Los Angeles - Disgraced American football legend OJ Simpson, whose 1995 acquittal for double murder polarised the nation, was granted his release from prison on Thursday after serving nearly nine years behind bars for armed robbery.
A four-member parole board in the western US state of Nevada voted unanimously to free the 70-year-old Simpson after a tense public hearing broadcast live by news networks.
An emotional Simpson, who bowed his head and mouthed "thank you" to the parole commissioners, could walk free as early as October 1.
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