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Recent suicide of Aaron Hernandez a reminder of major problems in the NFL

Andrew Slap
The Santa Clara
April 27, 2017

Aaron Hernandez was found hanging in his cell in the early morning of April 19 in a maximum security prison in Lancaster, MA. His death came five days after Hernandez was acquitted of a double-murder. However, Hernandez was still facing a life sentence with no chance of parole for the first-degree murder of Odin Lloyd back in 2013.

AP

Aaron Hernandez shocked the sports world when he hung himself in his prison cell last week.