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Monday, August 31, 2026

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Compiled Monday, August 31, 2026, Eastern Time.

Court dates we can source. Sentencings on this list come from a Justice Department release. If a date slips, the source is that release, not a docket pull. One live trial date is labeled from court coverage.

Sentencing dates are labeled Confirmed because they appear in the fetched DOJ release. We did not pull those dockets.

The Clancy row is labeled Partially confirmed. Charges and the not-guilty plea are from the indictment and the Plymouth DA. The Tuesday clock and that the jury resumes are from court coverage (Associated Press, Boston.com), not a docket minute we pulled.

We do not list executions or other dates without a fetched official agency page or labeled court coverage.

Upcoming

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

9 a.m.Court coverage, not a docket minute

Jury resumes deliberations, Commonwealth v. Lindsay M. Clancy

Plymouth Superior Court

Partially confirmed

Clancy is on trial for three counts of murder in the Jan. 24, 2023 deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy in Duxbury. She has pleaded not guilty. Associated Press said the jury finished a third day Monday without a verdict. Defense: lack of criminal responsibility. No verdict.

Agency

Plymouth Superior Court

Friday, November 20, 2026

No clock time stated

Sentencing, Alexander Mamonov

Southern District of Florida, Judge Kathleen M. Williams

Confirmed

A Southern District of Florida jury convicted Mamonov, 62, a Florida resident and Russian national, on Aug. 27, 2026, on all 12 counts in a scheme to export more than $900,000 in aircraft parts to Russia and the state-owned airline Aeroflot. The Justice Department said he and a Russian co-defendant, still a fugitive, misled U.S. suppliers about the destination after 2022 export restrictions. Counts included export-control, smuggling, false export information, and money-laundering conspiracy.

Agency

U.S. Department of Justice

Monday, November 23, 2026

No clock time stated

Sentencing, Justin Gray (two VICAR murders)

Eastern District of California, Judge Jennifer L. Thurston

Confirmed

A federal jury convicted Gray, 40, of San Pedro, on Aug. 26, 2026, of two counts of murder in aid of racketeering. The department said that on Oct. 4, 2020, he lured two men from San Diego to Lomita and shot both in the head on orders from an Aryan Brotherhood member in Kern Valley State Prison, over perceived disrespect. Gray is a member of Baby Blue Wrecking Crew, which the department said takes orders from the Aryan Brotherhood.

Agency

U.S. Department of Justice