The New York Times bestseller: a revelatory inside story of the
trial and final days of New England Patriots superstar Aaron Hernandez,
by his attorney and New York Times bestselling author Jose Baez.
When renowned defense attorney Jose Baez received a request for
representation from Aaron Hernandez, the disgraced Patriots tight-end
was already serving a life sentence for murder. Defending him in a
second, double-murder trial seemed like a lost cause--but Baez accepted
the challenge, and their partnership culminated in a dramatic courtroom
victory, a race to contest his first conviction, and ultimately a
tragedy, when Aaron took his own life days after his acquittal.
This riveting, closely-observed account of Aaron's life and final year
is the only book based on countless intimate conversations with Aaron,
and told from the perspective of a true insider. Written with the
support of Hernandez's fiancée, Unnecessary Roughness takes readers
inside the high-profile trial, offering a dramatic retelling of the race
to obtain key evidence that would exonerate Hernandez, and later play a
critical role in appealing his first conviction.
With revelations about Aaron's personal life that weren't shared at
trial, and an exploration of the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
diagnosis revealed by his autopsy, Jose Baez's Unnecessary Roughness is
a startling courtroom drama and an unexpected portrait of a fallen
father, fiancé, and teammate.
