Aaron Hernandez, former NFL player, found dead in prison cell, officials say

[techbeck]

Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots star who was convicted of murder in 2015, killed himself in his prison cell Wednesday morning, officials said.

 

Hernandez, 27, was found hanging in his cell by corrections officers around 3:05 a.m. at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, Massachusetts Department of Correction officials said in a statement.

He was pronounced dead an hour later.

 

Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population housing unit and hanged himself with a bed sheet attached to his cell window. He also tried blocking his door from the inside with various items, officials said.

 

An investigation was ongoing.

 

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/19/aaron-hernandez-former-nfl-player-found-dead-in-prison-cell-officials-say.html

[DocM]

[wakjak]

good riddance.

 

Although now he's basically an innocent man.

[Gone]

Boo hoo, cry me a river.

 

Can't do the time, don't do the crime. What a loser with no regard for human life.

1 hour ago, wakjak said:

good riddance.

 

Although now he's basically an innocent man.

Only acquitted of one of the murders. He still had a life sentence for the other one.

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The death of the once-promising NFL tight end came almost two years to the day when he was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. The 15th selection in the 2010 NFL draft, Hernandez was arrested in August 2013 in connection with Lloyd's June 2013 death.

On April 14, Hernandez was found not guilty in a double homicide separate from the Lloyd case; however, he was already serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in connection with Lloyd's murder.

 

[wakjak]

2 minutes ago, SpeedyTheSnail said:

Boo hoo, cry me a river.

 

Can't do the time, don't do the crime. What a loser with no regard for human life.

Only acquitted of one of the murders. He still had a life sentence for the other one.

 

I know, but now that he's dead, in Massachusetts, if an inmate dies before appeals go through, it's as if he's never been arrested, or convicted of any crimes. He's an innocent man in the eyes of the law in Massachusetts.

 

The family of the deceased will have to refile a lawsuit and do it all over, just without the murderer in the room.

[PGHammer]

And now listen to yourselves - basically *street justice* trumps the legal system - and you couldn't be happier - what hypocrisy!

[wakjak]

2 minutes ago, PGHammer said:

And now listen to yourselves - basically *street justice* trumps the legal system - and you couldn't be happier - what hypocrisy!

better dead than wasting tax payer dollars to hole him up for however long his life would have been.

[PGHammer]

4 minutes ago, wakjak said:

better dead than wasting tax payer dollars to hole him up for however long his life would have been.

And you are among those that supposedly hate the death penalty?  THAT is why I call BS on it - in what way is "street justice" any fairer?

"Street justice" does not - by design - have ANY of the protections against incorrect verdicts that our judicial system - complete with capital punishment - has; why is it preferable to the latter?

I'm in FAVOR of capital punishment; that should not be news to anyone.  Still, I'm not in favor of "street justice" which is nothing less than vigilantism.  If you would PREFER vigilantism, put it into the legal and judicial system - don't go mealy-mouthed and excuse what you dare not say in the open - of such is claims of hypocrisy founded in the first place.

[DocM]

1 hour ago, wakjak said:

I know, but now that he's dead, in Massachusetts, if an inmate dies before appeals go through, it's as if he's never been arrested, or convicted of any crimes. He's an innocent man in the eyes of the law in Massachusetts.

Which is proof Mass. laws & politics are half crazy and the rest just plain nuts.

Edited April 20, 2017 by DocM

[Gone]

On 4/19/2017 at 8:40 PM, wakjak said:

I know, but now that he's dead, in Massachusetts, if an inmate dies before appeals go through, it's as if he's never been arrested, or convicted of any crimes. He's an innocent man in the eyes of the law in Massachusetts.

 

The family of the deceased will have to refile a lawsuit and do it all over, just without the murderer in the room.

What's the point if there is technically no justice? Despite my belief that the death penalty should be used, if you didn't commit the crime and you got aqquited of one, why commit suicide? 

 

The answer: You are either a coward or guilty. Seeing as football players can take a lot of physical pain, he probably was guilty.

 

If he somehow was innocent (as I was not there and cannot say he was or wasn't), then this was still justice unserved. Had he been innocent, then he is out of a life and a murderer is walking free. If he is guilty, a murderer is technically unpunished.

 

The only reason to refile a lawsuit is to make money off of a presumably rich football player's relatives.

[wakjak]

Maybe the suicide is linked to CTE, which a deeper look at his brain will certainly tell if he had or not. Seems like a lot of athletes who commit suicide recently in high impact sports are affected by this, which could be an explanation of the suicide of Mr Hernandez. 

[Gone]

13 minutes ago, wakjak said:

Maybe the suicide is linked to CTE, which a deeper look at his brain will certainly tell if he had or not. Seems like a lot of athletes who commit suicide recently in high impact sports are affected by this, which could be an explanation of the suicide of Mr Hernandez. 

Do you think it could be linked to CTE or do you think he could be guilty and murdered at least 1 person due to steroid induced mood and personality changes?

 

Non-the-less, you and I could certainly agree that the only reason this is getting any sort of coverage is because he was an athlete. This stuff happens all the time, but we never hear about it because nobody really cares, unless somebody is famous.

[wakjak]

1 hour ago, SpeedyTheSnail said:

Do you think it could be linked to CTE or do you think he could be guilty and murdered at least 1 person due to steroid induced mood and personality changes?

 

Non-the-less, you and I could certainly agree that the only reason this is getting any sort of coverage is because he was an athlete. This stuff happens all the time, but we never hear about it because nobody really cares, unless somebody is famous.

I'm unsure either way, he could very well be guilty of at least one, the timing of it does make it seem that way for sure. 

 

 

[BottleTop]

I saw some scuttlebutt going around that, like wakjak said, "He's an innocent man in the eyes of the law in Massachusetts." So, that would also mean that he doesn't forfeit his contract money and it would go to his wife and daughter. The speculation is that he saw it as the only way to still provide for his family.

 

Not saying I agree, or that I think that makes him some upstanding family man now, or anything like that. Just saying it makes ya think.

 

Ohh...on a side note...WHOO-HOO...my 100th post!