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Judge will make ruling next week on whether Cardell Hayes will get out of jail on bond
After an emotional day in court, the wife of former Saints player Will Smith was in tears as she pleaded the judge not to release Hayes.
Cardell Hayes bond hearing By Olivia Vidal | March 4, 2021 at 4:52 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 10:50 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An emotional day in court today as a bond hearing took place for the man convicted of killing former Saints player Will Smith. The hearing comes after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the manslaughter conviction for Cardell Hayes, as the jury was not unanimous in his conviction.
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The widow of former New Orleans Saints star defensive end Will Smith told a judge Thursday she and her family have been bullied and harassed online by relatives of the man convicted of his 2016 death.That conviction was thrown out after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that non-unanimous jury verdicts were unconstitutional. An Orleans Parish jury found Hayes guilty of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter in a 10-2 vote, and that conviction was officially vacated in January.Hayes and Smith were involved in a minor traffic mishap the night of April 9, 2016, in the Lower Garden District that escalated into a confrontation. Police say Hayes fatally shot Smith and wounded his wife, Racquel. Hayes has maintained that he was not the aggressor and fired in self-defense. A hearing to set Hayes bond ahead of a new trial took place Thursday before Orleans Parish Judge Camille Buras, with Hayes appearing by online teleconference from Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Hayes