Latarsha Sanders: The Other Mother

Same Commonwealth. Same county. Same judge. Same defense.Nowhere near the same amount of attention.Last month a Massachusetts court threw out Latarsha Sanders’ murder convictions and ordered a new trial, over the judge’s ruling to keep out all of her post-arrest mental health records. The original jury that convicted her of first degree murder was never shown the records documenting her severe mental illness.The facts of the case, what happened at trial, what the appeals court actually held, and why a conversation about maternal mental health that only reaches some mothers is not really about mental health at all.All in plain English. No law degree required. Get full access to Trial and Error with Simone R. Bray at htownlawyer.substack.com/subscribe