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American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Finale Recap: Absolute Freedom
The finale doesn’t look to provide a definitive answer to what drove Aaron’s actions, much to the show’s credit.
But Baez easily undermines his testimony about the Boston double murder by painting him as a violent criminal himself, citing his nicknames (like “Sherrod the Shooter”) and triggering a furious (but justified) outburst about what Aaron did to him. The prosecution’s next strategy is what Leontire calls a gay-panic defense: bringing in Chris as a witness, using his testimony to argue that the stress of staying in the closet led Aaron to kill. His prison Bible study group reminds him of John 3:16, the citation Tebow inscribed on his eye black, and makes him think of what heaven means to him: “finally being free.”
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