June 2013

Conviction Upheld
Conviction Upheld
Conviction Upheld
A Massachusetts judge who oversaw the trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has rejected a request to throw out his first-degree murder conviction or reduce it to second-degree murder. Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh turned down a motion for a required finding of not guilty in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed
A lawyer for the family of a man slain by Aaron Hernandez plans to call the former New England Patriots star to the stand in a wrongful death lawsuit. Speaking alongside Odin Lloyd's mother, lawyer Doug Sheff promised the case would take a different tone than Hernandez's criminal trial, which ended April 15 with his conviction and sentencing to life in prison for Lloyd's 2013 murder...
DNA Evidence
DNA Evidence
DNA Evidence
A crime lab scientist testifying in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has testified that his DNA matched DNA found on a cigarette butt at the crime scene. Diane Fife Biagiotti of the Massachusetts state police crime lab, testified Friday...
Wallace Pleads Not Guilty
Wallace Pleads Not Guilty
Wallace Pleads Not Guilty
An associate of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting death of a man last summer about a mile from Hernandez's home. Ernest Wallace was arraigned Thursday in Superior Court...