Apparently lots of people who knew Aaron Hernandez don't think he killed himself - what do the think happened?

My company used to sell a device used to cut down inmates attempting to hang themselves. This is really a very common occurrence. I've been told by prison employees all over the country that prisoners with very long or life sentences battle depression frequently. Personally, I can't imagine a single week in prison, let alone a lifetime. Plus, he was only 27, with no chance of parole. A previous poster said he was not with the general population. That kind of isolation with no job or media distraction must make a day feel like a month.

Though they won't admit it, many Americans take sadistic pleasure in the existence of prison sodomy. It's a chance for them to get away with subhuman attitudes about the suffering of others.

They'll rationalize at me, but that's part of the sadism. It's where they're at.

I think he killed himself.

Just out of curiosity, does the ex-agent and ex-teammates believe he was wired to take a man out to a field and shoot him in the head?

People that use / have used psychedelic drugs don't always behave in a rational manner. I had a cousin who was a good friend that used recreational drugs in his youth and ended his own life with a shotgun to his head in his late twenties. Messing with brain chemistry is a bad idea (Robin Williams, Kurt Colbain, etc.).

How can you see he wasn't "wired that way".

The dude had the world in the palm of his hand with the opportunity to make millions of dollars and live the life that most people dream of and he chose to throw it all away by being a thug, gang banger and murder.

Sounds like he had some pretty f'd up wiring to me.

I wonder if getting outside of prison to go to court for that most recent trial and be surrounded by normal people in their everyday lives made him realize that he will not see the outside world again and live a normal life so he just made a spontaneous decision to bail out.

Ugly Inheritance wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Though they won't admit it, many Americans take sadistic pleasure in the existence of prison sodomy. It's a chance for them to get away with subhuman attitudes about the suffering of others.

They'll rationalize at me, but that's part of the sadism. It's where they're at.

Blame European ancestry and culture. In Europe today most boys have anal sex with their fathers, and girls have vaginal sex with their fathers. It was the only way to survive during the Ice Age up to 22,000 BC in Europe.

That is the most rediculous thing ive ever read on this board

He went from being rich, famous and abusing his freedom and powers to being locked up for life = reduced to nothing. Anyone in his situation would naturally think about ending it, but it's even worse for him because his fall was much bigger.

Why do trumpkins love conspiracy theories?

EOT

cheers for that

while in africa they just cut your genitals off .

bladerunner wrote:

My company used to sell a device used to cut down inmates attempting to hang themselves. This is really a very common occurrence. I've been told by prison employees all over the country that prisoners with very long or life sentences battle depression frequently. Personally, I can't imagine a single week in prison, let alone a lifetime. Plus, he was only 27, with no chance of parole. A previous poster said he was not with the general population. That kind of isolation with no job or media distraction must make a day feel like a month.

Fascinating so what was this anti-hanging device called? And how did you market it?

Who were the customers?

Gramps wrote:

bladerunner wrote:

My company used to sell a device used to cut down inmates attempting to hang themselves. This is really a very common occurrence. I've been told by prison employees all over the country that prisoners with very long or life sentences battle depression frequently. Personally, I can't imagine a single week in prison, let alone a lifetime. Plus, he was only 27, with no chance of parole. A previous poster said he was not with the general population. That kind of isolation with no job or media distraction must make a day feel like a month.

Fascinating so what was this anti-hanging device called? And how did you market it?

Who were the customers?

It's called a scissors.

Shabazz wrote:

Gramps wrote:

Fascinating so what was this anti-hanging device called? And how did you market it?

Who were the customers?

It's called a scissors.

First of all, scissors won't cut a bed sheet. Second, the cutting device cannot have an exposed edge. The prison or jail employee who goes into the cell can't be sure if the suicide is real or not. So if the inmate gets control of the cutting device, he can't use it to attack the jailor. Think of a blade inset into a curved piece of plastic, very similar to a seat belt cutter.

The device was never marketed to be used in a such a way. A prison administrator who used it for it's intended use thought it might be a good suicide prevention tool.

How would they get in their what?

Just to correct, clarify, and reinforce some things:

1. He was in the general population.

2. The cell door was barricaded from the inside.

3. Most states, not just MA, will overturn a conviction if the required appeal does not take place.

4. His estate will reportedly get back about $6M from the Pats that he forfeited earlier.

5. There are civil suits pending that may take most/all of that $6M from the estate.

I think it was Kate Avery.

They did release the suicide note in case you haven't seen it. Quite a read.

http://sportspickle.com/opinion/aaron-hernandezs-final-note.html

bladerunner wrote:

Shabazz wrote:

It's called a scissors.

First of all, scissors won't cut a bed sheet. Second, the cutting device cannot have an exposed edge. The prison or jail employee who goes into the cell can't be sure if the suicide is real or not. So if the inmate gets control of the cutting device, he can't use it to attack the jailor. Think of a blade inset into a curved piece of plastic, very similar to a seat belt cutter.

The device was never marketed to be used in a such a way. A prison administrator who used it for it's intended use thought it might be a good suicide prevention tool.

I am pretty sure Nancy Pelosi can invent an anti-hanging device. And it only costs $2 million per cell.

He killed himself. No plausible explanation for anything else. Being locked in prison for the rest of your life can make anyone decide to take that way out.

So tired of the American culture of conspiracy theories. A whole generation raised on X-Files. It seems so common now, that all you have to do is plant a seed of doubt and half of America assumes a conspiracy plot. Forget facts and truth.

Fake visit to the Moon, 9-11, Barack Obama was a Islamic Spy, Global warming is a CIA/Chinese plot, etc. Almost every single significant event has a huge following of alternate fact followers. What a shame, we're fooling ourselves.

Aaron Hernandez cried at his sentencing. He lost a lot. He had many reasons to take his own life.

bladerunner wrote:

My company used to sell a device used to cut down inmates attempting to hang themselves. This is really a very common occurrence. I've been told by prison employees all over the country that prisoners with very long or life sentences battle depression frequently. Personally, I can't imagine a single week in prison, let alone a lifetime. Plus, he was only 27, with no chance of parole. A previous poster said he was not with the general population. That kind of isolation with no job or media distraction must make a day feel like a month.

I spent 10 days in "the hole" for refusing to transfer to another county's holding unit once in my youth. Long story but my attorney would have charged $150 / hour for travel and the county i would have been transferring to was an hour away so I had to. They werent like hosing me down, i just politely refused. Many others did the same. The punishment was 10 days in the hole.

Isolation in a small dark cell can really beat up a person mentally. I dont consider myself crazy or suicidal but I did things like write out long letters i never sent, wrote bob marley lyrics on the wall and definitely contemplated suicide. Your only escape was sleep but when you wake up you are immediately reminded where you are.

Aaron Hernandez couldnt do his time. A 27 year sentence is a long time to live with the fact you screwed up so badly. He literally had everything.