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Massachusetts SJC orders new trial in mother's Voodoo killing case with ties to Clancy case judge
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Key Points:
- Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has ordered a new trial for Latarsha Sanders, who was convicted in 2022 of murdering her two young sons, citing errors in the original trial related to the exclusion of mental health evidence.
- Sanders was initially found guilty of stabbing her sons Edson, 8, and La'Son, 5, multiple times in 2018 and received mandatory life sentences without parole.
- The court ruled that excluding medical records about Sanders' post-arrest mental health diagnoses and treatment constituted a prejudicial error that affected her ability to present a full defense.
- The court also rejected the prosecution's claim linking the TV show "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to Sanders' alleged fabrication of her story, finding no evidence to support this connection.
- Sanders' case was tried by Judge William Sullivan, who is currently presiding over the trial of Lindsay Clancy, another mother accused of killing her children and whose defense will also focus on mental health issues.
