verdict has been reached. i can t imagine being a part of the case. there s a nervousness and anticipation and stress. remember this is a celebrity trial. and that could also have been an issue. i covered many celebrity trials and when kobe bryant it never went to trial. when he was in that courtroom you were watching a celebrity. jurors saw that. this jury was predominantly female. seven females and five men. that can influence you. absolutely. i m just thinking about how many hours the jury has been deliberating. it s been almost 35 hours. 35.5. i looked at jury deliberation times, that sets one of the records. robert blake s criminal trial was 35 hours. that was the top one i could find. wow. go ahead, mel. there is one more thing to keep in mind. unlike other cases, if he is acquitted, he ain t getting out of jail. he s got three other cases that are backed up behind this one and so you re not going to see him walk out of court any time
and the defendant is guilty of unlawful possession of ammunition on indictment 2013-983-c. so say you made a.m. foreperson yes or no. yes. so say all members of the jury. yes. you may be seated. members of the jury and i include those of you who deliberated and those who are alternates i want to thank all of you very very much for giving your valuable time to hear and decide this case. i am not unmindful of the sacrifice you all made to serve on this jury and the disruptions to your family life work schedule and social routine. i also understand that it is not easy to sit in judgment of a fellow human being. your contributions were essential to the functioning of our judicial system. there are few things more important that a citizen in a
we know how tragic this story has ended. just really hard to understand. what are you doing? it s so hard to understand. the sentencing phase of this trial is short in the state of massachusetts and we expect the jung judge to hand down a sentence of life in prison in about ten minutes. mel, on the subject of aaron hernandez and a guy who had everything going for him, initially we thought that might play into the jury s mind on why would he murder someone when he s making millions of dollars and he s a star on one of the best football teams in the country. you know carol, you do worry that celebrity plays a role. we were just talking about this yesterday with regard to the o.j. case. it s a major case that comes to mind when we think about somebody that essentially gets away with murder because people are blinded by the celebrity aspect of things. and this was a case where i was deeply concerned about that. i was also deeply concerned,
it happens that quickly here which will be proceeded by victim impact statements that will be read by the victim s mother. we are expected also to hear from his girlfriend and from his uncle. all of course very close to him. a dramatic scene. it s just eerie to think that odin lloyd s girlfriend is aaron hernandez s fiance s sister. reporter: exactly. they are estranged from each other, the two sisters. the fiance of aaron hernandez sitting in court openly weeping and holding onto his mother but the two sisters have not spoken nearly since the start. throughout the trial in the past year and a half always have sat on opposite sides. the fiance in this case even taking the stand with immunity testifying for the prosecution. she didn t do him many favors
here s what we understand and this comes from susan s reporting. the jury is going to sit in the jury room while the judge does the sentencing procedure and sentences him. she will then go in and talk to the jury as we heard her say. they ll wait in the back while this next hearing takes place. i m sorry, what was that again? my producer is talking to me. okay. all right. so you can see the microphones set up outside the courthouse. i would assume that reporters are awaiting the lawyers in this case to come out and make a statement especially the prosecutors. i don t know that defense attorneys will feel much like talking, right. we also understand that there is a separate room set up for the jurors to talk if they want to talk to the press. it was interesting to me, danny. the judge when all was said and done and business was done she turned to the jurors and said you have a right to talk to the media. if you don t want to talk to the media, you don t have to. we re providing this