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THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jurors in the O.J. Simpson trial reached a verdict Friday after working into the night, deliberating the fate of the former football star and a co-defendant accused of robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a casino hotel room.

"We have a verdict," said Michael Sommermeyer, spokesman for the Clark County District Court. He said it would be read after all the defendants, lawyers and prosecutors arrived at the court.

The jury reached a decision after deliberating for more than 13 hours.

Simpson, 61, and a golfing buddy, Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, each face five years to life in prison if convicted of kidnapping, or mandatory prison time if convicted of armed robbery. They've pleaded not guilty to 12 charges, including conspiracy, coercion and assault with a deadly weapon.

Deliberations began 13 years to the day after Simpson was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles.

The jury sent one note to the judge around 3 p.m. with what the court spokesman called a "procedural question."

Judge Jackie Glass responded with instructions to look at documents they had already been given, Sommermeyer said.

The jury of nine women and three men heard 12 days of testimony, capped by prosecutors' arguments Thursday that the Las Vegas case had its roots in the 1994 slayings.

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Thesifer

I just watched this. And I don't know everything about the case, but it sure seems like people were trying to make the 94 trial involved with this one. From the parts I did hear, I thought at most he would get charged with maybe Aggravated Assault or Assault with a Deadly weapon, if even that ( since from what I understand OJ Didn't have a weapon on him ) .. Not Kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap + 10 other charges.

I don't necessarily like or hate OJ. And don't really have an opinion either way on his 94 case, but I definitely don't think it should have been on the minds of the jurors, but I guess there's no way to "remove" it from their minds.

I see why the other guy wanted to have his trial broken from OJ's. I bet he would have been cleared on a few charges if it was.

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renovation

he wasted enough of the tax payers money .but im sure he waste more before he's given a cell to call home for the rest of his life!

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zippyjuan

I think both of his trials were injustices. In the earlier case, based solely on what we heard through the media (and there was tons!) I thought he was probably guilty. In this case, again from what I have heard through the media, I don't think that what happened was severe enough for him to face the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars. Does it balance out? I dont' know.

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Key Keeper

Karma is a B#$%H isnt it...

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Thesifer

Assuming he is Guilty. No one except OJ is alive that knows if he is or not.

Jeffbx

Heard on the radio this morning that the defense is saying that the jury was predjudiced, called them a 'lynch mob', etc. However, apparently the evidence was pretty bad for OJ - he was heard on tape asking if the guns were put away before they entered the room (and he had claimed earlier that he wasn't aware that anyone had a gun), and also caught on security video announcing that 'no one is leaving this room', which pretty much nailed the kidnapping charge. That charge is what pushes this crime 'up to life in prison', but I can't imagine that he would get put away for that long.

I really have a hard time feeling sorry for him.

MrGreg

If he does go to prison, I wonder if he'll be popular, or a target.

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