Aaron Hernandez Found Guilty of First Degree Murder

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After a long side bar this morning a male juror is brought into the courtroom for questioning. The young man stands off the side with a court officer. The defense team huddles with AH. Prosecutors also have a side chat.

Juror returns to sidebar briefly then exits. A female juror enters and goes to sidebar. The female juror leaves the sidebar - with a smile on her face. She stands off to the side with the court officer.

Judge Garsh has called for the jurors to be brought back in. She ask the usual questions and instructs jury to resume deliberations. Jury leaves.

The judge explains the reasoning for the sidebar. Two jurors have reported that they were being watched by a television crew (WHDH). One juror made a U-turn and got behind the vehicle. Said they took photos of the license plate. Judge calls this "very serious." Says there has to be consequences. Says she's considering barring WHDH from courthouse. 2 jurors were nearly dismissed because of this issue with the media which would have left them with 1 alternate. Garsh says there was one person in the vehicle, it slowed down when jurors left and was watching them.

Garsh: "This is a very serious matter. I'm going to give you the opportunity to do some investigation. There are state felony statutes that prohibit juror harassment.
The reporter in the court room says the van belongs to a member of WHDH's technical crew. Garsh will order a transcript of what was said. She will make a decision later as to what steps to should take.
 
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Freedom = $1.05 said:
wait, his defense admitted that he saw the murder? what the hell did they have to gain from that? dude is toast, i can't understand the logic behind that.
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Wasn't it mentioned that in the state of MA, even if you were present when the murder happen, regardless of if you pulled the trigger or not, it's still the same as committing the actual murder yourself?
 
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So the driver of the WHDH van has to testify at 12:15 today, with the risk of WHDH getting banned from the proceedings
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They released a picture of said driver.

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The attorney for WHDH is in front of Judge Garsh - alone. He will bring forward the man who drove the SUV. Garsh says her inclination was to ban WHDH as an entity without this hearing. The WHDH individual who is testifying is Robert Cusanelli, who works as a photographer.
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The photographer says no one from the station "specifically" said to follow jurors. Station thought it would be good to know where jurors were getting on and off each day. "When the jurors were done for the day, I saw the bus near the back of the court" and I followed. Driver says he had no intention to interact with jurors. "No, I know that's forbidden." "I realize now it was a mistake".

Garsh: "Did you write down the names of any license plates?" Driver: "No."
WHDH attorney: driver had no intention to speak with the jury. Channel 7 takes these issues very seriously Says an "experienced photographer made a snap decision at the time."

Garsh: The court concludes that he "intended to go to the location where jurors would be." "This court has previously issued an order and that order specified no person shall contact a juror.” Photographer "intended to go to a location where jurors would be” to determine location for post-verdict interview. Garsh: no contact order also mandates physical separation from jurors.

Garsh orders the driver off the case "he cannot as a photographer come into this building" or to it via a WHDH vehicle. The judge says she won't further sanction WHDH, meaning they - as a news organization will not be off the case.
 
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The jury is back in this morning for day five of deliberations. The Judge is going over the usual questions and the they will resume deliberations. At this point, they have deliberated for about 20 hours.
 
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Odinson said:
The jury is back in this morning for day five of deliberations. The Judge is going over the usual questions and the they will resume deliberations. At this point, they have deliberated for about 20 hours.
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Don't juries that take a while like this tend to go with not guilty?
 
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Michele Steele @ESPNMichele · 2m 2 minutes ago

Reminder: first degree murder conviction is LIFE no parole, second degree is life w/ poss of parole in 15 yrs #HernandezTrial
 
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He definitely seemed guilty based on the evidence. RIP Odin, too bad Aaron decided to be a gangster instead of just being an athlete. Then there were those other murders he was linked to...
 
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ciaossu said:
He definitely seemed guilty based on the evidence. RIP Odin, too bad Aaron decided to be a gangster instead of just being an athlete. Then there were those other murders he was linked to...
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Their lives are literally made, as are their children's. What compels them to do things that will leave them penniless is beyond me. I still can't get over that Chicago Bear that wanted to be a fucking druglord. You're getting paid well to play football, so fucking play football.

EDIT: Thanks for the updates, Odinson.
 
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