Sabrina Scotto, left, and Sandra Scotto. (Daniel Gluskoter / Pool)
The Las Vegas trial came to a close with the sentencing hearing. Simpson stood in the courtroom and made an appeal for leniency to Judge Jackie Glass, but she rejected his statements and sentenced him to a lengthy prison term. (Isaac Brekken / Pool)
