Former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez, right, confers with defense attorneys Michael Fee, left, and Charles Rankin during a pretrial court hearing in Fall River, Mass. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Hernandez was indicted in August in the killing of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player from Boston who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s girlfriend. He has pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder, Pool)