Under a long-standing legal principle in the Bay State, Hernandez will have his first-degree murder conviction vacated because he died before the completion of the appeal process, which his lawyers initiated after he was convicted by a jury. Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan's child molestation conviction was vacated after he was beaten to death in his prison cell in 2003. Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction and just days ago was acquitted of a double murder, died after hanging himself in his prison cell Wednesday, April 19, 2017, Massachusetts prisons officials said. Experts argue that given the circumstances, the Hernandez family will not get any money from the Patriots very easily, if at all. “It’s going to be a difficult road for the Hernandez family to travel if they want to recover the money,” Healy said.

Source: Fox News April 27, 2017 12:22 UTC