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It was the second time in less than a year that retired Portsmouth police officer Vincent McClean was found not guilty of assault charges that prosecutors had sought against him. A jury acquitted him the first case and this time the judge tossed the charges before the case even went to the jury.
A defense lawyer said James "Jay" Twyman and his 72-year-old mother had a "great relationship." On Tuesday, he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to slashing her throat.
By JANE HARPER | The Virginian-Pilot | Published: December 30, 2020 NORFOLK, Va. (Tribune News Service) As she sat in court on countless occasions, first as a police officer, and later as an advocate for crime victims, Tammy McClenney would watch the prosecutors and defense attorneys argue their cases and question witnesses. “I thought, ‘I can do that,’” McClenney said. “And sometimes I thought, ‘I can do that better than they can.’” But the married mother of two young girls wasn’t willing to take on the expense of law school. She had already worked her way through college, delivering Chinese food and cleaning houses, and was trying to save for her daughters’ college educations.
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