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What Every Possible Verdict Means for Lindsay Clancy
The Lindsay Clancy jury has three options and none of them sends her home. Guilty of first-degree murder means life without parole. Guilty of second-degree means life with eventual parole eligibility. Not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility means commitment to a psychiatric facility with no time limit. Each path has a legal fight attached to it that outlasts the verdict.
Eric Faddis, a defense attorney and former prosecutor, walks through all three outcomes and the deliberation that precedes them. In Massachusetts, the prosecution carries the burden of proving criminal…
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