In Nevada, half of all eligible inmates are denied parole and serve out their maximum sentence, a corrections department spokeswoman said. Any good-behavior credits Simpson earns will only reduce his maximum sentence.
Simpson will spend his first three weeks in an 8-by-10 cell at High Desert State Prison, an all-male medium-security facility about 40 minutes from Las Vegas. While in county jail, his attorneys said, Simpson bought other inmates snacks from the commissary.
"He thinks that ultimately he will prevail," Galanter told reporters, promising to exhaust all possible legal challenges and calling his client "resilient."
Indeed, before he was led from Glass' courtroom, Simpson mustered a weak smile.
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O.J. Simpson's legal saga
June 12, 1994: Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman are stabbed to death outside her Brentwood town house.
June 17: O.J. Simpson is arrested on suspicion of murder after he leads police on a two-hour car chase.
Jan. 24, 1995: Simpson's trial begins.
June 14: Simpson tries on the pair of leather gloves that prosecutors allege he wore during the killings. Simpson says they are "too tight."
Sept. 27: Simpson attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. urges jurors to deliver a verdict that "talks about justice in America." Of the gloves, he says, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
Oct. 3: After less than a day of deliberations, the jury's not-guilty verdict is announced on national TV.
Jan. 22, 1996: Simpson testifies for the first time in a pretrial deposition for wrongful-death suits that the victims' families and estates have filed against him.
Feb. 10, 1997: The civil jury orders Simpson to pay $33.5 million to relatives of Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman.
Dec. 4, 2000: Simpson is involved in an altercation with another driver in a Miami suburb. A jury later acquits Simpson.
Dec. 4, 2001: Federal authorities and Florida police raid Simpson's Miami-area home as part of a probe into a drug ring. No charges are filed against Simpson.
Sept. 13, 2007: Simpson and an entourage confront two collectors in a Las Vegas hotel room over memorabilia that Simpson said had been stolen from him.
Sept. 18: Simpson and three others are charged with felonies, including kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon.
Oct. 3, 2008: A jury convicts Simpson on all charges.
Dec. 5: Simpson is sentenced to a maximum of 33 years in prison. He will be eligible for parole in nine years.
Source: Times research
