Troubling Signs of the Times Week at Legal Insurrection
All the news you may have missed.
The Lindsay Clancy case showcased some of the worst aspects of the time we live in.
- Judge Declares Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial
- Illinois Mother Charged With Hanging Toddler Was ‘Very Invested’ in Clancy Trial
This was pretty dark, too.
In political news, the midterms are coming.
- Talarico’s Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Oil Past Comes Back to Haunt His Senate Campaign
- Khanna Adviser has Ties to Group Connected to China, Fang Fang
- Kamala Harris Gets Shunned by Some 2026 Democratic Candidates
LOL.
She’s running.
These are good signs.
- Polling Counter-Narrative: Republicans Doing Better Than Expected
- ‘Wow’: Economy Adds 162,000 Jobs in August 2026
Judges keep tying up Trump.
- Judge Pauses Trump’s Order Limiting Birthright Citizenship
- Supreme Court Grants Stay on Order Stopping White House Ballroom Construction
Israel updates.
- Israel’s Shin Bet Prepared For Months, Used Gaza Informants to Capture Hamas Spy Chief
- Israel Captures Hezbollah’s Main Terror Command Center in South Lebanon
- Israel Captures Hamas Spy Chief in Daylight Raid
Related.
Other world news.
- Germany Says Russia Behind Attempted Drone Attack on Leipzig Airport
- Keir Starmer to Step Down as Member of Parliament
- German Politicians Call For Ban on AfD as Party Surges in Polls
The Nepal disaster is still unfolding.
- Nepal Wants a $5 Billion Climate Handout from UN for a Himalayan Bedrock Collapse
- The Ghoulish Race to Turn Nepal’s Flood Victims Into a ‘Climate Crisis’ Talking Point
This is fantastic.
Anyone surprised?
So nasty.
What a disgrace.
Of course.
Good.
Who told them?
No.
Amazing.
This is the left.
- ‘F*** you…hurry up and die’: Swing-Seat Democrat’s Digital Trail Reveals Radical Politics
- Palestinian Activist Rula Jebreal Calls Hakeem Jeffries a ‘Monkey’ As NYT Writer Wajahat Ali Nods Along
Outstanding.
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Comment from Powerlineblog
What I really want to comment on is the behavior of Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, and the apparent spinelessness of the trial judge, William Sullivan. Reddington repeatedly attacked the holdout juror in open court and on television, both as the jury was deliberating and after the court had declared a mistrial. While deliberations were still going on, Reddington accused the juror of “lying to the court” and refusing to follow the court’s instructions.
I have never seen anything like this. I tried many jury cases, and I can’t imagine how a trial judge before whom I appeared would have come down on me if I had publicly attacked a particular juror, or group of jurors, as the trial was in progress. It is unheard of. And Judge Sullivan let Reddington get away with it, while, at Reddington’s insistence, holding hearings in open court, in front of television cameras, that should have been conducted privately in chambers. Given this behavior, it is hard to see how the court will be able to find jurors willing to serve in a potential retrial.
Well said. At the end, the trial became a soap opera, making a mockery of the courtroom and jury. Very sad to watch the decline on display. And it’s still not over…
The judge was Ito-esque, runaway trial by his hand. Another circus by practitioners who were reprehensible in behavior, massively unprofessional.
Who would want to be on a jury if a rogue defense attorney can target a juror who isn’t giving him or her what they want? Really bad precedent, and the fault lies with the judge.
Given this behavior, it is hard to see how the court will be able to find jurors willing to serve in a potential retrial.
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don’t see that much difficulty–one brave man has shown the way
One of the unwritten rules for prosecuting a crime is the determining the probability of getting a conviction. Its one of the reasons that Hillary clinton was not prosecuted. There is zero possibility of getting juror in NY or DC to vote for conviction.
Its the same in this case. MA is far too woke to get a conviction.
Judge William Sullivan projected little of the authority one expects from the bench in a murder trial of this magnitude. He often appeared hesitant, inarticulate and passive, allowing aggressive defense arguments to draw him into defensive explanations of his own rulings. Rather than cutting through complicated disputes with crisp, authoritative decisions, he sometimes seemed to wrestle publicly with them. The cumulative impression was not of a judge firmly in command of his courtroom, but of one being pulled along by it.
That was just ONE WEEK! When the legal system becomes bad entertainment and a joke…albeit not funny at all. Sad reality of how far off the path society has gotten. Stay vigilant when out and about.