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Aaron Hernandez’s 2015 Murder Conviction Is Thrown Out
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had his 2015 murder conviction posthumously overturned by a judge Tuesday. Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh vacated Hernandez’s first-degree murder conviction for the 2013 shooting of Odin L. Lloyd because he died before he was able to appeal the conviction. “Abatement remains the law in this…
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Aaron Hernandez Remembered at Private Funeral in His Hometown; Suicide Notes Turned Over to Family
Former New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez was remembered by his family, friends and former teammates at a private funeral service in his hometown of Bristol, Conn., Monday afternoon. As his loved ones prepared to mourn him, the three suicide notes Hernandez left behind in his prison cell were turned over…
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Aaron Hernandez’s Closeted Sexuality May Have Been a Motive in Murder Case: Police Sources
Updated Friday, April 21, 2017, 6:09 p.m. EDT: After a report came out early Friday that Aaron Hernandez had left a suicide note in his cell addressed to a jailhouse lover, speculation as to whether or not Hernandez had a sexual secret began to circulate. Police sources are now confirming that Hernandez’s closeted sexuality is…
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Speculation: Did Aaron Hernandez Kill Himself to Make Sure His Daughter Was Taken Care Of?
It didn’t take long for rumors and speculation to start circulating about why Aaron Hernandez may have committed suicide. The former New England Patriots star and convicted murderer was found dead in his prison cell Wednesday after having apparently hanged himself less than a week after being acquitted of a separate double murder charge in…
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When Incarcerated People Die, Blame the Prison-Industrial Complex
Early Wednesday morning, Aaron Hernandez joined the long list of incarcerated people, including Sandra Bland and Kalief Browder, who allegedly committed suicide while in prison, or soon after being released. We should not be mistaken about who or what is to blame: prisons and jails. The prison-industrial complex and the various ways it promotes the…
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Aaron Hernandez’s Lawyer: This Could Be Murder
Aaron Hernandez’s family says it doesn’t believe he was in a suicidal frame of mind coming off his acquittal in the 2012 fatal shootings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston. On Friday the usually stoic Hernandez was seen smiling at his daughter, whom he fathered with his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez. In addition,…