Lovelock, Nevada, US OJ Simpson smiles during a hearing in which he was granted parole. He is expected to walk free in October after being jailed nine years ago for a botched robbery attempt. “I am sorry the things turned out the way they did,” Simpson, 70, said via videoconference with the Nevada board of parole commissioners. “I had no intention to commit a crime.”

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