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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrea Cavallier

Lori Vallow ramps up bid to prove she was not mentally competent to stand trial

Idaho Department of Corrections

Lori Vallow’s new public defender has filed an amended notice of appeal that seeks transcripts questioning her mental competency to stand trial earlier this year in the murders of her two children and her husband’s former wife.

An initial appeal was filed on 6 September just a month after the so-called “Doomsday mom” was sentenced to life in prison for the heinous killings. But that notice was suspended when the case was reassigned by the Office of the State Appellate Public Defender.

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