Aaron Hernandez, who is currently on trial for the murder of Odin Lloyd, is probably saying a little prayer for his fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins. Jenkins has been charged with perjury for allegedly lying under oath about events pertaining to the death of Lloyd. Jenkins has already pled guilty, and now she wants the charges dropped. The information Jenkins supplied in the murder investigation may be false, but Jenkins' lawyers say she was mistaken, not lying.
Janice Bassil, Shayanna Jenkins' attorney, says that there is no proof that her client had intent to mislead investigators (via CBS Boston):
"It's got to be more than circumstantial evidence. It's got to be more than guesswork and speculation. There's no evidence that she said to somebody, 'I'm not going to remember,' or 'I'm going to go the grand jury and say I don't remember.'"
The prosecution, however, claim that is precisely what she did (via Classicalite):
"Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has a lot of support from friends and family. In fact, prosecutors in his murder trial are alleging that his fiancée Shayanna Jenkins lied under oath about information pertaining to the death of Odin Lloyd. She has pled not guilty to perjury during the investigation of Lloyd's murder."
Hernandez is awaiting yet another murder trial, a double shooting outside a Boston area nightclub in 2012. While there is no official link between the two incidents, it seems that information in the Lloyd case led to Hernandez' arrest on suspicion of executing Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado after an alleged incident in a nightclub the night of their deaths.
Hernandez, a former tight end for the New England Patriots, has had a history of violent outbursts, including erratic behavior leading up to both murders, according to friends.
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