Sports Illustrated is the latest national outlet to examine the lives of Cardell Hayes and former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith and to breakdown the men's April 9 encounter in the Lower Garden District that ended in the NFL star's death.
The article, the first in a new series called "True Crime" by SI, concludes that even if many unanswered questions are resolved at the Dec. 1 trial, some questions will remain.
"Would Hayes have been charged with something less than murder had the man he shot not been a prominent athlete and a local hero?