during closing arguments the defense acknowledged for the first time hearn does was there but described him as a 23-year-old kid who didn t know what to do after seeing a shocking crime and pinned it on the co-defendants. there was of course the tension between the sisters. hernandez s fiancee and her sister who is odin lloyd s girlfriend. they sat at opposite sides of the courtroom are appearing to be annoyed by the other s testimony. even ignoring each other. all of of of the elements culminating in an emotional day, especially for odin lloyd s family when the verdict was read and the sentence. thanks so much. we have more on this. hernandez falling from fame and wealth. he s not the first pro athlete to lose it all. for more on that i m joined by randall thrill hill, a former player for the dolphins. good to are have you here to give us background on what it s like behind the scenes for someone so young, famous and
the family of odin lloyd with his mom and sisters and fiancee. are you satisfied with how the jury spent their 36 hours over sevenen days coming back with this determination? were you worried because it was taking so long? very satisfied with the verdict. i was not worried. the trial lasted over two months. a lot of exhibits. a lot of testimony to review. the you are jury seemed very attentive during the trial. they discharged their duty by giving careful review of all the evidence. renderered their verdict which was well based on the evidence. this was a very is circumstantial case people have are said you were able to prove no motive. how do you think you were able to get the jury to come to this verdict? what was the lynchpin of evidence for you? it was a combination of various piece s of evidence.
seems women agreer more than men with a guilty verdict. the responses are coming in real time. if you start voting now, go to pulse.msnbc.com. you can change the outcome. in the past few minutes here you can see a huge number of females really speaking and saying, yes, they do agree. every once in a while we have a male respondent who says they do agree. we invite you to keep voting therement let s look at voters aged 25 to 34 feel neutral about the other verdict. other anyone groups largely agree. you see the spikes in olive green or orange. 35 to 54 speaking up saying yes in just the past minute or so. those 25 to 34 again spiking uh up. yes. pretty much over well ing yes as far as that goes. that age group agreeing with the kbil gil ti verdict. these responses can certainly change. we invite you to keep voting. thomas? all right. thanks so much. seriously, this story will have you thinking twice the next time
just to hear i love you every day from your mom, your sister your cousin who calls to let you know they re there for you. i don t think there s any other way we could have gotten through it. [ inaudible ] eventually that time will come, but unfortunately i wasn t able to sit in court when the verdict was read. i was on my way here but it was a sign of relief. i screamed i cried, and then the first person that called me was my sister and the first thing she said, in tears was i love you. that was the best feeling that we ve had in a long time.
of odil lloyd. here is lloyd s mom fighting back tears. my baby s footprints is in my heart forever. he was my strength. i love him dearly. that was ursula lloyd in reaction to the verdict that came out earlier today. the former nfl star use ared to command a $40 million contract. those days are over. his sentence, life in prison without the possibility of oh parole. jurors talked about reaching the verdict after more than a week. you try not to form an opinion. and assume that we followed the court s orders. assume that the man sitting in the seat is innocent. until the prosecution proves he s guilty. that s what happened today. joining me now, bris are toll county district attorney tom quinn. thank you for taking time for me. you just wrapped up being with