jesse: o.j. when he was on the run was driving a very famous vehicle. a mercedes. a range rover. a bronco. jesse: a white ford bronco. jesse: big moment in the case. the defense attorney said, finish this line for me, if the glove doesn t fit, you must . get another one? use it? jesse: if the glove doesn t fit . if it doesn t fit, you must acquit. innocent or guilty? i think he s guilty. he may be innocent or guilty. i don t know if he s more guilty than innocent. jesse: do you know who i am? i do now. jess he watters. jesse: i m watters and this is my world.
jesse: o.j. when he was on the run was driving a very famous vehicle. a mercedes. a range rover. a bronco. jesse: a white ford bronco. jesse: big moment in the case. the defense attorney said, finish this line for me, if the glove doesn t fit, you must . get another one? use it? jesse: if the glove doesn t fit . if it doesn t fit, you must acquit. innocent or guilty? i think he s guilty. he may be innocent or guilty. i don t know if he s more guilty than innocent. jesse: do you know who i am? i do now. jess he watters. jesse: i m watters and this is my world.
i wasn t there to hurt anybody had. i just wanted my personal things and i realize now i was stupid and i m sorry. reporter: it was much more than stupidity. his sentence, 9 to 33 years. it was dubiously a crime and to see the very long sentence that he got seemed to me that he was being punished for the murder even though the judge said he wasn t. reporter: simpson s lawyers believe it was payback for the not guilty verdicts in his 1994 double murder trial. simpson was charged with killing his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend, ron goldman. back then simpson was revered for his hall of fame football career that he converted into media stardom. televised for eight months, the murder trial was a national obsession. gloves didn t fit. if it doesn t fit, you must acquit. we the jury in the above
that televised trial gripped much of this nation with its courtroom drama. i want you to remember these words. like the defining moment in this trial, the day mr. darden asked mr. simpson to try on the gloves and the gloves didn t fit, remember these words, if it doesn t fit, you must acquit. and acquitted he was on october 3rd, 1995, after the double murder trial lasted more than eight months. simpson was subsequently, though, found liable for the deaths in a civil case and was ordered to pay a $33 million judgment. today s parole hearing expected to last less than an hour. we have full coverage from a team of reporters and analysts that are getting in position right now. we start with nbc s katie beck, outside the nevada prison where,
i want you to remember these words. like the defining moment in this trial, the day mr. darden asked mr. simpson to try on those gloves and the gloves didn t fit. remember those words. if it doesn t fit, you must acquit. and they did. but simpson was subsequently found liable for the deaths in a civil case, and was ordered to pay a $33 million judgment. let s bring in nbc s katie beck, who is in lovelock, nevada. msnbc legal analyst, katie feng, also with us. what are we expecting from the parole board tomorrow? reporter: it s made up of four commissioners, meeting in carson city, 130 miles from the prison. they re going to be gathering around 10:00 a.m., and they re going to video conference o.j. simpson into that hearing.