Aaron Hernandez is back on court on Wednesday to face an arraignment for double murder charges and the court session is expected to start at 2 pm ET at Suffolk Superior Court and the courtroom event will be streaming online from ESPN on the WatchESPN website along with other news stations as Hernandez answers the charges for the shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado and he is expected to plead not guilty.
The news about these two murder charges came down before last week and it was announced by prosecutors that Hernandez was getting hit with two more first degree murder charges on top of the one he already was facing in the death of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez is said to have allegedly killed two men in a drive by shooting after an incident in a night club in the summer of 2012 and the case did not pick up steam until Hernandez was arrested for the death of Lloyd.
Hernandez is tied to the shooting through video evidence as well as physical evidence, including a car found in his uncle's home that was traced back to the crime. The gun was located in this case but not the Odin Lloyd case and while that was not directly tied to Hernandez, this could make things very difficult for his defense in both cases. The 24 year old is facing first degree murder charges in the death of Lloyd and he has pleaded not guilty to that and not trial date has yet been set.
The defense said that a press conference doesn't mean their client is guilty and said they would argue his innocence in court and what else would they say. Hernandez is accused of getting into an altercation with the two men that was described as "random" by police and following them out of the nightclub before killing them. Video shows an SUV trailing the men and later witnesses said a car matching the description of the one found at Henrnadez's uncle's home, was seen shooting up the car and killing Abreu and Furtado. There were three survivors in the car and one identified Hernandez as the shooter.
Hernandez was cut by the Patriots after he was arrested last summer and based on this new crime, there is a chance he signed his $40 million contract when he was a double murderer. The Patriots now have to see how this plays out and they have done a good job of not allowing Hernandez to be a distraction. Some authorities think that Hernandez may have killed Lloyd due to his knowledge about this crime, but there has been no direct connection between the two made yet.
