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Aaron Hernandez can watch Super Bowl if other inmates agree

Hernandez last Patriot to score touchdown in Super Bowl

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez celebrates after scoring a touchdown on a 12-yard pass during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis.
AP Photo/David Duprey
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez celebrates after scoring a touchdown on a 12-yard pass during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis.
SOURCE: AP Photo/David Duprey
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Aaron Hernandez can watch Super Bowl if other inmates agree
Hernandez last Patriot to score touchdown in Super Bowl
If he chooses, Aaron Hernandez will have the opportunity to watch the Super Bowl – but only if other inmates at the Nashua Street Jail agree.While inmates and detainees at the jail are strictly regimented, they do get to choose – by majority vote – which programs to watch on their communal television."It is possible that the Super Bowl will be the program chosen by the majority to watch," a spokesman for the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office said.If Hernandez does watch the Super Bowl, it may bring back one interesting memory for him.Hernandez was the last member of the New England Patriots to score a touchdown in a Super Bowl.   He scored  in 2012, in the game the Patriots lost to the New York Giants 21-17.

If he chooses, Aaron Hernandez will have the opportunity to watch the Super Bowl – but only if other inmates at the Nashua Street Jail agree.

While inmates and detainees at the jail are strictly regimented, they do get to choose – by majority vote – which programs to watch on their communal television.

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"It is possible that the Super Bowl will be the program chosen by the majority to watch," a spokesman for the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office said.

If Hernandez does watch the Super Bowl, it may bring back one interesting memory for him.

Hernandez was the last member of the New England Patriots to score a touchdown in a Super Bowl.   He scored  in 2012, in the game the Patriots lost to the New York Giants 21-17.