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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Saw members of the jury being interviewed today. they were quite impressive. Apparently, they hung their verdict in part on Robert Kraft's testimony.So much for that snarky Rolling Stone article that claimed that there was no chance he would be convicted for murder and could be back in the NFL in three years.
Glad to see the jury could see that he was clearly guilty. I still don't get the defense only giving a handful of witnesses and going for this "Hernandez was too high on Angel Dust to kill Lloyd" defense from out of the blue.
Did any of them have big money lawyers?I watch Dateline, 48 Hours, Paula Zahn, Forensic Files, and pretty much every murder/courtroom show out there, so I consider myself an expert on all of these things (kidding.) But, they are actual trials, and many of the defendants I've seen are convicted on much less evidence than Hernandez. Circumstantial evidence is very powerful, and physical evidence is not always needed if the circumstantial evidence is strong enough. I've seen cases where there was no actual murder proven (no body) yet someone is convicted; I've seen cases where there is no circumstantial or physical evidence but someone is convicted simply because it couldn't have been anyone else. I am certainly no expert on court evidence, but I personally though there was an extremely strong case against Hernandez and that he had about a 99% chance of being convicted. The one thing I take from watching jury interviews is that they use common sense and not some kind of math formula of doubt/liklihood ratio.
The prosecution's case was mostly circumstantial (apparently the Boston case is much stronger) and I'd hear some legal consultants felt it was weak. I started to get a bit nervous when the jury was out so long but no, I'm not surprised.Wasn't following trial. Those that did, does this verdict surprise you?
I am amazed you had the time and interest to attend that entire trial.
http://patsfans.com/salary-cap/?p=1640 is my latest blog on Aaron Hernandez's salary cap implications.