• Ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez convicted of 1st-degree murder
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[QUOTE]FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in a deadly late-night shooting, sealing the downfall of an athlete who once had a $40 million contract and a standout career ahead of him. Hernandez, 25, looked to his right and pursed his lips after the jury forewoman read the verdict, convicting him in the slaying of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old landscaper and amateur weekend football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. The first-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE][url]http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/ex-nfl-player-aaron-hernandez-convicted-of-1st-degree-murder/ar-AAb1qqC[/url][/QUOTE] Serves that bastard right.
Can't imagine having it all and throwing it away just like that.
Is life in prison like, legitimately your whole life in prison? For whatever reason I feel like it's just a 35 year sentence
[QUOTE=mcgrath618;47532679]Is life in prison like, legitimately your whole life in prison? For whatever reason I feel like it's just a 35 year sentence[/QUOTE] Mandatory life without parole. You're in until they ship you out in a box 70 years later.
good, fuck this guy. he apparently killed two other people in a drive-by shooting in 2012 also
[url]https://www.twitter.com/AaronHernandez/status/588349115551088641[/url]
Funny , back when he wasn't arrested the news here were praising him as a "proud Puerto Rican making waves in the NFL" Dude gets convicted and now he is an "American of Puerto Rican and Italian origin"
[QUOTE=zombini;47532712]Mandatory life without parole. You're in until they ship you out in a box 70 years later.[/QUOTE] Depends on the state. I believe most states "life" is actually around 40 years. In the feds life actually means life.
He's going to be staying at MCI Cedar Junction - a supermax rated facility that's so close to Gillette Stadium, Hernandez would probably be able to hear Patriots games from the yard.
[QUOTE=Saxon;47532416]Can't imagine having it all and throwing it away just like that.[/QUOTE] He was involved with gangs ever since he was a kid. His dad was considered "the King" in town which may infer he was involved with the Latin Kings or some gang of some sort. Supposedly in this case he killed the guy because he said something that disrespected Hernandez, he was even a friend but old ways die hard.
He will appeal the conviction and Goodell will lower it to a 2 game suspension and 50k fine.
This guy had more than most ever can attain in a lifetime, and threw it away for thug-cred. Good riddance.
[QUOTE=ZenZill;47534165]This guy had more than most ever can attain in a lifetime, and threw it away for thug-cred. Good riddance.[/QUOTE] Maybe he was a thug who could also play football, not a football player who wanted to be a thug. Maybe playing football was simply a means to an end for him, not the end in itself. He may have been resigned to spending a large amount of time in prison from early in his life, assuming someone didn't kill him first. It's possible for criminals to succeed in 'normal' life is what I'm saying. Just because he was successful in pro football does not mean he was a good guy who went bad.
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