DA won't seek prison time for Aaron Hernandez cousin
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}July 22, 2014: In this file photo, former New England Patriots' Aaron Hernandez watches during a hearing in Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. (AP)
Massachusetts prosecutors are recommending probation and home confinement instead of prison time for a cousin of ex-New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez who is charged with contempt and has said she is dying from cancer.
Prosecutors said in a Friday filing they are seeking two years' probation and home confinement for Tanya Singleton of Bristol, Connecticut. She is expected to change her plea to guilty Tuesday on a criminal contempt charge for refusing to testify before the grand jury that indicted Hernandez.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd of Boston.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Singleton's attorney said last week additional incarceration would likely hasten her death. She spent 196 days in jail before posting bail.
Separately, a Superior Court judge on Monday considered motions from Hernandez's lawyers to exclude some evidence in the murder case.