Aaron Hernandez Kills Himself in Prison

[devilalum]

This is creepy, because I was deep reading about this guy last night around 11:30/12:00... probably just around the time he was committing suicide.

I always still feel bad about this stuff, because of the whirlwind of consequence that leads to a person becoming this and doing this kind of thing. And, I know he put himself there, but being told "you're not leaving this room/complex for the rest of your existence" is a pretty tortuous thing I struggle to wrap my mind around. I think I'd lose my sanity over a year long prison sentence, much less the rest of my life.

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[THESMEL]

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Your cat looks stoned! Or bored!

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Good, now he can't hurt anyone else. Pissed away a great life to be a scourge to society.

 

[Jetstream Green]

The first thing I think of are the people he killed before he committed suicide and not him. We live in a society which is caught up in 'why did he turn out the way he did' opposed to the old cliche 'it is what it is' but the later is the only one which is relevant. Contemplating his suicide is like talking to a woman who endures physical abuse and they justify staying around with the creep with 'he had a hard life' and a myriad of other explanations which does not remove the ongoing abuse when they stay in the relationship. I do not feel good or bad he killed himself, but relieved he will no longer take another's life and forfeit their rights to an existence

 

[dreamcastrocks]

She's better off

Doubtful.

We're all better off.

Read Mike Pouncey's letter and tell me that he is better off.

 

[SO91]

No sympathy for him whatsoever, but there is this:

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center found that children who are under 18 when their parents commit suicide are three times as likely as children with living parents to later commit suicide themselves.

Great. Neither of my two comments had any reference of sympathy for him, but thanks for sharing that I guess.

 

[NJCardFan]

AS might be expected, I think of the C.O.'s that found him. Where I used to work in my jail and where I'm a supervisor at 2 nights a week, it's never easy to find a dead body. Now my area it's expected when it happens. I work in the prison infirmary which is more like the prison nursing home(where, sadly, prison inmates get better care than those in actual nursing homes) so when I would happen upon an inmate who succumbed to their disease or ailments, it isn't much of a shock but I know of others who working "inside" have found inmates dead either by natural causes, drug overdoses, and suicides. You'd be surprised how many people have never experienced a dead body in any form including friends or relatives at a funeral so when they find them, after all is said and done(death pronouncement, internal affairs clearing the body, the body being taken by the coroner) I always check in with the officer who found the body to see if they're OK. In this case, the officers are in for a lot of scrutiny because not only is the decedent famous but his lawyer is already saying he doesn't think it was a suicide.

The officers on duty are going to be put under the microscope and questioned as to how they did see this coming or catch him before he died. I don't know this prison's policies but at my jail, it's in the floor officers post orders that they are to do a security check every half hour on 3rd(midnight) shift. You know what that means. This usually means the officer does his checks at the top of the hour then the bottom of the hour like clockwork. Technically there's no wrong in this, however, anyone who has ever worked in a prison or security setting knows that it's bad practice to be like clockwork. When I was an officer and worked 3rd shift on overtime, I would break it up; top/bottom one hour, I might do another check in 5, 10, or 15 minutes then another 40 minutes. Don't establish a pattern but I digress. Believe it or not, it's a shock to find someone hanging. And believe me, it doesn't take long. Cop does his tour. Inmate sees him pass and after passing his cell, inmate ties the sheet around his neck and sits down. It takes 4 minutes for someone to choke out. This isn't the movies where a hanging inmate is swinging from the light fixtures or the top of the bars. We've had inmates hang themselves from the towel rack in their locker and it looked like they were just leaning inside their locker. Had another inmate put a plastic bag over his head, pull the blanket up over his head, and went to sleep. True story. Anyhoo, I hope the officers involved are OK and will be OK.

 

[Reign Blood]

Ha ha I'm glad he's dead. What a punk and a liar. Those who feel remorse are just too lazy to recognize the devil.

 

[Reign Blood]

I've been locked up I know what it's like. But the Mexican vs Black inmates are so gang related he probably knew he was a goner anyway. With being a celeb in the joint it's even worse when no one has your back.

Looking at the killings that started from a shove at a club to killing a black man in cold blood only spells gang activity. Personally I liked all the Mexicans because it's all about family but I'm not taking sides because Hernadez had it all and was being a punk. You don't go killing people because this is what happens EVERYONE has to answer to someone eventually.

 

[Cardiac]

I'm glad tax payers won't carry this cost any longer.

 

[Shane]

I'm glad tax payers won't carry this cost any longer.

Theyll come-up with some studies stating that him committing suicide is more expensive to taxpayers then housing 'Em for the rest of his life..... Just like they claim executing someone costs more then life long Imprisonment....

 

[Cardiac]

Theyll come-up with some studies stating that him committing suicide is more expensive to taxpayers then housing 'Em for the rest of his life..... Just like they claim executing someone costs more then life long Imprisonment....

Very likely but at least you and I know the truth.

 

[PDXChris]

As much as some of you are enjoying this, which in it's own way is sick, his suicide actually benefits his family and hurts his victims families. His conviction was automatically over turned once he died, meaning the civil case that Odin Lloyd's family was pursuing is no longer a slam dunk since the conviction cannot be used. This means that Lloyd's family may not get a dime of Hernandez's estate and since he own some valuable property, they would have saw a good amount.

The chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Bar Association tells the Boston Globe that Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction over the 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd will be voided after the former New England Patriots star was found dead in his prison cell early Wednesday morning.

Hernandez was in the process of appealing his conviction at the time of his death. Because of a long-standing legal principle called “abatement ab initio” — meaning “from the beginning” — a person’s case reverts to its status at the beginning if they die before their legal appeals are exhausted.

“Its effect is to stop all proceedings ab initio (from the beginning) and render the defendant as if he or she had never been charged,” Timothy A. Razel wrote in a 2007 Fordham Law Review article about the principle.

Said Martin W. Healy of the Massachusetts Bar Association: “Unfortunately, in the Odin Lloyd matter, for the family, there won’t be any real closure. Aaron Hernandez will go to his death an innocent man.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...iction-will-be-voided/?utm_term=.fdd81b59bc72

 

[Reign Blood]

As much as some of you are enjoying this, which in it's own way is sick, his suicide actually benefits his family and hurts his victims families. His conviction was automatically over turned once he died, meaning the civil case that Odin Lloyd's family was pursuing is no longer a slam dunk since the conviction cannot be used. This means that Lloyd's family may not get a dime of Hernandez's estate and since he own some valuable property, they would have saw a good amount.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...iction-will-be-voided/?utm_term=.fdd81b59bc72

Very good sir

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Read Mike Pouncey's letter and tell me that he is better off.

He is better off.

 

[Sunburn]

He is really into killing people.

 

[Jersey Girl]

She's better off

You discount the relationship between a father and his daughter, regardless of how warped and tragic. I seriously doubt she will be better off.

 

[Jersey Girl]

22 American soldiers commit suicide every day. If that fact got as much attention as this guy's death is, we'd do something about it.

Pretty sure the government knows that and doesn't give a ...

 

[Mitch]

AS might be expected, I think of the C.O.'s that found him. Where I used to work in my jail and where I'm a supervisor at 2 nights a week, it's never easy to find a dead body. Now my area it's expected when it happens. I work in the prison infirmary which is more like the prison nursing home(where, sadly, prison inmates get better care than those in actual nursing homes) so when I would happen upon an inmate who succumbed to their disease or ailments, it isn't much of a shock but I know of others who working "inside" have found inmates dead either by natural causes, drug overdoses, and suicides. You'd be surprised how many people have never experienced a dead body in any form including friends or relatives at a funeral so when they find them, after all is said and done(death pronouncement, internal affairs clearing the body, the body being taken by the coroner) I always check in with the officer who found the body to see if they're OK. In this case, the officers are in for a lot of scrutiny because not only is the decedent famous but his lawyer is already saying he doesn't think it was a suicide.

The officers on duty are going to be put under the microscope and questioned as to how they did see this coming or catch him before he died. I don't know this prison's policies but at my jail, it's in the floor officers post orders that they are to do a security check every half hour on 3rd(midnight) shift. You know what that means. This usually means the officer does his checks at the top of the hour then the bottom of the hour like clockwork. Technically there's no wrong in this, however, anyone who has ever worked in a prison or security setting knows that it's bad practice to be like clockwork. When I was an officer and worked 3rd shift on overtime, I would break it up; top/bottom one hour, I might do another check in 5, 10, or 15 minutes then another 40 minutes. Don't establish a pattern but I digress. Believe it or not, it's a shock to find someone hanging. And believe me, it doesn't take long. Cop does his tour. Inmate sees him pass and after passing his cell, inmate ties the sheet around his neck and sits down. It takes 4 minutes for someone to choke out. This isn't the movies where a hanging inmate is swinging from the light fixtures or the top of the bars. We've had inmates hang themselves from the towel rack in their locker and it looked like they were just leaning inside their locker. Had another inmate put a plastic bag over his head, pull the blanket up over his head, and went to sleep. True story. Anyhoo, I hope the officers involved are OK and will be OK.

Wow, NJCardFan...this has to be one of the most insightful posts to ever grace this board. Thank you for taking the time to explain prison deaths and suicides in the manner in which the guards and officers encounter them. You are an excellent writer. Do you ever feel the desire to write a book? Seriously, you have the life experience and the gift for writing.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

My daughter styled a Muscle Milk commercial here in Phoenix in early 2013 where Aaron Hernandez, Clay Matthews and few other sport athletes were involved.
I remember her saying at the time, Aaron was very polite and acommodating, the perfect gentleman.

Good thing she didn't accidently bump into him or look at him wrong.

 

[az jam]

Excellent writeup, NJCardfan. What a tough job you have. You have experiences that are difficult to imagine. Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

He is better off.

Really shouldn't have expected anything less I suppose.

 

[Shane]

You discount the relationship between a father and his daughter, regardless of how warped and tragic. I seriously doubt she will be better off.

You're entitled to that opinion I fully and completely disagree with it..... No child should have or needs that role model in their life father or not he is just a father not a dad big difference...

 

[Hollywood]

As much as some of you are enjoying this, which in it's own way is sick, his suicide actually benefits his family and hurts his victims families. His conviction was automatically over turned once he died, meaning the civil case that Odin Lloyd's family was pursuing is no longer a slam dunk since the conviction cannot be used. This means that Lloyd's family may not get a dime of Hernandez's estate and since he own some valuable property, they would have saw a good amount.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...iction-will-be-voided/?utm_term=.fdd81b59bc72

After hearing that he killed himself I thought it was strange that he would do this after the not guilty verdict but then, still being faced with life in prison I kind of brushed it off.

Imo this makes sense because he could have learned about this law and figured he could help protect his family financially by killing himself. He could have actually viewed himself as a martyr by doing this.

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[NJCardFan]

Wow, NJCardFan...this has to be one of the most insightful posts to ever grace this board. Thank you for taking the time to explain prison deaths and suicides in the manner in which the guards and officers encounter them. You are an excellent writer. Do you ever feel the desire to write a book? Seriously, you have the life experience and the gift for writing.

Not until I retire.