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Through Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida jury on Monday convicted 23-12 months-outdated Eric Rivera, Jr. of second-degree murder within the 2007 slaying of Washington Redskins soccer megastar Sean Taylor right through a botched burglary at his Miami-area home. Rivera was additionally found responsible of armed housebreaking. After confessing to regulation enforcement sellers that he killed Taylor, Rivera testified right through the trial that authorities had forced him into the confession. Prosecutors mentioned Rivera, who was once charged with first-degree murder, and the four co-defendants hatched a burglary plot after one of the vital crew visited Taylor’s house and noticed him supply his sister $10,000 in cash.
