Glad he was convicted. he'll now stand trial for a double murder committed earlier. Just confess Aaron and safe the spectacle and costs. Regarding the defense admitting he was there etc, an attorney posted a comment to the deadspin thread that makes some sense:
"I think the defense had to concede he was there, because if he wasn’t, it meant that the was the most unlucky motherf*cker in the history of the universe. All evidence pointed to the fact that he was there, and if he wasn’t and he didn’t have anything to do with it at ALL, you’re left with no explanation as to why he got rid of a gun, got rid of a pair of sweet Air Jordans, and other important evidence. The only explanation that doesn’t put him directly in the soup is “he was there but he had no idea it was going to happen, was shocked when it did, and afterward tried to help out his friends”. That’s a crime, but it ain’t murder, and had the jury wanted to believe it they could have."