Prosecutor: Aaron Hernandez killed 2 over spilled drink
Posted March 02, 2017 6:00 am
BOSTON (AP) - Testimony resumes Thursday in the double murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
Prosecutor Patrick Haggan told the jury Wednesday that a brief encounter at a Boston nightclub involving a spilled drink to most people would be trivial, but Hernandez misinterpreted it as a sign of disrespect.
Haggan says Hernandez fatally shot Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado shortly after the encounter on July 16, 2012 as the two men sat in their car at a stoplight.
The defense painted a different picture Wednesday.
Attorney Jose Baez, who is known for winning an acquittal for Florida mom Casey Anthony in the death of her daughter, says the real killer was not Hernandez, but rather the government's star witness. Baez says the shooting was over a drug deal.
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez looks toward the gallery of the courtroom as the judge recesses proceedings for the lunch break during the first day of his double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez rubs his head as he sits with his attorneys on the fist day of his double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez sits with his attorneys Jose Baez, right, and Ronald Sullivan, left, at the opening of the fist day of his double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Judge Jeffrey Locke addresses former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's defense attorneys at the start of the first day of his double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and his lead defense attorney Jose Baez, right, listen as the trial judge instructs the jury on the first day of Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and his lead defense attorney Jose Baez, right, listen as the trial judge instructs the jury on the first day of Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Sean McCann testifies during the double murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez at Suffolk Superior Court, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is charged in the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. The former NFL football player already is serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)
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Assistant district attorney Patrick Haggan points at former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez as Haggan delivers his opening statement to the jury during the first day of Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Assistant district attorney Patrick Haggan delivers his opening statement to the jury on he first day of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Lead defense attorney Jose Baez delivers his opening statement to the jury on he first day of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Judge Jeffrey Locke listens as assistant district attorney Patrick Haggan delivers his opening statement to the jury on he first day of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Lead defense attorney Jose Baez delivers his opening statement to the jury on he first day of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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Lead defense attorney Jose Baez reacts as he delivers his opening statement to the jury on the first day of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's double murder trial at Suffolk Superior Court, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Boston. Hernandez is standing trial for the July 2012 killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, who he encountered in a Boston nightclub. He is already serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool)
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