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The prosecution and defense gave closing statements in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mom accused of killing her three small children.
In order to reach a verdict, jurors must agree on whether Ms. Clancy should be held criminally responsible for killing her three children.
NYTimes – US The prosecution and defense gave closing statements in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mom accused of killing her three small children.
The prosecution and defense gave closing statements in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mom accused of killing her three small children.
NYTimes – US Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 strangulation deaths of her children.
NYTimes – US In closing arguments, Ms. Clancy’s lawyer called her “a darn good mother.” The prosecutor accused her of “extreme atrocity and cruelty.”
The state concludes: ‘This wasn’t a woman suffering from a lack of care’ or ‘a lack of resources’ Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has moved into deliberations as jurors decide whether the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children in January 2023. Over the past five weeks, the trial, whi…
Clancy’s defense team argues she killed her three children under the condition, and should not be convicted of murder Postpartum psychosis, a rare and severe mental illness, is central to the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense team argues that she killed her three children while experiencing the condition, which can cause hallucinations, delusions…
NYTimes – US Dolores Huerta, the labor activist and civil rights icon who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, has died at the age of 96, her family said. She died on Wednesday in Bakersfield, California. Huerta was credited with coining the rallying cry "Sí, se puede!" and was remembered by lawmakers, activists and union leaders across the US.
BBC News – World Republican governor Mike Dunleavy orders the inquiry into whether Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited candidates to draw votes from the Republican incumbent Sign up for the Breaking News US email In a statement posted to social media, Lisa Murkowski , the senior Republican senator from Alaska, condemned Mary Peltola ’s effort to peel votes away from her opponent, Dan Sullivan, by recruiting a candidate into the race w…
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who presided over high-profile cases involving Donald Trump, the September 11 attacks and former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has died at 92. Two weeks before his death, Hellerstein presided over the arraignment of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on torture charges added to their narco-terrorism conspiracy case.
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