APOLOGIZE

>>75801534
Why?

>>75801534
it's a legal technicality because he died before all appeals were finished

>>75801583
Massachusetts has a law where you have to vacate a conviction if a defendant dies while in the process of an appeal. The 2013 conviction was being appealed when Hernandez killed himself.

I dont know why that law still exists.

>>75801616
Because you can't convict a dead man. He couldn't defend himself if they trial went on.

>>75801616
So the defendants families cannot be burdened with any punishment of any crime or have an obligation towards the victim or the state.

It's a pretty good law in my opinion.

>>75801635
He was already convicted. Other states abolished this because it unfairly punished the commonwealth.

Now the state has to pay his estate boatloads of cash.

>>75801638
If he was already convicted, then the punishment should continue its stay. This is an appeal, not a pre-process stay of execution.

never count out Boston teams

Does this open up ways for his estate to collect some NFL money? If so, it's prolly why he did it.

>>75801697
Yes. In fact, the courts released his suicide note, and he wrote to his girlfriend/fiance "you rich now"

>>75801697

Yes, but also opens up his estate for civil lawsuits. His gf and daughter will see none of the money.

>>75801635
but he was convicted

>>75801534
I honestly think this was his plan all along.

LIke >>75801616 points out, in mass if you die during an appeal the conviction is vacated.

So now he was acquitted of the latest case, and his previous conviction is off the books. Now his daughter can get NFL money.

>>75801666

checked.