Simpson lawyer pleads for minimum six-year term

US authorities are recommending that OJ Simpson and a co-defendant be sentenced to 18 years in prison for the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers.

Lawyers for the former NFL star and Clarence “CJ” Stewart filed briefs asking Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass for minimum prison terms of six years when she sentences the two men on Friday.

A brief filed by Stewart’s lawyer refers to a confidential recommendation by the state Parole and Probation Division that the two men serve sentences totalling 18 years for two counts of kidnapping with a deadly weapon and two counts of armed robbery.

Kidnapping convictions call for mandatory prison time, and each count carries a six-year sentence.