Jose Baez

Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez by Jose Baez
I have liked the football player and when he was convicted of a crime I just shock my head no, they got it all wrong.
So glad I was given this book to review. I live nearby the area and learned only things form the news as the trial went on-they had it all wrong. Wish they would've found out the facts before reporting false things.
Story goes back in time to when he was young, going to college and going to NFL camp to get drafted. He was a very smart man and liked to hang out with the guys and also his girlfriend-at the time. Loved seeing the real pictures of his family-so touching and meaningful to me.
His laywer, Jose dug into the reports and found so many inconsistencies and dug for the truth. liked how social media played a part: tattoo, guns, video camera footage, etc.
Was sad when he was acquitted of the murder but didn't get released that night. Love words he lip spoke to his girl and his child at the court room scenes that they televised.
Like how the music helped him and how he found God and the teachings in the Bible. I think that's what kept him going as long as he did. After all had left to go back home as it was Easter to find out the next day what happened.
Wish mother and child well and hope she can recover some if not all his money that is owed him for her education and well being. He never should've been prosecuted there were so many errors in the trial and reports the police had collected.
Wish he had hung around with a different crowd and he was till with us. Treasure his life and what they were able to find after that will help all humankind to better understand. Thank you so much Aaron, for the suffering you had to endure for the good of others.
Love this book as it opened my eyes to what really happened to Aaron. This will be one of my top 10 books out of 600 this year.
Received this review copy from Hachette Books and this is my honest opinion.… (altro)

Having read Imperfect Justice by Jeff Ashton (Prosecutor), I was certain that Casey Anthony was indeed guilty of murdering her daughter. HOWEVER, after reading Jose Baez (Defense)'s Presumed Guilty, my certainty has definitely wavered. Based upon this title, the case was at best circumstantial, with little-to-no evidence to tie anyone to this horrible tragedy.

The book started out slowly, but I persevered and found the the account to be strong enough to provide reasonable doubt. There are still a lot of questions that may never be answered. Only the Anthony family knows what truly happened on that sad day.

Rest in peace, Caylee.… (altro)

I also read the prosecutor's (one of them, anyway: Jeff Ashton) book on the case, Imperfect Justice, because I have no life; and I read it first, because it came out first. And by the way, I get all my books from the library (with the exception of hand-me-downs and/or gifts from friends), so neither prosecutor Jeff Ashton nor defense attorney Jose Baez made any money off my poor reading habits. Anyway, my thought on Ashton's book, according to what I wrote at the time, was "surprisingly good." I feel the same about Baez's book.

However, I liked Presumed Guilty a lot more than Imperfect Justice, and not for any bias I have regarding the defendant, the case, or the players. Simply by the nature of his position, Baez is better able to weave an interesting story, whether or not it is true. And I don't have an opinion as to whether or not his book is honest. He can say whatever he wants about his personal experiences and feelings, Ashton can say whatever he wants about the same, and there's no way to know what really happened. The facts of the case remain the same, and I'm certainly not checking public records myself to verify any of those. I may read sensational drivel but I don't care THAT much.

But anyway, yes, Baez's inside scoop on Casey Anthony and the media and the crazy way the case was handled is all interesting and readable. One biased comment I will make is I can completely believe the misconduct and duplicity of law enforcement. That doesn't surprise me one bit and I have no doubt that a person can be crucified with little evidence. The cops do what they want.

At the end of the book, Baez states that the defense team's victory champagne toast in the restaurant across the street from the courthouse was to the United States Constitution. I hope that's true. Because whatever did or didn't happen, Casey Anthony was found not guilty by a jury of her peers, and that is the legal system we choose to live in. Reasonable doubt seems to me to be pretty easy to prove. I have nothing but respect for the jurors, and I don't know why the public is so angry at some chick whose kid died. She didn't kill YOUR kid. Move on.… (altro)