Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd. The verdict resulted in a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole. While we wait to see if Hernandez will begin a long and exhaustive appeal process, he also facing another trial for the murders of Daniel Abreu and Safrio Furtado. Even if Hernandez successfully appeals the verdict in the Lloyd case due to tons of circumstantial evidence, the double murder trial has way more evidence and eye witnesses.
Via the Boston Globe, the families of Furtado and Abreu held a press conference Wednesday night as a reminder that, while justice has been done for Lloyd, the process is far from complete for Hernandez’s other alleged victims.
Prosecutors claim that Hernandez fired five shots into a car carrying Abreu, Furtado, and another man after Abreu bumped into Hernandez in a club in Boston’s South End, causing Hernandez to spill a drink. A trial date is expected to be selected “in the coming days.”
Justice could be easier to obtain in the next trial, given that the second case against Hernandez includes a murder weapon, eyewitness accounts, and clear evidence of a motive.
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Source: ProFootballTalk