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发帖数: 4796 | 1 这小子真傻，再等两天就能出狱了，
Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction erased
Published May 09, 2017FoxNews.com
Cites legal doctrine that a conviction must be vacated if the defendant dies
before an appeal
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Judge erases murder conviction against Aaron Hernandez
A judge on Tuesday erased former NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s conviction in a
2013 murder because Hernandez died before his appeal was heard.
Hernandez, who had been a standout tight end for the New England Patriots
before his arrest, hanged himself in his jail cell on April 19. He was
serving a life sentence in the killing of semi-professional football player
Odin Lloyd, and his suicide came just five days after he was acquitted in a
different double slaying in 2012.
Hernandez's appellate attorneys made their request under a long-standing
legal principle holding that when defendants die before their direct appeal
is decided, their convictions are vacated. Prosecutors argued that
dismissing Hernandez’s murder conviction would reward his decision to take
his own life.
Judge Susan Garsh, who presided at Hernandez's trial in Lloyd's
killing, heard the appeal on Tuesday.
Garsh said there was no reason to go against the legal principle in
Massachusetts, known as "abatement an initio," where a conviction is
overturned if a defendant dies while the case is under appeal. She said the
court can not know why Hernandez ended his life, and, while there were many
rumors as to why, including the prosecution's argument that it was to
get an abatement, she could not infer that.
Fox News' Jennifer Oliva and The Associated Press contributed to this
report.
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