If Clancy Is Retried, the Hardest Part Happens Before Any Witness Testifies
Three jurors from the first trial went on television and explained why they voted to acquit. Any second jury will be chosen from a pool that knows how the last one split.
Legal News
Massachusetts Had a Flock Camera Bill. It Cleared Committee 11-0, Then the Session Ended.
Twenty-five Massachusetts communities dropped Flock. A bill to regulate the cameras cleared committee 11 to 0 in March, then sat in Ways and Means until the session ended. What H.3755 would have done, and what governs the state now.
Massachusetts Dismissed 1,687 Criminal Cases Because Nobody Would Take Them
Massachusetts judges dismissed at least 1,687 criminal cases and released 198 people because nobody would take the cases. How the bar advocate work stoppage broke the courts, what the Lavallee protocol requires, and why the conditions still exist.
How Much Does a Criminal Defense Lawyer Cost in Massachusetts?
No firm will quote a number over the phone. Here is how criminal defense fees are structured in Massachusetts, what the state pays appointed lawyers, and the questions that reveal what a case will really cost.
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: What the Verdict Means, Who Must Prove It, and What Happens Next
It is not a plea, it is not common, and it does not send anyone home. What a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict actually means, why Massachusetts calls it something else, and what happens the day after.
What Is Flock Safety? Who Owns It, What Its Cameras Record, and What the Audits Found
A private Atlanta company photographs your car every time you pass one of its cameras. Here is who owns Flock Safety, what it keeps, who can search it, and what the audits actually found.
What Is a Mistrial? Hung Juries, the Tuey-Rodriquez Charge, and Whether You Can Be Retried
A mistrial is not a win, a loss, or double jeopardy. Here is what it actually is, what a hung jury does, what a judge tells a deadlocked jury in Massachusetts, and when the Commonwealth can try you again.
DeFlock: The Volunteer Map of Flock Camera Locations, and the Trademark Fight Flock Lost
A software engineer noticed the same black pole across several states, photographed one, and built a map. Flock Safety tried to shut it down on a trademark theory and lost. Here is what the map shows and what it cannot tell you.
Postpartum Psychosis: The Symptoms, the Timeline, and Why America Prosecutes It
It affects one to two births in a thousand, usually begins within ten days of delivery, and responds well to treatment. Here is what the symptoms actually look like, how it differs from postpartum depression, and why America is an outlier in prosecuting it.
Three Clancy Jurors Just Said on TV What They Could Never Have Said in Court
The foreperson says he admitted he had reasonable doubt, and then refused to sign. Three jurors said so on television, using their names. The man they described cannot answer, because his is still sealed until September 18.