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Criminal defense attorney. Former reporter. An independent voice on law, the courts, and the cases everyone’s talking about.
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Lindsay Clancy closing — a defense attorney’s perspective.
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About Carrie.
Carrie Crumbaugh Love is a criminal defense attorney and former reporter with more than 24 years of legal experience in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Her practice includes criminal defense, appeals, post-conviction litigation, and the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Through Rabble Rising, she offers an independent perspective on the courts and the cases making headlines. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from American University’s Washington College of Law in 2001 and founded her firm in 2007.
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Legal commentary topics.
- Criminal trials, evidence, and reasonable doubt
- Constitutional rights and courtroom procedure
- Appeals, post-conviction relief, and coram nobis
- Immigration consequences of criminal cases
- Witness, victim, and child representation
- Record sealing and expungement
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Podcast guest appearance
Something’s Off.
Carrie joins the true crime podcast Something’s Off for a guest appearance.
Watch the conversation ↗August 27, 2026 · TikTok
999K TikTok views
“He didn’t argue that”.
Carrie’s take on how the defense addressed reasonable doubt in the Lindsay Clancy closing argument.
Watch on TikTok ↗August 26, 2026 · TikTok
291K TikTok views
Closing arguments.
A criminal defense attorney’s perspective on the Lindsay Clancy closing.
Watch the video ↗August 27, 2026 · TikTok
30.1K TikTok views
Closing arguments: what do I think.
A longer look at the Lindsay Clancy closing arguments from a criminal defense attorney’s perspective.
Watch on TikTok ↗August 27, 2026 · TikTok
20.1K TikTok views
The reasonable-doubt argument.
Carrie considers how the defense might address reasonable doubt in the Lindsay Clancy closing.
Watch on TikTok ↗September 3, 2026
17K TikTok views
A major jury development.
A defense attorney’s perspective on the reported 11–1 jury split in the Lindsay Clancy case.
Watch on Instagram ↗September 29, 2026
15K TikTok views
Rule 25: “I called it”.
Carrie’s criminal defense perspective on the Rule 25 motion in the Lindsay Clancy trial.
Watch on Instagram ↗September 4, 2026 · TikTok
11K TikTok views
Mistrial—but not over yet.
Commentary on the mistrial declaration and the defense’s request for time to seek emergency relief.
Watch the video ↗September 4, 2026 · TikTok
9,381 TikTok views
Why an emergency appeal?
Carrie examines the defense’s effort to seek emergency appellate relief over the holdout-juror issue.
Watch the video ↗View counts supplied November 5, 2026. Rounded analytics counts cover November 5, 2025–November 4, 2026; 30.1K and 20.1K reflect the creator’s current video counts. Some videos are linked to their Instagram reposts.
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Legal insight, the courts, and the cases everyone’s talking about—from a criminal defense attorney and former reporter.