emotional tackle of his life. when the verdict was read telling him that he was guilty, guilty of first-degree murder. that comes with the jury finding as well that he killed odin lloyd, firing six gunshots with great cruelty and atrocity, not once, not twice, not three times, but six times. aaron hernandez during this time constantly turning to look at his mother and fiancee who by now are openly weeping in the courtroom. he looked stunned, in shock, and was mouthing to them from time to time it s okay, be strong and he kept looking at them and looking at them because they were weeping openly. he also glanced over at the victim s family. i saw that too. this was the most powerful moment, looking over at odin lloyd s mother as she literally did this, she raised her hands and just said, thank you.
the beginning here. thanks so much. just a short time ago we showed you picture of aaron hernandez s fiancee leaving the courthouse driving away in her car. paul callen, i want to bring you back. we saw aaron hernandez as soon as that was read, always security in the courtroom, but as soon as the verdict was read he was surrounded by court officers. walk me through the process of today, tomorrow, the next few days for aaron hernandez. that moment, and i ve been a prosecutor and homicide cases and stood next to defendants, and that moment when they announce the verdict and the court officers surround the defendant it s just a moment of great emotion and it s solemn because the reality is, he s going to go through a door and never going to come out of that door. he will be incarcerated the rest of his life. what s going to happen next, of course, is she withey ll start prepare his appeal. i agree with my friend, mr. amarah, there s little to appeal, it was a strong circumstantial evide
from over for the jenkins family. i suspect you will see the girlfriend of odin lloyd who has been in that courtroom for most of these proceedings taking the stand along with odin lloyd s mother when they get a chance to give witness impact statements on behalf of their loved ones, guys. they ll get that chance any minute right now. you re watching the emotion in the courtroom after the verdict was read. that s aaron hernandez s mother and fiance. this is odin lloyd s mother right here. so you can see just how close these two families both torn apart, how close they were in the courtroom as the verdict was read. we re standing by for the victim impact statements any minute now and official sentencing again any minute. i want to bring in criminal defense attorney mark o maro ma. mel robbins brought out the idea
rest, i felt my heart stop beating for a moment. i felt like i wanted to go into that hole with my son. susan, you ve been in that courtroom every day that they ve been the nine weeks of this trial as well as the 35 1/2 hours of this jury s been deliberating and waiting. we ve heard from ursula ward. obviously did not hear from aaron hernandez, didn t hear from aaron hernandez s family but they were in there as well for the dramatic moment that the verdict was read. were they in there for his sentencing as well? they were not. right after the verdict was read, that s when his mother and his fiancee left the courtroom and, in fact, left the courthouse, so they weren t
well loved. you saw that family sitting in the front row every day and they were here because they believed in the process that brings us to today. the jury having found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, for having committed an extremely cruel and atrocious killing, you heard the evidence that supported that verdict. it was brutal and it was senseless. so we would ask based on the finding of the verdict by this jury that the defendant be sentenced to the state prison for term of his natural life without any chance of parole. thank you. on possession of the firearm, four or five years concurrent with the life sentence without parole and on possession of ammunition, to one year house of