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This parole. what they've said to simpson he has to have regular check ins with his parole officers. he can't leave the state without getting permission before hand. he cannot have any contact with a felon, he can't use alcohol in excess and he has to abide by all state laws and he has been to be a contributing member of society. i think this board was under a national spotlight so they made very clear that they were going to be diligent and careful. most of the hearings take 20 minutes, this took an hour and five minutes. before they announced the decision the first commissioner said to o.j. ...

Man. ross good man is a criminal defense attorney. he is in nevada there. and ross, we wanted to bring you in here to talk a little bit about the prolsz now. and we heard from the head of that parole board that there would be some conditions attached to this parole. you're quite familiar with parole there in nevada. what can you tell us about these conditions and what we will likely see? >> the parole board did what they said they were going to do. she said it was important for them to be consistent and that's what happened. and i understand the passion and bias that people bring to o.j. simps...

The lapd or whether o.j. simpson was guilty. that's how it was framed. that's by the way an expert litigation strategy by the dream team. and ultimately with a racial divide that this country continues to explore. the situation, though, as we know is there can be ed of institution racism in a police department and evidence of guilt in a prosecution. so when you widen the lens beyond the consent decrees we've seen in cities like los angeles, chicago, baltimore, show statistical systemic mistreatment of african americans. that can be true regardless of your views of the guilt or innocence of the...

Debra, why did you feel the need to create this petition? >> i felt the need to create the petition because i think it's very important for two reasons that the public be able to weigh in and that is not only for the obvious reason of the question of has oh, mr. o.j. simpson, served enough time, but the factor of how he is going to be received by the public. the duty of the parole board is top protect public safety, and that is not just for us as a free society but for mr. simpson himself as well. >> debra, as you lifbld p to simpson there during the course of that hearing, did you get the sen...

Get their opinions about whether or not o.j. simpson sfls guilty. at the time of the verdict in 1995, 20% of those polled said that they believed he was guilty. 20% of the african-american people polled. now it is over 50%. so i think your into we active sense that maybe things have shifted, at least in the public. not about whether or not there's racism. that's a different question. but whether or not o.j. simpson did it, apparently the public seize things differently. >> for those of you who might just be joining us, this was the scene inside this parole hearing just a few moments ago as o.j...