Aaron Hernandez Case Suffers Unexpected Turn

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

After Aaron Hernández decided to end his life in the cell where he was being held, the case against him seems to have taken an unexpected turn since a Massachusetts state judge would have agreed to remove the murder conviction that existed against him., as reported by CNN on its online site.

The American football star was sentenced to spend his life in prison after being found guilty of the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional player who had a romantic relationship with his fiancee's sister.

The judge's decision took Lloyd's family by surprise, who released statements to the press after the ruling was released. "For us he is guilty and will always be guilty," said Ursula Lloyd, Odin's mother. “I know that one day, I will see my son again. That is the victory that I will have”, he added.

Prosecutors in the case said they will try to appeal the disputed decision made by the judge on Tuesday. “Hernández deliberately, consciously and voluntarily decided to end his life. He died as a guilty man and convicted of murder. This is an unquestionable truth. You shouldn't be able to accomplish after your death what you failed to do in life,”said Thomas Quinn, Bristol County Prosecutor.

Pat Bomberg, another of the prosecutors involved in the Hernandez case, added that removing the conviction of the former New England Patriots player could be considered a "prize" for having taken his life.

In the early morning hours of April 19, officers from the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, found the ex-athlete dead in his cell and hanging from a sheet, which he used to kill himself.