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No. 11 overall pick in 1990 NFL Draft convicted on three murder charges
CBSsports ^ | 11/6/15

Posted on 11/06/2015 3:13:28 PM PST by smartyaz

No. 11 overall pick in 1990 NFL Draft convicted on three murder charges By John Breech | CBSSports.com November 6, 2015 5:00 pm ET

A former NFL first-round pick was convicted on three counts of murder on Thursday.

Anthony Wayne Smith, who was taken 11th overall by the Raiders in the 1990 NFL Draft, was convicted after eight days of deliberation by a jury in Lancaster, California, a Los Angeles County district attorney's office spokesman told the Los Angeles Times.

Smith had been on trial for a total of four murders; however, jurors were deadlocked on the fourth charge and a mistrial was declared on that charge.

The three murders that Smith was convicted of took place between 1999 and 2001.

In 1999, Smith kidnapped two brothers from their car-wash business in LA. Less than 24 hours later, the brothers were found dead.

According to pretrial testimony obtained by ABC-7 in LA, not only did the brothers suffer gunshot wounds, but their heads were wrapped in duct tape and at least one of them had been branded with an iron.

In the other murder, which took place in 2001, Smith kidnapped a man and then stabbed him to death. The man's body was later found in the trunk of a rental car.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthonywaynesmith; crime
Raider Nation!
1 posted on 11/06/2015 3:13:28 PM PST by smartyaz
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“In 1999, Smith kidnapped two brothers from their car-wash business in LA. Less than 24 hours later, the brothers were found dead.”

At least he kept it out of the white community.


2 posted on 11/06/2015 3:22:41 PM PST by BobL ( (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: smartyaz

Well, it appears it was appropriate for the gangsta thugs to support him, anyways.


3 posted on 11/06/2015 3:23:40 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: smartyaz

Another victim of racist white micro-aggression driven to violence by his despair.

/s


4 posted on 11/06/2015 3:26:52 PM PST by Iron Munro (<p> The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: smartyaz

Never hire someone with the middle name of Wayne.


5 posted on 11/06/2015 3:30:04 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Maybe if he was drafted #1 he would have gotten off.

Still pissed about Nichole Simpson. I know her sister, and this has had seriously damaging consequences for the family.


6 posted on 11/06/2015 3:30:21 PM PST by Vic S
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Remember, our felons are better athletes than your felons.


7 posted on 11/06/2015 3:31:02 PM PST by Da Coyote
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Good thing he is not longer playing, that would have cost him a two game suspension.


8 posted on 11/06/2015 3:33:16 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: smartyaz

Any idea of the motive?


9 posted on 11/06/2015 3:33:26 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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Thank goodness it was not a charge of domestic violence, that could have been a career ender! The NFL hates that.


10 posted on 11/06/2015 3:34:13 PM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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Cue “Autumn Winds” NFL films music.


11 posted on 11/06/2015 3:42:46 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (I am going to get those guns out of peoples hands. - Hillary Clinton 10/05/2015)
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“The man’s body was later found in the trunk of a rental car.”

In cahoots with OJ back then? *SMIRK*


12 posted on 11/06/2015 3:44:00 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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‘We knew we drafted the right man!’


13 posted on 11/06/2015 3:46:39 PM PST by Ken H
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Ummm,
What is the significance of the NFL draft?
Every murderer, or good guy for that matter has a past????


14 posted on 11/06/2015 4:28:43 PM PST by sasquatch
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OH heavens you are right another murdering Murderer Wayne Murderer.

Never give your child that name. If you’ve already given him that name change it right now!


15 posted on 11/06/2015 5:17:36 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Any idea of the motive?”

Blew through all his NFL cash?


16 posted on 11/06/2015 6:19:58 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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