Aaron Hernandez’s Murder Conviction Is Nullified Aaron Hernandez, a football player who was tight end with the New England Patriots, had committed suicide in prison last month. He was convicted for murder of the 2015 killing of Odin L. Lloyd, who had been dating the sister of his fiancée. His conviction had been formally vacated on May 9th due to Hernandez being dead before his appeal was even heard in the court. "His murder conviction would be vacated under a centuries-old legal doctrine"(Mather). The judge,who administered his trial was Judge E.Susan Garsh,made the ruling (Mather). She stated that "The court had no choice". However, prosecutors have stated that they will be appealing. Abatement ab initio, which is the doctrine
