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🌱 Why a judge now says this Clarksburg mother can stand trial

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  • Why a judge now says this Clarksburg mother can stand trial

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📰 News we're reading

• Montgomery County judge rules Catherine Hoggle competent to stand trial in 2014 deaths of her kids (washingtontimes.com) — A Montgomery County judge has ruled that a Clarksburg mother, Catherine Hoggle, is competent to stand trial in connection with the 2014 disappearance and presumed deaths of her two young children. After years of psychiatric treatment and prior findings of incompetence, new expert testimony convinced the court she can now understand the charges and assist in her defense, allowing prosecutors to move forward with potential murder charges.
   

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