Baez will always be a scumbag to me. He should have pursued an insanity defense or some kind of post partum depression for Casey Anthony if he had any real ethics at all. But to argue that she was innocent of murdering her daughter and then claiming it was her father who was really the murderer is disgusting.
Anyway, the reason I believe Aaron Hernandez was extremely depressed and actually did commit suicide is because of how he acted in court.
When Hernandez was convicted of killing Odin Lloyd, he was stone faced and didn't show a hint of any emotion.
Yet when he was acquitted of double homicide a couple days ago, he was crying. Why would a person cry when they're found not guilty, yet seem not to care when they're convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison??
IMO I believe in that moment when the judge read the not guilty verdict, it finally hit home to Hernandez that his life as he knew it was officially over.
I know his lawyer was going to pursue an appeal but it was very unlikely his murder conviction was going to be overturned or he would be granted a new trial.
It's hard for some people who are awaiting trial while in jail to get a taste of freedom sitting inside a courtroom close enough to touch your loved ones, then being forced to go back to jail.
That's like giving a man dying of thirst a sip of water, then jerking the bottle out of his hand.
I just don't see his guards or a random prisoner(s) having a motive to murder Hernandez after his acquittal. He still wasn't getting out of prison regardless.
Yeah most deaths in prison by definition are suspicious, but inmates occasionally do commit suicide while in prison and it generally happens early during their incarceration.
Hernandez never had enough time to become 'institutionalized' and adjust to living the rest of his life in prison.
In fact I'd be more inclined to believe Hernandez was murdered if it was reported he committed suicide after spending a decade in prison.
Aaron Hernandez had been in prison barely 3 years and I think the shock of going back to court, putting on a suit and tie and being allowed outside his tiny cell around normal men and women, including his wife and daughter, simply fucked his head up and sent him into a deep depression.
I can imagine being 27 years old, sitting alone in a locked cell and contemplating I'm probably going to die of old age in this hell hole.