The Aaron Hernandez trial is now in the hands of the jury as closing arguments were completed on Tuesday.
Michael Coyne from the Mass. School of Law joined SportsNet Central to give his professional opinion on how the ruling will go for the former New England Patriots tight end.
"I think it's going to be a very close call," said Coyne. "The defense played the 'reasonable doubt card' to a significant extent. They have attacked the lack of motive, the lack of murder weapon, the lack of reason to commit this murder and I think the government has an uphill battle here. We could be looking at a situation where the jury feels the government has not overcome Mr. Hernandez's presumption of innocence and therefor find him not guilty on the more serious of the charges."
Michael Coyne from the Mass. School of Law joined SportsNet Central to give his professional opinion on how the ruling will go for the former New England Patriots tight end.
"I think it's going to be a very close call," said Coyne. "The defense played the 'reasonable doubt card' to a significant extent. They have attacked the lack of motive, the lack of murder weapon, the lack of reason to commit this murder and I think the government has an uphill battle here. We could be looking at a situation where the jury feels the government has not overcome Mr. Hernandez's presumption of innocence and therefor find him not guilty on the more serious of the charges."
