Mass. High Court orders new trial in Brockton mother’s murder case over withheld psychiatric history
TL;DR
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously ordered a new trial for Latarsha Sanders, a Brockton mother convicted in 2022 of murdering two of her children and given two mandatory life sentences, ruling that the jury should have heard years of psychiatric history; the decision could impact insanity-defense cases and echoes another local case involving Lindsay Clancy.
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- Brockton woman who killed two of her children granted new trial by state’s highest court The Boston Globe
- The state’s highest court just overturned Latarsha Sanders’ murder convictions. It’s a second chance she shouldn’t have needed. The Boston Globe
- Brockton mom who killed 2 of her kids granted new trial NBC Boston
- Retrial Ordered in Child Killing With Parallels to Lindsay Clancy Case The New York Times
- Brockton mother convicted of murdering 2 children in ritual granted new trial WHDH
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