Bailey Boswell’s attorney made his case Wednesday for why she should get a new trial for the killing and dismemberment of Sydney Loofe, pointing to the number of gruesome photos prosecutors showed to the jury and testimony at trial about witchcraft and torture.
Todd Lancaster of the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy argued Wednesday that Bailey Boswell should get a new trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe.
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Photos: Bailey Boswell's trial
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Bailey Boswell's attorney, Todd Lancaster, listens as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the opening statement for the prosecution on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse. Boswell is on trial for murder in the 2017 killing of Sydney Loofe.
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Jeff Pickens (left), the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, and Bailey Boswell's attorney, Todd Lancaster, listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the opening statement for the prosecution on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse. Boswell is on trial for murder in the 2017 killing of Sydney Loofe.
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Bailey Boswell, on trial for murder, listens as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the opening statement for the prosecution on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Bailey Boswell, on trial for the murder of Sydney Loofe, listens as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the opening statement for the prosecution on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Bailey Boswell, on trial for the murder of Sydney Loofe, takes a note as she listens to Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen deliver the opening statement for the prosecution on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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FBI Special Agent Mike Maseth (left) and Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan (center) listen as District Judge Vicky Johnson gives instructions to the jury at the start of the Bailey Boswell's murder trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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District Judge Vicky Johnson gives instructions to the jury at the start of the Bailey Boswell's murder trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Defendant Bailey Boswell (left) and Jeff Pickens (right), the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen (center) delivers the opening statement for the prosecution in Bailey Boswell's murder trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Defendant Bailey Boswell (right) looks down as District Judge Vicky Johnson (not shown) tells the jury the charges against her on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the prosecution's opening statement in Bailey Boswell's murder trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Bailey Boswell (left) and Jeff Pickens (right), the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, listen as Assistant Attorney General Sandra Allen delivers the opening statement for the prosecution on Friday during Boswell's murder trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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Bailey Boswell (right) looks towards the jury as District Judge Vicky Johnson (not shown) tells the jury the charges against her Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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FBI Special Agent Mike Maseth (left) and Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan talk quietly as Bailey Boswell's attorney, Todd Lancaster, gives his opening statement at the start of Boswell's murder trial on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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Bailey Boswell's attorney, Todd Lancaster (left), and Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan talk after opening statements were delivered on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse. Boswell is on trial for murder in the 2017 killing of Sydney Loofe.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
Bailey Boswell (left) and Jeff Pickens (right), the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, talk following the conclusion of opening statements Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington. Boswell is on trial for murder in the 2017 killing of Sydney Loofe.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 9.25
District Judge Vicky Johnson gives instructions to the jury at the start of Bailey Boswell's murder trial for the 2017 killing of Sydney Loofe on Friday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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Bailey Boswell listens to testimony during her murder trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe on Thursday.
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Bailey Boswell cries as FBI Special Agent Eli McBride testifies Thursday, describing how Sydney Loofe's remains were found in pieces while jurors saw gruesome photos from the scene.
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Katie Brandle testified Thursday about a “dominant-submissive” relationship she entered into with Bailey Boswell. Questioning her is Sandra Allen, one of the prosecutors with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office.
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Katie Brandle testified Thursday about a “dominant-submissive” relationship she entered into with Bailey Boswell. Questioning her is Sandra Allen, one of the prosecutors with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office.
Bailey Boswell Trial, 10.14
Bailey Boswell (left) and Jeff Pickens, the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, react after the jury found Boswell guilty in the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln on Oct. 14 at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lexington.
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Todd Lancaster (standing) makes a motion to allow the defendant Bailey Boswell (second from left) to stay at the jail in Lexington until sentencing after she was found guilty of murder in the death of Sydney Loofe on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse. District Judge Vicky Johnson (right) overruled the motion.
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Bailey Boswell reacts after the jury found her guilty of the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln on Wednesday at the Dawson County Courthouse.
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District Judge Vicky Johnson looks over the jury's verdict before giving it to Amber Mulberry (not shown), the Saline County District Court Clerk, on Wednesday, at the Dawson County Courthouse. Bailey Boswell was found guilty on all three charges she faced in the murder of Sydney Loofe of Lincoln.
Boswell Trial, 10.13
Assistant Attorney General Mike Guinan speaks during Bailey Boswell's murder trial for the killing of Sydney Loofe as Boswell and Jeff Pickens, the chief counsel for the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, look on Tuesday.
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Omaha forensic pathologist Dr. Michelle Elieff testified Friday about the autopsy done on the remains of Sydney Loofe.
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Bailey Boswell, on trial for the murder of Sydney Loofe, mostly looked down, avoiding a look at autopsy photographs, as a forensic pathologist testified Friday.
