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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will debate whether or not dead inmates should be pardoned for their convictions, called abatement ab initio. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Massachusetts court to consider dropping charges for deceased defendants in wake of Aaron Hernandez case

Audrey Martin November 7, 2018
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.

EDITORIAL: Upholding charges posthumously provides victims and their families with closure hurt the planet

Editors February 6, 2018

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...

The Massachusetts State Medical Examiner’s Office announces Thursday afternoon that Aaron Hernandez's brain is going to be studied at Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center. PHOTO BY JINGYI LIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Aaron Hernandez’s brain to be studied at BU CTE Center

Breanne Kovatch April 25, 2017

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...

PHOTO COURTESY SIMPLE WIKIPEDIA

EDITORIAL: Abatement ab initio is frustrating in Hernandez case, but necessary

Editors April 19, 2017

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...

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