Quote: (04-19-2017 05:43 PM)BallsDeep Wrote:
According to a couple Massachusetts law professors, Hernandez will now be entitled to keep his 12.5 million dollar signing bonus, which would go to his heirs.
Damn this guy couldn't get away from trying to be a real life Tony Soprano, and he finished it off by trying to be a real life Walter White. As morbid as this all is, there's a tinge of nobility there.
I don't see the "entitled", estate can still be sued in civil court by various heirs of victims and survivors and money tied up in pre-judgment attachment until a judgment. Remember OJ lost to the Goldman family in civil court, although OJ's pension is exempt. Other assets are reachable.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_c...till_suing
if that was the reason he killed himself, he might turn out wrong. While the conviction will be vacated, the fact of the guilty verdict can probably be applied in the suit regarding that conviction. The victims' families in the other cases might be out of luck, or have to try their cases.
Facing life without parole at age 27 in a modern hellhole supermax prison with constant gang warfare, shitty food, and no hope of ever touching a woman again is a pretty good reason to kill yourself, though.