OJ Simpson Parole: Nevada Commission DIdn't Consider Domestic Violence History

The Nevada parole board that gave O.J. Simpson a get out jail card didn't consider his 1989 conviction for spousal abuse, officials said on Tuesday. They said that the conviction wasn't in the national database of FBI crime data.

When Simpson was granted parole in July, the board said that Simpson didn't have a prior criminal record.

It came out quickly that he did - a 1989 misdemeanor conviction for misdemeanor spousal abuse. He had pleaded no contest and received probation. (For more information on this and other Las Vegas stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

The parole board said on Tuesday that when that was disclosed, they tried to figure out why they hadn't known.

The board says that the state's Division of Parole and Probation prepares their pre-sentencing investigation in part on information they receive from the FBI's National Crime Information Center.

The 1989 conviction did not appear in that history.

After they granted Simpson parole, they double checked and came back with the same result.

The board reached out to California to try and find out why the conviction hadn't been shared with the database but have not heard back.

Officials say that the some jurisdictions have processes that allow for a conviction to be withdrawn or sealed, which may have been the case with Simpson.

They say that even if they had known about the 1989 conviction, they can't speculate about whether the outcome of the hearing would have been different.

Meanwhile, the Simpson outcome has spurred an Assemblywoman from Reno to introduce legislation that would require the parole board to consider an inmate's domestic violence history before granting parole.

The proposal by Lisa Krasner, Republican of Reno, won't be considered until the legislature meets again - in February 2019.

Pool photo of Simpson at his parole hearing via Getty Images News.