Aaron Hernandez, the ex-New England Patriots star tight end who stands accused of orchestrating the murder of Odin Lloyd, and pulling the trigger in his shooting death, will be back in court again today at 9:00 a.m. Follow Day 13 of the court proceedings free here.
There was contention during Day 12 of the trial, with the prosecution getting angry at Judge Susan E. Garsh because she had ruled several texts by Lloyd to his sister Shaquilla Thibou about being with "NFL" the night of the murder. Garsh had previously ruled the texts inadmissible, and prosecutor William McCauley vehemently argued that the jury should know about four texts sent at 3:07 a.m., 3:11 a.m., 3:22 a.m. and 3:23 a.m. McCauley said the texts were important because they'd reveal his location and whom he was with.
"I have made a ruling. My ruling stands!" Garsh reportedly replied.
Even without the texts, circumstantial evidence against Hernandez is building and may do him in even without Lloyd's text messages. During testimony some of the most damning evidence yet, surveillance footage of Lloyd getting into a car with Hernandez the night of his murder. He got in the car with Hernandez at 2:32 a.m., and was believed to be alive at late as 3:22 a.m. Hernandez's car is said to have left the industrial park where Lloyd's body was found at 3:27 a.m.
While there is no murder weapon nor direct witnesses, a CNN report indicated circumstantial evidence is equally strong as direct evidence in some cases because it doesn't rely on fickle witnesses. In the report, it is said that jurors are often told the "mailman analogy" when dealing with circumstantial evidence which goes as follows.
"Your daughter might tell you one morning that she sees the mailman at your mailbox. That is direct evidence that the mailman has been to your house. On the other hand, she might tell you only that she sees mail in the mailbox. That is circumstantial evidence that the mailman has been there; no one has seen him, but you can reasonably infer that he has been there since there is mail in the box."
[ESPN]
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