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Six Feet Under: A Short Story
Every once in a while, the sporting world intersects with the worlds of art, politics, and humanity. On the morning of April 19, 2017, former New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his jail cell in Massachusetts after hanging himself.

Hernandez allegedly hung himself from the window of his jail cell with a bed sheet while blocking the cell door with multiple objects making resuscitation difficult.

Now the breaking of this story has led the charge for the Facebook lawyers and conspiracy theorists to come out and play. Did he really kill himself? Was it a setup? Was he going broke and did it to protect his estate? Did the technicalities of the law and his recent acquittal of the double murder
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I’m a sports writer, not a sex ed teacher). Thanks to the TMZ culture in which we live the news was riddled with questions.

Here are some things that we can probably agree on: Did Hernandez waste his talent? Absolutely. Was he a disgusting human being? Court documents would lead you to believe that, yes. Did he kill those people? I’m no lawyer, but all signs point to yes. Hell, even employing the lawyer who got Casey Anthony and George Zimmerman off almost screams an admission of guilt. They were looking for a loophole, not the truth.

Is the whole situation fishy? Yes, yes, it is. Questions circulated as to why Hernandez would do something when just days ago he was acquitted of the double murder charge. While he was still in jail on the life sentence from the murder of Odin Lloyd, the motive presented in his conviction was that Lloyd threatened to snitch on the double murder from which he was just acquitted. I am not a lawyer and will not speculate as such, but there's the red herring right there. So, while the situation might garner debate, none of us were there. Then the discussion got ugly.

Then came the trolls and the memes were sure to


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