Editorial: Experienced judges have the expertise to weigh the evidence and to see all of the possible sentencing outcomes and consequences in a way jurors, who have been thrown into the legal system often for the first time in their lives, can’t.
If DA retries Lindsay Clancy and Latarsha Sanders cases, he should downgrade charges - The Boston Globe
Whether the two moms who killed their kids were insane or criminally liable is far too difficult a determination for jurors to make. A trial before a judge would be a better outcome.
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