The former football star, and centerpiece of one of the most spectacular and controversial murder trials in American history, was released from a Nevada prison on Sunday morning. Simpson was scheduled to be released Monday morning, but Nevada authorities released him just eight minutes after he was eligible for release, apparently in order to avoid a media crush. Simpson was not in prison for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. The two were killed in June 1995, and Simpson went on trial shortly afterward. Simpson was later found civilly liable for the murders, but no other suspect has been criminally tried in the case.

Source: GNN Liberia October 01, 2017 13:52 UTC