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    1) Aaron Hernandez, a former tight end for the New England Patriots, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Odin Lloyd in 2013. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. 2) The key figures involved were Aaron Hernandez, the convicted murderer, Odin Lloyd who was the victim, and Shayanna Jenkins who was Hernandez's fiancée. 3) In 2017, Hernandez died by suicide in prison, hanging himself with a bedsheet in his cell. His conviction was later vacated under the legal doctrine that convictions end with the defendant's death.

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    1) Aaron Hernandez, a former tight end for the New England Patriots, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Odin Lloyd in 2013. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. 2) The key figures involved were Aaron Hernandez, the convicted murderer, Odin Lloyd who was the victim, and Shayanna Jenkins who was Hernandez's fiancée. 3) In 2017, Hernandez died by suicide in prison, hanging himself with a bedsheet in his cell. His conviction was later vacated under the legal doctrine that convictions end with the defendant's death.

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    1) Aaron Hernandez, a former tight end for the New England Patriots, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Odin Lloyd in 2013. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. 2) The key figures involved were Aaron Hernandez, the convicted murderer, Odin Lloyd who was the victim, and Shayanna Jenkins who was Hernandez's fiancée. 3) In 2017, Hernandez died by suicide in prison, hanging himself with a bedsheet in his cell. His conviction was later vacated under the legal doctrine that convictions end with the defendant's death.

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    1) Aaron Hernandez, a former tight end for the New England Patriots, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Odin Lloyd in 2013. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. 2) The key figures involved were Aaron Hernandez, the convicted murderer, Odin Lloyd who was the victim, and Shayanna Jenkins who was Hernandez's fiancée. 3) In 2017, Hernandez died by suicide in prison, hanging himself with a bedsheet in his cell. His conviction was later vacated under the legal doctrine that convictions end with the defendant's death.

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    WEEK 3 CRIMINAL COURTS & SENTENCING

    GOALS FOR CASE STUDY


    AARON HERNANDEZ CASE
    CJS/210 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE
    STEPHANIE DELOSSANTOS
    DR. SHELIA WARD
    MARCH 4,2024
    INTRODUCTION
    The case of Aaron Hernandez, former football star convicted of first-
    degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Former
    tight end for the New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez was sentenced
    to life in prison without parole on April 15,2015 for first degree murder
    charges. Hernandez was convicted of the murder charge of his fiancé's
    sister boyfriend, 27-year-old landscaper and amateur football player
    Odin Lloyd. He was also found guilty on firearm and ammunition
    charges.
    MAIN KEY PLAYERS
    AARON HERNANDEZ- Convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced
    to life without parole for the brutal killing of Odin Llyod.
    ODIN LLOYD- Shooting victim, 27-year-old semi-pro football player who
    was found shot to death on June 17,2013. Lloyd met Aaron Hernandez
    while he was dating Shannon Jenkins the sister of Hernandez's fiance
    Shayanna Jenkins Lloyd was last seen in a car with Hernandez and two
    of Hernandez's acquaintances Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace after
    partying with the three men earlier that night.
    SHAYANNA JENKINS- Hernandez's fiancé & mother to his young
    daughter. Jenkins pleaded guilty to obstruction charges after refusing
    to testify in front of two different grand juries about what she knew
    about weapons in Hernandez’s home. After a challenge from the
    prosecution office the judge ruled that she along with Hernandez's
    mother Terry Hernandez will be allowed to sit in the gallery during the
    murder trial even though she will likely be called as a witness.
    EARNEST WALLCE- 42 and acquaintance of Hernandez is also charged
    with murder in the death of Odin Lloyd and has also pleaded not guilty
    Wallace is reported to have played on an uncle like row and
    Hernandez's life prosecutors have called him the muscle man for
    Hernandez. He was last seen in the surveillance video in a car with
    Hernandez Lloyd and Ortiz on the night Lloyd was killed.
    CARLOS ORTIZ- 27 is also charged with murder in the case and has
    pleaded not guilty both trials for Ernest and Ortiz for presume after
    Hernandez's case
    TANYA SINGLETON- Hernandez's older cousin became entangled in the
    high-profile murder case due to her alleged involvement in helping her
    famous cousin cover up his crimes she became involved in a case after
    accusations arose that she might have helped Hernandez and his
    accomplices Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz Singleton allegedly tried to
    help Wallace and Ortiz Escape after Lloyd's murder.
    Prosecutors release the list of over 200 potential Witnesses they may
    call during trial including Hernandez's mother and brother Patriots head
    coach Bill Belichick Patriots team owner Robert Kraft and Alexander
    Bradley a former friend of Hernandez who said the ex-NFL star for
    allegedly shooting him in the eye during an incident in Florida.
    Bristol County Mass prosecution began the trial facing four main
    obstacles one case built on circumstantial evidence to node missive
    motive 3 pretrial rulings limited incriminating evidence for Hernandez's
    assembled a top legal team the court charge Hernandez for killing of
    Odin and the illegal ownership of weapons he got sentenced to prison
    for life without parole there was no motion for change of venue for
    murder case of Lloyd actions for change of the venue allows defendants
    to request for a child to be in another place except the county of the
    crime they ended his trial and a supreme court on April 15th 2015 with
    a guilty verdict and send it to life in prison without parole Hernandez
    did have a pretrial and his legal defense team scored a win. The gun
    used in the murder wasn't found and no potential eyewitnesses to the
    murder testified the prosecution built their case using circumstantial
    evidence including all phone records DNA surveillance footage and
    various other evidence discovered at the crime scene Hernandez's
    defense attorney alleged the prosecution investigation was biased and
    botched as well as incompetent from the beginning defense team
    argues that the evidence wasn't significant to establish his guilt Beyond
    A Reasonable Doubt the Supreme Court restored his conviction the
    reason why this happened because of Judge determined that a prisoner
    dies during the process of an appeal in the eyes of the law they are no
    longer guilty the Supreme Court later decided against the law and
    changed the rule for future cases Massachusetts had jurisdiction during
    the crime being committed in this in the state and it got to the Supreme
    Court.
    CONCLUSION
    A life sentence for Aaron Hernandez as his sentencing in the Bristol
    Supreme Court mandatory life without parole possibility of parole
    Hernandez expression after the guilty verdict was announced by the
    jury for a person he sat down with his head shaking after this verdict
    was announced Hernandez was taken to MCI Cedar Junction less than 2
    miles away from the place he used to play when he was with the
    Patriots district attorney Thomas Quinn said Aaron Hernandez may
    have been a well-known New England Patriots football player however
    in the end the jury found that he was just a man who committed a
    Bruno murder on April 19th 2017 Hernandez was found hanging from a
    bed sheet tied around the bars of a window in the cell at Souza-
    Baranowski in central Massachusetts it was ruled a suicide Hernandez
    left a letter to his fiancé and young daughter he told Jenkins you're rich
    which prosecutors and Lloyd's case believed was a reference to
    abaterment ab initio, the legal doctrine that conviction if a defendant
    dies before his appeals are exhausted. Hernandez's arrest conviction
    and death attracted a great deal of media intention especially because
    of increasing concerns about CTE in athletes. His life was the focus of a
    2018 Boston Globe Spotlight team investigation and a podcast called
    ‘Gladiator’ Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

    REFERENCES
    Aaron Hernandez timeline: From murders and trials to prison suicide |
    Sporting News
    Aaron Hernandez Had Severe C.T.E. When He Died at Age 27 - The New
    York Times (nytimes.com)
    First-Degree Murder Conviction for NFL Star Aaron Hernandez | Risk
    Free Consultation (sevenslegal.com)

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