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Massachusetts’ child welfare system is infected with dysfunction

Carol Erskine August 14, 2023

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The Clancy Defense Manifest Necessity Argument

Today, Kevin Reddington confirmed the double-jeopardy argument I identified in a post when the mistrial was declared, and earlier discussed on CNN, and @BrianEntin Investigates, as well as other media outlets.

Reddington stated on

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Adam Montgomery is getting a new trial. First pretrial is next week. This was Adam Montgomery's former wife Kayla Montgomery's testimony in the first trial:

“There were at least two or three red lights while he was punching her and she was crying.” He said, “Shut the f**k up.”

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