Aaron Hernandez -- Guilty of 1st degree murder

If I'm a millionaire professional football player, and I didn't pull the trigger, I'm sure as hell going to let the authorities know who did to try and preserve whatever semblance of my lifestyle I can.

If that's the way the scenario did play out, and Hernandez didn't spill the details, he's got to be one of the dumbest SOBs ever.

I had more doubt about whether he'd get convicted than if he pulled the trigger.

 

I wouldn't say shit to the "authorities," nor should I.

 

What was his Wonderlic score?

 

If Hernandez did not pull the trigger himself, then he's the most loyal, ride or die homie a young thug could ever hope to have. A multimillionaire pro athlete who doesn't flip on the actual gunman in order to leverage a plea agreement that could save his own life and possibly his career would be absolutely stunning.

It is possible Hernandez did not pull the trigger to kill Lloyd. It is possible that he did not wish for this to happen. The fact that he didn't roll on the other two in the face of a mandatory life sentence without parole makes this possibility extremely remote.

 

I know you were joking, but just out of curiousity, I looked it up.

It was 17.

 

Yeah, now this I'm on board with. But is there any indication that he was given that opportunity?

 

He'll be out of Cedar Junction by the time training camp starts, so he won't be hearing the Pats crowds from the yard. MCI-Cedar Junction is now the reception and diagnostic center -- they keep all new commits there for a couple of months for classification before sending them to their permanent placement. As a first-degree murderer doing LWOP, after 60 days or so, he'll probably go to Souza-Baranowski, the supermax in Shirley, about 40 miles west of Boston. And if he stays out of trouble for a couple of years, they'll probably send him to a medium security facility for the rest of his life.

 

BTW, first-degree murder in Mass. for a first-time offender is LWOP?

 

Yes. How many murders should someone be allowed to commit before they get life?

 

Almost as high as his body count.

 

I would hope to God it's the same way in most states.
First degree murder is big boy territory. If he'd played for the Texans or Cowboys he'd be headed for death row.

 

In Illinois, you have to have aggravating factors to sentence to more than 60 years, I believe. I am aware of a first-degree defendant who was sentenced in 1996 and is already out. I know of others sentenced around the same time who are either months or a couple years away from walking out.