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>> PAM: NOW ON KRON FOUR:
I WOULDN'T HAVE FATHOMED IN
MY WILDEST DREAMS THAT THESE
GUYS WOULD HAVE GUNS.
>> PAM: OJ=SIMPSON DOING
SOMETHING HE'S NEVER DONE
BEFORE:
TAKING THE STAND IN HIS OWN
DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL
TRIAL.
>> PAM: IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
DURING HIS 1995 *** TRIAL
IN LOS ANGELES
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN DURING HIS
ARMED ROBBERY TRIAL IN LAS
VEGAS. FIVE YEARS AGO.
KRON FOUR'S GRANT LODES IS
HERE TO EXPLAIN. WHY O=J
SIMPSON IS NOW WILLING TO
TESTIFY UNDER OATH.
SIMPSON, OF COURSE, A NATIVE
SAN FRANCISCAN WHO PLAYED
TWO
>> REPORTER: SEASONS WITH
THE 49ERS. FIVE YEARS BEHIND
BARS HAVE LEFT THE ONETIME
FOOTBALL HERO AND TV
PITCHMAN GRAYER AND
STOCKIER. NONE OF HIS OLD
COCKINESS ON DISPLAY AS HE
ENTERED THE COURTROOM IN
SHACKLES AND A PRISON
JUMPSUIT.
HE'S TRYING TO OVERTURN A
PRISON SENTENCE THAT COULD
KEEP HIM INCARCERATED FOR
THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
>>
"I DIDN'T BREAK INTO
ANYBODY'S ROOM, I DIDN'T
BEAT UP ANYBODY. I DIDN'T
TRY TO MUSCLE THE GUYS."
>> REPORTER:AT THE AGE OF
65, O=J SIMPSON IS HOPING
SOMEONE WILL LISTEN TO HIS
STORY.
18 YEARS AGO, A LOS ANGELES
JURY ACQUITTED HIM OF
MURDERING HIS WIFE AND
ANOTHER MAN.
>> REPORTER:AND SIMPSON
BECAME ONE OF THE MOST HATED
FIGURES IN THE COUNTRY.
WHEN A LAS VEGAS JUDGE THREW
THE BOOK AT HIM FOR ROUGHING
UP A PAIR OF
SPORTSMEMORABILIA COLLECTORS
AT THIS HOTEL, MANY PEOPLE
THOUGH JUSTICE HAD FINALLY
BEEN SERVED. NOW SIMPSON IS
ASKING FOR A NEW TRIAL,
SAYING HE'D ONLY BEEN TRYING
TO RECLAIM PERSONAL ITEMS
STOLEN FROM HIM.
AND THAT HIS ATTORNEY GAVE
HIM BAD ADVICE.
>>"THE OVERALL ADVICE HE
GAVE ME WAS, "YOU HAVE A
RIGHT TO GET YOUR STUFF." HE
GAVE ME AN EXAMPLE THAT IF
YOU WERE WALKING DOWN THE
STREET AND YOU SAW YOUR
LAPTOP WITH YOUR NAME ON IT
IN A CAR, YOU CAN USE THE
FORCE TO BREAK THE WINDOW OF
THE CAR TO GET THE LAPTOP.
>> REPORTER:SIMPSON AND TWO
OTHER MEN WENT TO THE VEGAS
HOTEL AFTER ATTORNEY RON
GALANTER TOLD HIM THE STOLEN
ITEMS WERE THERE.
>> JEEZ YOU'RE REALLY GOING
TO WANT THIS STUFF. THEY
GOT PICTURES OF," AND THIS
IS HIS WORDS, "YOUR
DAUGHTER WHO DIED, PICTURES
OF YOUR MOM AND DAD WHO'S
PASSED, MAN THEY GOT FAMILY
ALBUMS OF YOUR MOTHER." AND
THAT'S WHEN I GOT INTERESTED
IN TRYING TO GET IT, THAT'S
WHAT GOT MY ATTENTION.
>> REPORTER:SIMPSON WAS
SECRETLY RECORDED DURING THE
CONFRONTATION. WHICH BECAME
PART OF THE 2008 TRIAL
TESTIMONY