Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murder in the case of Odin Lloyd’s 2013 shooting death, but after his suicide in prison Wednesday, he died an innocent man.
Under an old Massachusetts legal principle called “abatement ab initio,” Hernandez’s conviction will be voided, as the case hadn’t yet gone through the appeals process, chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Bar Association Martin W. Healy told The Boston Globe on Wednesday. Healy also said it rarely happens, but it comes from English common law and exists in many older states.
“Unfortunately, in the Odin Lloyd matter, for the family, there won’t be any real closure,” Healy told Th…