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Medical Expert Testimony in Massachusetts Criminal Cases: The Hsu Decision on Abusive Head Trauma

Medical experts can help a Massachusetts jury understand how an injury occurred and whether the medical findings support the prosecution’s account. The judge must first decide whether the opinion is reliable and whether its wording risks unfairly influencing the jury’s decision about guilt. On September 9, 2026, the Supreme Judicial Court addressed both questions in…

The Lindsay Clancy Trial: A Cruel, Insensitive, and Out-of-Touch Prosecution

Lindsay Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse from Duxbury, was tried in Plymouth Superior Court in 2026 on three counts of murder in the first degree for the January 2023 deaths of her children, Cora, age five, Dawson, age three, and Callan, age eight months. She did not dispute that she caused their deaths. Her…

Withdrawing a Guilty Plea After Later-Discovered Police Misconduct

Police misconduct sometimes comes to light years after a defendant has pleaded guilty. When that happens, the defendant may ask the court to withdraw the plea. Success depends on connecting the misconduct to that specific case, not merely showing that it occurred somewhere in the investigation. On August 31, 2026, the Supreme Judicial Court applied…