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This is absolutely amazing.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/05/09/aaron-hernandez-conviction-arguments
So, in other words, if you did it, and you know you're not going to be acquitted or win an appeal, just hang yourself, and you end up being buried an innocent man. That's nuts.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/05/09/aaron-hernandez-conviction-arguments
Bristol County Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh said the interests of justice did not warrant a departure from the abatement doctrine and therefore had no choice but to dismiss the charges against Hernandez.
Hernandez's appellate attorneys wanted the conviction thrown out under a longstanding state principle called “abatement ab initio," which in Latin means to roll back a process to its beginning. It's a rule stating that a defendant that is deceased will be treated as though they never were convicted of the crime.
At the time of his death, Hernandez had not exhausted his appeals for Lloyd's murder...
So, in other words, if you did it, and you know you're not going to be acquitted or win an appeal, just hang yourself, and you end up being buried an innocent man. That's nuts.