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When attorney Jose Baez first met Aaron Hernandez in 2016, the former NFL star was already serving life in prison. The then-26-year-old had been arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd, an acquaintance, in 2013, after three seasons with the New England Patriots. Now, he needed a lawyer for another indictment, involving an earlier double-homicide. Baez took the case, and grew close with the athlete. He helped Hernandez win an acquittal on April 14, 2017, but days later, on April 19, the 27-year-old hanged himself in his cell. A brain scan revealed that the former tight-end had suffered severe brain...

MIAMI — The lead detective in the George Zimmerman murder trial hired famed lawyer Jose Baez to represent him as he maneuvers the next steps of the contentious high-profile case, The Miami Herald has learned. Chris Serino, a former Sanford Police major-crimes investigator, became a controversial figure when evidence revealed that the detective had quietly filed an arrest affidavit a few weeks after the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, even as his chief publicly said there wasn't enough evidence to make a case. A letter was sent last week by Baez to Dean Ringer Morton & Lawton, the law...

Slime - The substance that Little Caylee Anthony's body decomposed into as it dissolved within the triple reinforced trash bags which came out of Casey Anthony's, car in Orlando, Florida, where the local population may be overly influenced by the headquarters of the Fantasyland that emanates from Disney World. Sort of reminiscent of another incredible trial - that of OJ Simpson over 15 years ago relatively close to another Fantasyland (and even closer to La La Land, Los Angeles). The jury was actually shipped in from the very liberal St. Petersburg area - close enough. What if we saw...

Casey Anthony's defence team have been branded insensitive and loutish after they were spotted celebrating their court victory with a lavish champagne party. In an unapologetic display many have slammed as inappropriate considering the serious nature of their case, Jose Baez and his team were seen downing drinks as they watched reaction to their client being found not guilty of brutally murdering her two-year-old child, Caylee. At one point, attorney Cheney Mason could be seen making an obscene gesture to an angry crowd outside, an apparent gesture of contempt towards anyone who dares criticise the team.

Like many attorneys defending a client facing the death penalty, Casey Anthony's attorney recently moved for a mistrial. While the strategy is common, Jose Baez's reasoning was not. He claimed the evidence disparaged his character. By stepping into the spotlight of the courtroom, Baez went from being a local lawyer with a past that includes child support battles, bad checks and bikini businesses to the defense attorney in the most high profile case in the country. ... It has taken a while for Baez to establish himself... Despite graduating from law school in 1997, the Navy veteran was denied admission...