BOSTON (AP) – The Latest on the Aaron Hernandez double murder trial (all times local):
3:25 p.m.
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been found guilty of unlawful possession of a gun.
He was acquitted Friday of all other charges in a Boston double slaying prosecutors say was fueled by his anger over a spilled drink at a nightclub.
Hernandez wept quietly in court after the jury announcement acquitting him of murder, armed assault with intent to murder and other charges.
Prosecutors said Hernandez opened fire on a car carrying two men because he felt disrespected when one of the men bumped into him and spilled his drink.
Hernandez has denied killing them men.
He’s already serving life in prison in the death of a man who was dating his fiancee’s sister.
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3:20 p.m.
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has wept quietly in court after a jury announcement acquitting him of a Boston double slaying.
The jury announced its verdict Friday in the 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
Prosecutors said the killings were fueled by Hernandez’s anger over a spilled drink at a nightclub. They said Hernandez opened fire on the men’s car because he felt disrespected when one of them bumped into him and spilled his drink.
Hernandez had denied killing them men.
He’s already serving life in prison in the death of a man who was dating his fiancee’s sister.
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3:10 p.m.
Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez has been acquitted in a Boston double slaying that prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a spilled drink at a nightclub.
The former tight end for the New England Patriots was acquitted of all but one charge Friday over the 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado.
Prosecutors said Hernandez opened fire on the men’s car because he felt disrespected when one of them bumped into him and spilled his drink.
Hernandez had denied killing them men.
He’s already serving life in prison in the death of a man who was dating his fiancee’s sister.
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9:20 a.m.
Jurors in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez have begun their sixth day of deliberations.
The former New England Patriots tight end is accused of killing two men in 2012 after one of them accidentally spilled a drink on him at a Boston nightclub. His lawyers say it was Hernandez’s friend who shot the men in a drug deal.
The jury has deliberated about 32 hours over five days. Deliberations resumed Friday morning.
The 27-year-old Hernandez is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.
The jury in the Lloyd case deliberated for 36 hours over seven days before convicting Hernandez of first-degree murder in April 2015.
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4/14/2017 11:16:25 AM (GMT -8:00)
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