Prosecutors decided not to appeal a court ruling that disqualifies video evidence allegedly showing Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, paying for sexual acts in a Florida massage parlor. Was the police surveillance justifiable? Not exactly.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is an undiagnosable, incurable condition found in individuals, particularly athletes, who have suffered repetitive brain injuries. Currently, the disease can only...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear a case Thursday regarding a Massachusetts law that states that if a defendant dies while appealing their conviction, the conviction is vacated or forgiven.
News of Aaron Hernandez’s suicide while serving a life sentence in prison sparked much interest in the medical world. After his death, the former Patriots player’s brain was studied at Boston University’s...
Ursula Ward – the mother of murder victim Odin Lloyd – testified at the State House Tuesday in front of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of a statute intended to prevent convictions...
Ann McKee, a professor at the Boston University School of Medicine and the director of BU’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, was named the 2017 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe on...
Earlier this month, BU Today published an article titled “Aaron Hernandez’s CTE Worst Seen by BU Experts in a Young Person” where experts at Boston University’s CTE Center said individuals...
Aaron Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight-end and convicted murderer, had CTE, the Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center found.
Hernandez’s brain was donated...
The Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center at Boston University will receive Aaron Hernandez’s brain to add to their research, according to a press release from the Worcester District Attorney Joseph...
Who was Aaron Hernandez? It seems like a simple question, but there isn’t really a simple answer.
Some got to know Hernandez as Connecticut's Gatorade High School Football Player of the Year from...
Boston was shaken yesterday when Aaron Hernandez committed suicide in prison, especially since Hernandez’s trial for a double murder just concluded on Friday with his acquittal. However, the former Patriots...
The National Football League has once again found itself tangled in controversy.
On Wednesday, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced...
