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CNNW CNN Tonight April 16, 2015

Mouth the words, youre wrong. And a source telling me that as he was led from the court house, he said i didnt do it. They got wrong. And then those same sources tell me that he apparently didnt lose any of his swager and acting like it was business as usual, brooke. You were in the courtroom i want to play for our viewers the moment when the verdict was read and make sure youre watching Aaron Hernandez. What say you, madam forewomen . Guilty of murder first degree. Madam forperson. Extreme atrausty or cruelty. Were look athfaming at family members on both sides. You were there, you saw it. Tell me about those moments. Reporter it was an amazing moment and very uncomfortable to watch. You know he didnt show any emotion but quickly turned to see and he couldnt get near him but he could see his mother and fiance weeping in each others arms and he kept looking back at them again and again and again and at one point appearing to say be strong and then i quickly looked over to the mother of victim odin lloyd and she was pumping her arms in the air in relief as if to say thank you and what a contrast of emotion. There were tears on the other side too but tears of great relief that finally this ordoleeal for them is over even though they dont have their son. Well have more from odin lloyds mother soon but 7 days of deliberation. What took them so long . Reporter they felt that didnt take so long. They had a lot of evidence to go over and they were taking their time because they took their job very, very seriously. And its interesting to note that sources say when he was on his way to prison he was acting as though all of this was no big deal and guess what brooke hes being held at a prison just a few miles from Gillette Stadium where he used to play for the patriots. Where he was a star. And excellent reporting from you. Let me bring in legal commentator and law professor. And also with me tonight, robens cnn analyst, mark, my goodinize,nessness goodness. We have a lot to get to. You were shocked by the verdict . I really was and the reason why is because as we all know, this is a circumstantial case and you always worry that in a case where you have a celebrity, that the jury will be fogged by the aspect of celebrity and there was lot made about the motive not being clear cut and the judge wouldnt allow the prosecution to try to connect the dots between the double homicide that hes going to face trial coming up and this particular case and so the case as presented while it didnt require oo motive jurors tend to like one. So when they read the verdict today, i was a little surprised. I was expecting, as much as i hate to try predict whats going on that the jury would try to hang on murder 1 but they did make out the claim for extreme a atrausty and cruelty and they were able to get to that to in different ways but there were numerous factors that led them to that. Well play some of the jurors speaking about this afterwards and they had no idea about this other double homicide in which hernandez is implicated from 2012. And the motive wasnt part of this trial but that perhaps odin lloyd was aware of the double homicide and one would want to take him out of the equation here. And you too, thought the jury would be hung. I thought they would be hung and i was even more convinced of that after they went past friday afternoon, which is generally the bewitching hour for a jury. If they go past friday afternoon, it usually indicates a disagreement but it just goes to show you, virtually impossible to predict these things. What about the closing arguments . Let me put this to you, aretha and they were saying, he should have done this from the get go. I think they were surprised by the admission by the defense team saying he saw his soon to be brother in law killed and didnt know what to do. I think that was shocking to them and how could he be there and witness it and not do the things you do when you witness a murder like call the police come forward or do anything of those things that you would expect someone to be involved to do and i think that statement ended up hurting him as the jurors deliberated this case. The jurors deliberated, michael, 7 days. And you heard, she didnt think they took a long time. Heres a piece of them speaking to the media. Its coming. Did that thing in his hand look like a gun to you . At which time . [ laughter] what video . Michael, heres my first thought when i was watching that earlier today, it was a little off putting to me to know a man was going away interestfor the rest of his life and you have members of the jury i dont know if this was nervous laughter or is this sheer relief . I think they were probably exhausted, although i do agree it caught me a little off guard to see the giggling given the gravity of the moment. We had just heard victim impact statements and we now know hes sentenced to prison for the rest of his life. It didnt seem like the right time to have that tooim typeype of emotion but i think they were relieved. What did you make of it . It was interesting to see them all in unison giving a press conference. And lets not forget that while it was a solemn moment Aaron Hernandez is a thug. But im sure there was a sense of relief that it was over and often when you look at a group of people thats part of a team if one person giggals out of being nervous and lets take the gun video for example, perhaps they were laughing at were not stupid of course its a gun. They came to the right result. Theyre inentitled to a little laughter out of relief and good bye to Aaron Hernandez. Well theres a lot more for Aaron Hernandez and we mentioned that double homicide and by the way, the jury had nothing to do about that. And well hear about the calls that could have been introduced. 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For most convicted murders are, this is it but the trouble isnt over for Aaron Hernandez. He now faces separate double murder trials in a separate case with a date that will be set in days. And they say daniel accidentally bumps into hernandez in a boston bar, spilling hernandezs drink. And then hes accused of trailing daniel and his friends. He had a load revolver extended out and said, yo whats up now . And said a racial slur. Abrace you and another man were killed three others survived. While executing a search warrant at hernandezs uncle, they found a receipt for the suv. He was indicted on 2014 for the two murders and charge would two counts of armed assault with attempt to murder. Hes also still facing wrongful death suits of the three men prosecutors say he murdered. In july of last year a judge in one of the civil cases, freezes 5 Million Dollars in assets of the Football Player which includes what hes owed by the new England Patriots as a signing bonus. And bradley says he lost his eye after his friend shot him in a face after a Florida Strip Club in 2013. Hes suing hernandez. And hes allegedly also an eye witness who was with hernandez the night of the double murders. We bring back my panel of legal experts. Were going to get back to Aaron Hernandez in just a second but we now have to focus on the victim, odin lloyd and i have to tell you those powerful victim impact statements including his mother she spoke outside the courtroom, and talk about a bond between mother and son and also forgiveness. Just like god has left his foot print in the sand. Take your time. My baby foot print is in my heart forever. He was my strength. I love him dearly. Ariva, let me go to you. We heard from the mom, and sister and girlfriend as well. And you had Aaron Hernandezs girlfriend and mother in the courtroom and hes mouthing to them they got it wrong. This could have been critical testimony that they used in deciding his guilt or innocence and you have these two women sisters, giving testimony that will give testimony to put him away for his life. And you have all of these African American women at the center of this case. And mike what about Aaron Hernandez sleeping for that first night this evening in this maximum security prison . Will he be idolized by fellow inmates, will life be a living helifor him . What will it be like . Usually for the first couple of days theyll keep you isolate because theres always the thought of a suicide risk and theyll pay extra attention to you. But in this case unlike other cases, even if he was acquitted, he still knew he was facing a double murder charge. And obviously, you want to be acquitted but at the same time he wasnt out of harms way if he was acquitted because he still faced another trial. And most people arent accused of multiple murders in multiple trials. Speak of that let me play a little bit more sound. This is more from the jurors today, asking what did and didnt yoi know about hernandez before the trial. Nothing. Very little. About the case . No. You didnt know about the 2012 . The charges in boston in 2012 . We just heard about it. Just today. What is that like to learn about that . Its amazing. It was amazing, a lot of the information we learned today and i think we can all stand here and know we made the right decision. The prosecution will go to for ward and we heard about the wrongful death lawsuits. And how does all of this factor in now that hes behind bars interest the rest of his life . Elwith i think its relevant in the sense that he will clearly appeal as is his right, the murder conviction in the odin lloyd case. And as long as theres a chance albeit slim those still matter. Because if hes able to win on appeal and his lawyers have an excellent record of post eviction appeals. And as long as that exists, these other matters, especially the boston double homicide are very relevant because if he somehow wins an appeal he could still end up in prison if found guilty in boston. And you live and breathe boston and you saw the testimony from rob kraft and he was essentially saying he had a conversation with hernandez and that he was at a night club that night and how did he know what time it happened to know to say i wasnt there, i wasnt there. And perhaps this was a bad seed long before he moved back to boston. You know, whats rur interesting about robert kraft is that the jurors say they found the testimony to be compelling. And ultimately what probably had Aaron Hernandez be convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole was more what he did after the fact. Because after the fact you see him still with his Co Defendants you see him brandishing a gun and see and heard about him telling his fiance to remove a box, which clear clearly the jury contained the box and you hear clearly from the owner of the patriots that he was at night club and he hoped the time line come out and it was all these things that really made the jury say, wow, this guy is not only a murderer hes indifferent and the fact that they shot him six times, shows its cruel under the statute. And thanks to all of you tonight. Were not going far from this because as the conviction was announced, Aaron Hernandez is heard saying the jury got it wrong but did the patriots ignore warning signs about this man . Most of the products we all buy are transported on container ships. Before a truck delivers it to your store, a container ship delivered it to that truck. Here in san diego, were building the first one ever to run on natural gas. 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Im wondering, did you feel the same way when you were sentenced . As far as transitioning from an institution, i didnt feel that way. I was guilty of the crime i committed and the only thing going through my mind was what was going to take place and obviously becoming acclimated to a new lifestyle and what that would entail moving forward. Do you remember that first night . Its a process. You go to your county jail and youre actually isolated and waiting to be taken to a reception facility which is the first place you go. And just like anybody else a lot of guys would tell you, just a very stressful moment you just stay up all night, trying to think about how your situation, the situation youre in effects everybody else. Ocly oc obviously, i had a little girl at the time and knowing how i would be absent from my family. The local news has the station on inside of the jail so im pretty sure you see the victims and your own family suffer and its those moments that make the set in that its your behavior and those are the images you see. I hadnt thought about that night, that he could be sitting behind bars watching this play out on the tv. And youre going round trying to help young people. But in terms of the nfl and well call them troubled players, i had a quote that caught my eye this evening and it was this playing catch with these human grenades is irresistible in a league where pressure is hard and coaches are convinced they can succeed where others couldnt. And you say he was a bad seed from the beginning but they kept him on . And we see these all the time and i dont know if this it is going to change unless you see people protesting or throwing their season tickets back from a team and thats not going to happen. The nfl has definitely taken a get tough approach. Hardy, although hes with the dallas cowboys, is still not play playing. And this is different from those cases . Oh yeah. And the reason this is caused so much attention and theres so much horror is that this is so unusual. This isnt an nfl problem as much as its a terrible person who happened to be playing in the football league. Should he have been drafted . There were teams that said no we dont want Aaron Hernandez but in the broad brush, the conversation about behavior im hoping that there will be less tolerance about behavior. And this is a societial problem as well. And there were red flags in the scouting report and case and point what you were talking about. I was talking to a former patriots player today and he was saying you can take the hood person out of the hood and its hard to take the hood out of the person p. Its hard to shake those friends. And i humbley respect other guests you have on but there needs to be more of an initiative to develop these guys and not the stance that were going to close the door to individuals. With the amount of resources on College Campuses and resources at the nfl level, you take these guys and you develop them. You need to develop their cognitive skills and understanding the dynamics of the environment. Maurice, you have to agree with me and you understand what im saying but you know right from wrong no matter where youre from. Hold on with me. I understand and wie we have to speak in context. Knowing right from wrong and having the aability to think and problem solve and there needs to be an approach to help to develop that to develop these early on you know what im saying. A lot of these guys come from different back grounds and its not to make an excuse but it is to say that the approach into developing this guy once he gets to his respected institution, needs to be done and i say that in the context that a lot of times you get these athletes and you place them on the College Campusess, most of their time is developing them as athletes. And i think youd agree with me i got to go but i appreciate you coming on. And christine, brenen thank you. But we have to get to the story in florida in panama beach. They have areshrested another man. And broad day light, even they say, if it costs the city millions of dollars. At mfs, w

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