Hernandez was accused of murdering Lloyd, a 27-year-old landscaper from Boston who was found riddled with bullets in a Massachusetts field in June 2013. In its closing statements last week, the defense admitted that Hernandez was present when Lloyd was shot and killed but maintained that Hernandez was not the shooter, as the prosecutors allege. Because Hernandez was being tried as the shooter and not merely an accomplice, the defense argued he should be found not guilty. The defense also cited the prosecution’s supposed lack of hard evidence that proved conclusively that Hernandez shot Lloyd and a lack of proven motive on Hernandez’s part.

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