The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners on Thursday approved O.J. Simpson's parole, granting his request and allowing him to be released from prison as soon as Oct. 1.
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Given the high-profile nature of Simpson's parole hearing, the sports world had a lot to say about the board's decision to grant his request for release from Lovelock Correctional Center after serving nearly nine years of a maximum 33-year sentence:
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