Jury selection began today in the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.
The jury selection marked the first day of a trial that is expected to last anywhere from six to 10 weeks, The Associated Press reports. The trial is also the first of at least two for Hernandez, who is facing additional murder charges in connection with a 2012 double homicide in Boston.
What should you know about Day 1 of Aaron Hernandez’s murder trial? Here are five things:
A trial date has not been set for Hernandez’s other two outstanding murder charges.
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- Jury selection gets underway in Aaron Hernandez murder trial (Boston’s WCVB-TV)
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- Aaron Hernandez Seeks to Keep 2012 Killings Out of Murder Trial (FindLaw’s Tarnished Twenty)
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