Aaron Hernandez: Not Guilty

[thunderingsquid]

I heard Ernie Adams was his lawyer for the 2012 case.

[Augie]

Luv ya Aug !

Arlo or Woody ?

I do believe that's Arlo in Alice's Restaurant.

[3rdand12]

 

"Yeah, we know. He's taking PEDs and hanging out with Tom Brady."

for some reason i read PEZ and started laughing.

 

you are old enough to recall the PEZ candy dispensers with the flip tops.

 

The Sunday Comics in my head showed me Tommy and Aaron sharing PEZs and giggling.

Thanks for the chuckles i got DC

 

I do believe that's Arlo in Alice's Restaurant.

yep. chock full with implements of destruction

[Augie]

 

 

You can get anything you want..... (excepting Alice).

[3rdand12]

You can get anything you want..... (excepting Alice).

Thanks

[boyst]

ain't money i will see in my pocket. so don't care.

 

How did no one know this guy was on the edge for awhile? I mean did the Patriots not have any idea the kid was using drugs and hanging with horrid people?

it was known in college. That's why he fell so far. I wanted us to draft him big time. As well as gronk. Both of them that year

[3rdand12]

it was known in college. That's why he fell so far. I wanted us to draft him big time. As well as gronk. Both of them that year

I cannot fault you for your desires. Thats one helluva pair

[Augie]

Thanks

You're welcome! Have a Western omelette, or a pickle, on me.

[frostbitmic]

 

Mother rapers! Father stabbers! FATHER rapers! Right there on the Group W bench.

 

Just tell them you're in there for littering and they'll all move away from you .... Just don't tell them you're also in there for creating a nuisance.

[SectionC3]

Since he already got convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole, it doesn't really matter. I just feel bad for the victims families trying to find closure.

It does matter b/c of the appellate process. In New York State Hernandez could challenge his conviction on the ground that it is not supported by legally sufficient evidence. Essentially, the argument would be that, while there is "enough" evidence to convict of murder 2 (intentionally causing the death of another person; no special circumstances), there is not "enough" to convict of murder 1 (intentional homicide + special circumstances). If credited, the conviction would be reduced to murder 2, which, unlike murder 1, is a parole eligible offense.

 

I don't know that Hernandez's appeal has been decided, and I don't know if Mass. law has a provision similar to what I just described. But it's safe to assume it does. So today was the first step in hernandez's longshot efforts to someday be a free man. He had to win today and has to win on appeal.

 

Also, I assume the threat of appeal in Hernandez's first case caused the judge in this case to run today's sentence consecutive to the life term. Contrary to what florio said, the consecutive sentence probably wasn't spiteful or a commentary on the jury. It was insurance against a Hernandez appellate victory in the first case.

[Gugny]

Murder is bad

 

Agreed. Anytime someone's life is forcibly ended at another's hands/actions is murder; and it is always horrible.

[Mr. WEO]

.....hope not....he needs prison justice as a punk....they have their own code.....could meet up with an incarcerated Bills fan ya know.............

 

He would beat that fan at least twice a year...

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

 

He would beat that fan at least twice a year...

....you CERTAINLY know how to ruin one's weekend...............

[KD in CA]

Agreed. Total waste of money to try someone who is already serving a life sentence. Win or lose, what's the point?

What if he finds a way to overturn his existing conviction?

[Doc Brown]

What if he finds a way to overturn his existing conviction?

The odds are slim, but it's possible because they do automatically review the first conviction.