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Carol Erskine

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15 Sep 2099918445152281062

Judge Sullivan’s order extending the confidentiality of Clancy seated and unseated jurors is well founded and demonstrates the court’s legitimate concerns regarding threats to the Clancy jurors.

Let me be unequivocal: Threats against jurors, judges, attorneys, court personnel,

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Carol Erskine

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14 Sep 2099547942700925313

The Clancy Holdout Juror’s Questionnaire: What Massachusetts Case Law Tells Us. I'll be talking about this later today with @BrianEntin. My analysis on "the justice file" examines four major Massachusetts cases that frame the issues. You can find it here. https://thejusticefile.com/2026/09/14/the-clancy-holdout-jurors-questionnaire-what-massachusetts-case-law-tells-us/

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