The Hernandez Family and Second Chance Connecticut.

Wednesday’s conviction of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez on murder charges prompted the Daily Beast to take a look at his family’s violent past. It leaves no doubt that criminal defendants in Connecticut get a lot of chances before heading for the hoosegow.

When Hernandez’s step-father, Jeffrey Cummings, was arrested for stabbing Hernandez’s mother in 2009, the Daily Beast discovered that Cummings was on probation for 18 months for assaulting a police officer. Ten months into his sentence, according to the Daily Beast, “Somehow, Cummings remained at liberty even though court records show he flunked 19 drugs tests between September 22, 2009, and June 7, 2010, positive 13 times for marijuana and six times for cocaine. He also failed to complete a court-mandated anger-management program.”

That’s many more than two chances.