The man the prosecution called the only link between Bridegan and the gunman was convicted in under four hours. Gardner’s jury selection starts August 31 — and the evidence profile is a different case entirely. Against Fernandez, the prosecution had Read more…
There is no support group for what happened to Patrick Clancy. The research on parents who survive what he survived barely exists, because so few ever have. But one man has — and his road map is at the center Read more…
Judge William Sullivan ruled on August 26 that Lindsay Clancy’s jury can consider involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense — over the prosecution’s objection. The Commonwealth charged Clancy with first-degree murder and fought to keep manslaughter off the verdict Read more…
The state closed its case against Lindsay Clancy this week, and Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague didn’t waste time on subtlety. Clancy, 34, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, is accused of strangling her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, Read more…
An hour is a long time to spend telling a jury they’ve been played, but that’s what Kevin Reddington did in closing arguments for Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts mother charged with strangling her three children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Read more…
Two mothers. Two psychotic episodes, according to their defenses. Two insanity verdicts — one already delivered, one hanging over a Plymouth County jury room. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to map the road Andrea Yates has traveled since 2006 Read more…
A guilty verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial sends her somewhere no expert has fully described on camera — until now. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski for the prison episode: what life without parole actually means for a woman Read more…
Day 7 ended Mario Fernandez’s murder trial with closing arguments from both sides and a prosecution rebuttal. The defense had called just two witnesses — staff from the Discovery School who described Fernandez and Gardner as caring, involved parents — Read more…
Every segment of this episode has one comment that turned out to be true, and in each case it hurt the person who posted it. The Patrick-did-it crowd said a nurse would never search for the carotid artery. The search Read more…
The prosecution spent Day 7 connecting a gang title to a murder charge. A retired Compton Police Department detective took the stand and told the jury exactly where Duane “Keffe D” Davis sat in the hierarchy of the South Side Read more…
