I think that had more to do with the strength and thoroughness of the prosecution's case and not the incompetence of Hernandez's high priced legal team. They played the hand they were dealt.
Heard some legal commentary today on the telly. In Mass, convictions of this type mandate an automatic appeal but you can't win an appeal just because you got a bad verdict. There doesn't appear to be any mistakes in rulings made by the judge, rather the judge went meticulously out of her way to make rulings that favored the defense. He's toast. _
That's my point. They sand-bagged in order to strengthen their appeal. Reminds me of how Andre Agassi would concede a set whenever he got 2 games down; live to play another day.
I agree, but it doesn't mean the defense won't at least try. Just like asking to poll the jury mere moments after the verdict; you milk every avenue available to you.
one of the shows today said hernandez is broke and needs a court appointed lawyer for his next trial. i'm not sure who will be his lawyers in any appeal of this one if that's true. and anything they can find will go to the lloyd family as soon as they bring their suit.
Yeah, it all makes sense now. The judge did her part despite her then questionable favoritism to the defense. He's officially done.
She must have known through all the pretrial motions and evidence that a conviction was likely so she went overboard to favor the defense in her rulings because no judge wants to see a conviction overturned based on errors by the bench. _
After learning of Aaron Hernandez's conviction for first degree murder, Roger Goodell has decided to suspend the tight end for the first 2 games of the 2015 season.
In a Statement issued by Goodell he feels 2 games isn't enough so instead he is awarding the Patriots an automatic superbowl win and Hernandez gets 3 games as well
But all I have heard from the national football media, Pats fans, and the Pats is how they are "different" from the rest of the league - the Patriot way BS- this "superiority complex. "That is why the franchise is criticized on days like this. Because they are no different than the 31 other teams except they got one of the luckiest breaks in NFL history with a sixth round pick, a fluke injury to Bledsoe that put him in the lineup, and a history of fortunate calls and plays in the post season. They are arrogant. They cheat. They exhibit poor sportsmanship more than any team I know - running up the score repeatedly, Belichick and Brady not shaking hands with certain opponents after losses, whining incessantly for flags. I could go on and on. While I understand they are not responsible for AH's off the field actions, it is ironic that this happened to a former Pat and that the jurors claimed that Kraft's testimony was critical to their decision to convict.
I thought about that today, maybe she wasn't being a bitch but knew this guy was so overwhelmingly guilty that she went out of her way to make sure there was no chance his defense team had a leg to stand on in an appeal. She may have also known a conviction in the other case was even more overwhelmingly favoarble that she was willing to take a chance in not giving the prosecution any favors.
This sums it up perfectly. Did the Pats know he was a murderer? I highly doubt it, but his character flaws had to be obvious when they handed him that contract. Kraft loves talking about the patriot way and how his organization is a bunch of honorable boy scouts. They took a risk on a guy they had to know was questionable and it burnt his ass. Note: I do not place any shame on BB for this as he has never has presented himself as anything but a win at all costs kinda guy.
I find it funny that Brandon Spikes is questioning the legal system on twitter, is there anything to criticize? The judge essentially forced the prosecution to present a flawless case to get a conviction and a jury of his peers found him guilty of 1st degree murder. To do that without a weapon and a motive is far from a slam dunk. Maybe what Spikes really meant to say was "oh shit my boy from Florida and then the Pats killed somebody and couldn't get away with it"
He signed his extension in 2012. The shooting you're referring to took place in February 2013. They took a chance drafting him, and they did a shitty job of keeping tabs on him prior to giving him the extension. No doubt about either of those things. Maintaining that the organization knew more than they claim is still completely backwards logic. If they knew how bad AH really was, what were they thinking? "Gee maybe someday this guy will go off the rails and kill someone. Then we'll have a massive hole in our 2-TE offense that we've built around him and Gronk, a disastrous PR situation, and maybe even some dead money on the cap for a year or two!" I get the animosity. I do. They're not angels. But they're not the friggen' mafia either. That's just ridiculous, sorry.
