Aaron Hernandez Hires Casey Anthony Attorney
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ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) - The attorney who successfully represented Casey Anthony has been hired for another high-profile murder case.
ESPN and Fox Sports report that former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has retained Orlando attorney Jose Baez to represent him at his upcoming double murder trial.
Baez will be joined by Harvard law professor Ronald Sullivan and New York lawyer Alex Spiro, who also represents Atlanta Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha in a lawsuit against New York City police.
Hernandez was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year in the 2013 killing a man who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiance. He's awaiting trial for a 2012 double murder in Boston and has pleaded not guilty.
Baez led the legal team which won an acquittal for Anthony who was accused of killing her two-year old daughter Caylee in 2008.
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