One of Baden’s most recent headline-grabbing cases came in 2017 when she worked on the defense team of Aaron Hernandez (above) against two charges of murder, per her legal practice’s official site. Hernandez was a professional football player, playing as a tight end for the New England Patriots since 2010. But his promising career was derailed when he was charged in the murder of Odin Lloyd in 2013 (per Sports Illustrated). Two years later, Hernandez was convicted in this case and was given a life sentence.
Baden worked on defending the former athlete in the 2012 murders of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. She and the rest of the legal team were successful in getting him acquitted of those charges, but this victory didn’t seem to matter to Hernandez. Days after the verdict came in, Hernandez was found hanging in his jail cell and died at a hospital in what was determined to be suicide (per Sports Illustrated). After Hernandez’s death, Baden told Law & Crime Network (via her practice’s official website), “He wasn’t the monster people want to make him out to be.” She also revealed that he was showing signs of brain injury during the trial.
These days, Baden is managing her legal workload along with her commitments as a television personality. She can be seen on the Law & Crime Network as a host and a legal analyst.
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