Aaron Hernandez arrested; released by Pats (pg 6)

[boscel33]

Keeps getting worse from Ted Daniel's Twitter:

BREAKING: According to law source Aaron Hernandez under investigation for possible connection to 2012 double murder in Boston

Here's the link to the story:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/22702430/2013/06/27/source-hernandez-investigated-in-boston-double-killing

[Snakehead]

@edsbs 6m
Apparently you can shoot quite a few people before anyone notices. Like, way more than I thought.

[Finkelskyhook]

Guilty.  If the facts are as alleged, he's guilty.

I'd keep an open mind if I were on the jury.  But I'm not.  So, here's my opinion.  He will be convicted.

There's direct evidence he was there: multiple videos and the text from the deceased.  The circumstantial evidence, if true, is overwhelming.  There's no conceivable chance based on this recitation of the facts he was coerced or an unwilling participant, or confused about what was to occur.  There probably will be direct testimony on the murders themselves.

I said on here a couple days ago that the least culpable would start talking, and that's probably the case.

It might take a year for this to play out, but my supposition from a couple days ago is the most likely direction this will go:

He'll plead diminished capacity or lack of culpability because of (1) repeated concussions, (2) steroid use, and (3) painkillers.  He'll say he had no choice because his job required him to play through pain and use medications.  (This will be on advice of his fancy-pants lawyers, because there will be no chance of beating the charges directly.)

As a bonus, he might plead diminished capacity because of fetal alcohol syndrome.

These arguments won't work.  But it's all he's got.  The lawyers will wind up with his signing bonus.  And he will do the time.

Sad, sad, sad.

Does Hernandez even have a significant history of head trauma?

Why does that matter?  It's become a universal rationale.

[Boris Badenov]

Anyone else longing for the days when "Patriots TE scandal" made everyone think of Gronkowski dancing with his shirt off in a club?

[Finkelskyhook]

Brutal week for Boston Sports teams this week....Bruins/Celtics/Pats...

Why is it brutal to the Celtics?  They're obviously rebuilding.......To get a first rounder for an embarrassingly inept coach during the rebuild pre-Thibs/Garnett/Allen is hardly brutal.

[Cman]

Brutal week for Boston Sports teams this week....Bruins/Celtics/Pats...

Why is it brutal to the Celtics?  They're obviously rebuilding.......To get a first rounder for an embarrassingly inept coach during the rebuild pre-Thibs/Garnett/Allen is hardly brutal.

It was brutal last week, when the Heat won.
 

[CelticG1]

Brutal week for Boston Sports teams this week....Bruins/Celtics/Pats...

Why is it brutal to the Celtics?  They're obviously rebuilding.......To get a first rounder for an embarrassingly inept coach during the rebuild pre-Thibs/Garnett/Allen is hardly brutal.

Why is it brutal for the Pats? They get to rid themselves of headcase dangerous murderer

[Snakehead]

Brutal week for Boston Sports teams this week....Bruins/Celtics/Pats...

Why is it brutal to the Celtics?  They're obviously rebuilding.......To get a first rounder for an embarrassingly inept coach during the rebuild pre-Thibs/Garnett/Allen is hardly brutal.

Why is it brutal for the Pats? They get to rid themselves of headcase dangerous murderer

At 5 million against the cap this year and 7.5 next year.

It's not good and it's a distraction.  Not easy to just replace him right now either.  Pats have receiving issues and questions big time now.

[lightspeed5]

Brutal week for Boston Sports teams this week....Bruins/Celtics/Pats...

Why is it brutal to the Celtics?  They're obviously rebuilding.......To get a first rounder for an embarrassingly inept coach during the rebuild pre-Thibs/Garnett/Allen is hardly brutal.

Why is it brutal for the Pats? They get to rid themselves of headcase dangerous murderer

he's our 2nd best offensive option after gronk.

[Fafnir]

Brutal week for Boston Sports teams this week....Bruins/Celtics/Pats...

Why is it brutal to the Celtics?  They're obviously rebuilding.......To get a first rounder for an embarrassingly inept coach during the rebuild pre-Thibs/Garnett/Allen is hardly brutal.

Why is it brutal for the Pats? They get to rid themselves of headcase dangerous murderer

Its brutal to discover that one of your star receiving TEs in whom you invested a lot of money in and were counting on for on-field production is a, in your words, "headcase dangerous murderer".

[Snakehead]

So the Globe is seeming to say that the Odin murder may be related to the double murder in 2012, perhaps because Odin knew about the incident.

[kozlodoev]

Brutal week for Boston Sports teams this week....Bruins/Celtics/Pats...

Why is it brutal to the Celtics?  They're obviously rebuilding.......To get a first rounder for an embarrassingly inept coach during the rebuild pre-Thibs/Garnett/Allen is hardly brutal.

Why is it brutal for the Pats? They get to rid themselves of headcase dangerous murderer

he's our 2nd best offensive option after gronk.

In a completely unexpected turn of events, picking up Jake Ballard last year looks like a stroke of genius right now.

[Roy H.]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/09/justice/massachusetts-hernandez-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1