FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The Latest on defense attorneys efforts to erase Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction following his death (all times local):
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A prosecutor has urged a judge to reject a request from lawyers for ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez to erase his conviction in a 2013 murder under a legal doctrine that calls for vacating convictions when a defendant dies before an appeal can be heard.
The former New England Patriots tight end hanged himself in his prison cell last month while serving a life sentence in the killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.
Patrick Bomberg said Hernandez “should not be able to accomplish in death what he could not accomplish in life.”