Many in their names grasp a distinguished position within the collective awareness — RBG, Kobe, Maradona, Eddie Van Halen, Little Richard, Sean Connery, Alex Trebek, Christo — however pandemic restrictions incessantly restricted the general public’s talent to mourn their loss in a 12 months that noticed greater than 1 million folks die from the coronavirus. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — referred to as the Notorious RBG to her many admirers — used to be some of the many across the world identified figures who died in 2020. The global additionally mentioned good-bye to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights motion who died in July. Some of the 12 months’s deaths struck down moderately
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Aaron Hernandez Died An Innocent Man Under An Old Massachusetts Law
Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murder in the case of Odin Lloyd’s 2013 shooting death, but after his suicide in prison Wednesday, he died an innocent man. Under an old Massachusetts legal principle called “abatement ab initio,” Hernandez’s conviction will be voided, as the case hadn’t yet gone through the appeals process, chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Bar Association Martin W. Healy told The Boston Globe on Wednesday. Healy also said it rarely happens, but it comes from English common law and exists in many older states. “Unfortunately, in the Odin Lloyd matter, for the family, there won’t be any real closure,” Healy told Th... NESN.com