VERY interesting new article about the jurors. I feel better about them now, lol...:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...ml?s_campaign=bostonglobe:socialflow:facebook
Jury felt a heavy burden in Aaron Hernandez case
The jurors who acquitted Aaron Hernandez in his recent double-murder trial did not unanimously agree that the ex-NFL star was innocent, but they wrestled with the credibility of witnesses and agreed prosecutors did not meet the burden of proof for a first-degree conviction, the jury forewoman told the Globe in an exclusive interview.
Many jurors were unaware that Aaron Hernandez was already serving a life sentence and knew little about the former Patriots tight end, the jury forewoman Lindsey Stringer said.
Though jurors took issue with the prosecution’s case,
that did not mean they were fans of the defense. Stringer blanched at Hernandez’s lawyers efforts to suggest that aspects of the two victims’ lives might have given others a motive to kill them. “It seemed like whatever you could throw against the wall, whether it be true or not or absurd, was done, implying that the two murder victims were involved in drug dealing, in gangs,” she said.
“I know they have a job to do as the defense, but it didn’t sit well.”
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