Friday, May 15, 2015

Aaron Hernandez lawyers ask judge to throw out conviction (Yahoo Sports)

In this April 2, 2015 file photo, former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez reacts in court in Fall River, Mass. during his murder trial in the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez is facing another criminal charge: witness intimidation. The Suffolk County district attorney's office said Monday, May 11, 2015, that a grand jury indicted Hernandez on Friday. They say Hernandez shot a witness to the Boston killings on Feb. 13, 2013, after the witness made a remark about the killings. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool, File)

Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez have asked a judge to throw out his murder conviction, saying it was based on ''improper speculation, conjecture and guesswork.'' The lawyers say in papers filed this week with the trial judge that ''no reasonable jury'' could have found Hernandez guilty of killing Odin Lloyd in June 2013, and cite insufficient evidence for a conviction. Hernandez was convicted in April of first-degree murder and sentenced to a mandatory term of life in prison without parole. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.




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