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Attorney Vikas Bajaj appeared last night on Fox News with Trace Gallagher (@tracegallagher) as the Lindsay Clancy murder trial heads toward the jury, and as Meta agrees to a $17 billion kids settlement. Watch more from Fox News and Fox News at Night. The Clancy murder trial raises a serious question of which charges go to the jury. The judge allowed a manslaughter option. Bajaj said that move is meant to protect the record. If a jury convicted her of murder with no lesser-included offense on the verdict form, he said, it would be almost a guaranteed ground for reversal on appeal. Giving the jury manslaughter also opens the door to a compromise verdict. The Meta settlement is a different problem. Bajaj said a payout that large is a calculated move to cut losses short. On the agreed screen-time limits for children, his line was that this is not the job of a court. That is the job of the parent. Law Office of Vikas Bajaj, APC https://www.bajajlaw.com/ #LindsayClancy #Meta #Attorney #Lawyer #Justice #CriminalDefense #FoxNews #FoxNewsAtNight #TraceGallagher #California #Texas #TrueCrime #VikasBajaj
Lindsay Clancy's Final Moments Before the Jury. Meta Cuts Its Losses. Attorney Vikas Bajaj Explains
Attorney Vikas Bajaj on KUSI News San Diego as the Lindsay Clancy murder trial hits its final days in Massachusetts. In California, Texas, and New York, the defense usually has to prove insanity. Bajaj explained that under the Massachusetts Model Penal Code, the Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a mental disorder did not erase knowing right from wrong. His line: that standard is "so friendly to the defendant… that it forces the prosecutor to prove a negative." Three verdicts: guilty, not guilty, or not criminally responsible. A full acquittal is unlikely, he said, because "she admitted to the crime, she did the crime." Not criminally responsible still means "decades, at least a decade and a half" in a mental-health facility. He declined to predict the jury. Law Office of Vikas Bajaj, APC https://www.bajajlaw.com/ #LindsayClancy #Attorney #KUSI #Lawyer #Justice #CriminalDefense #Massachusetts #California #Texas #TrueCrime #VikasBajaj
Lindsay Clancy Trial: Attorney Vikas Bajaj Explains Massachusetts Insanity Burden
Attorney Vikas Bajaj appeared on Fox News with Trace Gallagher to break down the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He explains how Massachusetts law shifts the burden to the prosecution once a mental disorder defense is raised, and compares it to the laws in California, Texas, New York, and other states. Drawing on over 25 years of trial experience, he highlights serious concerns about experts testifying about what was going on in someone else’s mind.
Lindsay Clancy Trial: Why Massachusetts Law Gives the Defense an Advantage | Fox News
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