Paula, a juror who served on the Lindsay Clancy trial, reflected today on the holdout that prevented them from reaching a unanimous verdict and shared what she believes everyone should learn from the case. https://t.co/dpqWVmiajc
@ThatJurorLawyer At minimum, the expenses for another trial should not fall 100% on the defendant. It was the CW’s job to prove their case and their failures should not create an additional financial burden on the defendant…
As Massachusetts approaches the possibility of another hung jury in a nationally covered murder trial, I keep coming back to the same inquiry: If the Lindsay Clancy jury hangs, will they prosecute her again? What would the Commonwealth have to show to prove that is necessary? Under current law, the answer is essentially nothing.
After a hung jury, there is generally no hearing at which the prosecution must justify a retrial, no burden it must meet, no finding a judge must make, and no limit on the number of retrials pursued. The prosecution decides whether it wants another opportunity, and that is effectively the entire procedure.
I am starting to believe that this should implicate the Double Jeopardy Clause. I know the prevailing case law disagrees, but if a doctrine permits the government to keep prosecuting criminal defendants until it obtains the conviction it wants, it is worth asking whether that doctrine is consistent with the Constitution's purpose.
Constitutional text and principle should not be reduced to whatever rule makes repeated prosecution easiest.
The Double Jeopardy Clause was written to prevent the government from prosecuting a citizen until it wins. It was not written with a system in mind in which a hung jury is treated as merely the government's first attempt.
A mistrial currently makes a retrial legally permissible, but that does not mean a retrial is consistent with the public interest. If the state cannot persuade one jury beyond a reasonable doubt, the answer should not be to keep trying until it finds a jury that will.
@ThatJurorLawyer I agree! I can’t imagine the physical, mental, emotional & financial toll it can take on someone and their family. After the last few years, it’s clear that there needs to be some limits to this.
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Grant is reporting that Greg Connor's campaign treasurer worked for an agency that did work for Jeffery Epstein, AFTER he was already a known PDF. I wouldn't have believed it but Grant has the emails. I think Greg Connor should address this before tomorrow. The voters have a right to know if he was aware of this.
🚨 DROPPED: Documents my Committee uncovered & I entered into the record the day Fauci pleaded the Fifth +100 times.
They show years of “delete this email” orders & that the CIA took pandemic advice from sitting Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb. These all point to the answers he would not give.
@MrsBhave@FerventHosp Agreed! And I demanded an investigation into Sandra Birchmore because he called a double murder a suicide. I don’t have to try to embarrass him. He’a doing a pretty good job himself. And still has his $223,000/year job. Not a single elected has called for his resignation. Crazy!
Per the Boston Globe:
Norfolk County isider Greg Connor "says it’s wrong to judge the office by two cases." (O'Keefe and Birchmore) 🚩
Adam Deitch "has extensive experience investigating official misconduct and prosecuting corruption — in Norfolk County."
".. the Globe editorial board believes Adam Deitch, a former federal prosecutor, is the candidate best equipped to do so and endorses him in the Sept. 1 Democratic primary."
"Based on his breadth of experience and legal acumen, we believe Adam Deitch is that candidate."
📌Commonwealth v Lindsay Clancy
Ali Motta has me ROLLING. 😂
Of course in THIS trial it’s suddenly “really rare” for steps to accrue while someone is in a vehicle.
You know what would make that explanation a whole lot more relevant?
If she was actually IN THE DAMN CAR. 😭
Ali’s reaction was all of us. 😂
NCDAO Claims Proctor’s Racism Does Not Matter. As expected, the Commonwealth has opposed our Motion to Dismiss the case against Myles King — a Black man in custody for nearly four years
FUN FACTS ABOUT KEVIN REDDINGTON:
• He wears a skull ring his wife gave him years ago. He wears it as a reminder of the nature of his work—the serious issues and those lost.
• His license plate reads "NG"—not guilty.
• He lives on black coffee. Small, black, hot. Starbucks.
• He’s a biker; Harley.
• He’s a black belt.
• Tattoos: "come and take them" —guns (in Greek) and "Never represent an informant" in Latin.
• He has always worked alone. It is him and his paralegal, Laura. There is no team—it’s Kevin.
• “The man would do anything for his friends and family. He has one hell of a sense of humor.”
Holy crap.
They said the Covid vaccine had a 12.6% miscarriage rate for pregnant women but it was actually 82%.
Fauci and his co-conspirators need to be thrown in jail.