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jimnyc
05-11-2017, 02:13 PM
Only he is dead. A few days ago his guilty verdict was vacated. When someone is found guilty, if they die waiting on an appeal, the original finding is then vacated.

Of course now this itself is on appeal - because if he was never found guilty, then he may end up getting somewhere around $6 million from the NE Patriots. Well, at least his fiance and kid would get it.

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Aaron Hernandez's 2015 murder conviction vacated

Aaron Hernandez had his murder conviction vacated by a judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday, an expected move after the former New England Patriots tight end was found hanged in his prison cell last month.

Judge Susan Garsh, a justice of the Superior Court in Bristol County, in her ruling cited longstanding precedent when it came to vacating the convictions of defendants who have pending appeals.

“In the interests of justice, the court has no choice but to vacate Hernandez's conviction and dismissing the charges against him,” Garsh said.

Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder in 2015 in the death two years prior of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who had dated the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.

Prosecutors argued that by dismissing the conviction, the court would reward Hernandez for his “conscious, deliberate and voluntary act” of killing himself. Hernandez, 27, was found hanged by a bed sheet inside his cell at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Mass., on April 19.

"The court cannot know why Hernandez chose to end his life," Garsh said, "and declines to infer an intent by Hernandez to relinquish his appellate rights or intended to interfere with the course of justice from his suicide, a tragic act that may have complex and myriad causes."

Rest here - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/05/09/aaron-hernandez-murder-conviction-abated/101465250/