Justice Denies Request To Reinstate Hernandez Conviction

BOSTON (AP) – A single justice of the highest court in Massachusetts has denied prosecutors’ request to reinstate the murder conviction of former New EnglandPatriots player Aaron Hernandez.
The conviction in the 2013 fatal shooting of Odin Lloyd was voided by a Superior Court judge in May because Hernandez killed himself in prison. UnderMassachusetts legal principle, courts typically erase the convictions of defendants who die before their direct appeals can be heard.
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