Around the NFL 2013 Offseason (Version 5150)

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

while the truth isnt know about the exact extent of hernandez' involvement, it kinda irks me that ppl are bring up ray lewis.

to my understanding, ray didnt have any physical or verbal contribution to the stabbing death but was in the "getaway"car ... did he have more of an involvement?

hernandez' involvement as it appears now seems to be much much more direct and culpable.

if someone knows something i dont (i honestly dont know all the details of ray's case except that he settled the civil suit out of court), can you let me know?

Well, there are similarities and, yes, there were some allegations that Lewis was part of the physical brawl that led to the two murders. Certainly, his friends were part of it, had purchased knives the day before with Lewis present, and they all sped away from the crime scene in Lewis' limo after the murder - not stopping until they got to Baltimore. Further, Lewis' white suit from that night was never found. So there was a lot of circumstantial evidence about Lewis' part in the murder but nothing concrete. As I recall, the general consensus was that, if he didn't actually murder the two men, he knew damn well who did, helped them escape and help destroy material evidence. B/c of changing stories, the lack of eyewitnesses and the lack of physical evidence, no one was ever convicted for the two murders. (See: As we celebrate Ravens Ray Lewis, don't forget the murder victims - Orlando Sentinel)

On the other hand, and as it appears right now, Hernandez and three men walked into his house, gunshots were heard and, at some point subsequent, Hernandez, two men and a corpse left the house. While, just as with Lewis, there is a certain level of uncertainty (did Hernandez commit the murder, watch someone commit the murder or find out after the fact and help cover it up), the level of uncertainty is no where near what was present in the Lewis case.