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Aaron Hernandez defense team doesn’t want jurors to know of past murder conviction

Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez's defense team wants the jury considering his Boston double murder case to not be allowed to know Hernandez has already been convicted of another murder, according to the Boston Globe.

Hernandez's attorney believes that the former football player's conviction in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd would be “substantially more prejudicial than probative.” Judge Jeffrey Locke will consider the motion later on. Prosecutors have not yet responded to the request.

Hernandez is now being accused of shooting Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End in July 2012.