Lindsay Clancy's Defense and Family Rally Around Her Amid Trial
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Washington TimesEDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.
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The testimony of Paul Zeizel is the strongest evidence yet to support the defense contentions that Clancy should not be held legally responsible for murder because she has bipolar disorder and was in the grip of a rare mental illness called postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children before trying to kill herself. Zeizel began seeing Clancy as a patient at a hospital after the deaths.
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Washington TimesThe testimony of Dr. Paul Zeizel is the strongest evidence yet to support the defense contentions that Clancy should not be held legally responsible for murder because she has bipolar disorder and was in the grip of a rare mental illness called postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children before trying to kill herself. Zeizel began seeing Clancy as a patient at a hospital after the deaths.
BBC NewsClancy is not disputing that she carried out the killings, but has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Her defence argues that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she took her children's lives.
USA TodayClancy's defense argues that she is not guilty because she lacks criminal responsibility, which is more commonly known as an insanity defense. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington says Clancy she was suffering from postpartum depression and psychosis at the time of the killings.
New York PostReddington wants a jury to find Clancy not criminally responsible for the murders on the grounds she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis worsened by powerful psychiatric medications prescribed to her by doctors.
The Daily Wire“I stand with Lindsay. I could have been you.” That last claim is especially popular among women who support Lindsay Clancy. They’re all saying that, just like Clancy, they could see themselves doctor-shopping for a dozen different psych meds, then brutally murdering their own children. A licensed therapist made the same claim on camera, saying, “Many of us know that we could have been only one step away from [murdering our children].”
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Live from court as the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy continues in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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USA TodayHere's what to know on Aug. 19. How to watch Lindsay Clancy trial today Watch the live stream of Day 16 of the trial from the Plymouth, Massachusetts, courthouse below:
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Thorndike was questioned as a potential witness after she posted a TikTok video early in the trial about her experience working at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric facility that treated Lindsay Clancy prior to the children's killings.
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New York PostThorndike was called to the witness stand when the jury was out of the room to tell the judge about her time working at mental institution McLean Hospital — where Clancy did a five-day stint for suicidal thoughts weeks before the murders.
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Not too long ago, for example, it would’ve been unthinkable for millions of women to spend their free time rallying to the defense of a psychotic mother like Lindsay Clancy, who allegedly murdered her own children, one by one, after sending her husband away on an errand. It would’ve been unthinkable for women to send nearly a million dollars to the mother’s family via a GoFundMe, as a reward for the horrific crime she had committed.
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Washington TimesA GoFundMe set up for the parents of Massachusetts mother-turned-killer Lindsay Clancy has raised nearly $1 million as organizers say the couple has spent their life savings to help her on trial.
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The GoFundMe page reads: The Musgrove Family Fund is for the two people who have remained at her side through every step of what followed: her parents, Mike and Paula Musgrove. For more than three years, Mike and Paula have shown up for Lindsay. … The case will eventually reach its conclusion. Whatever that outcome is, Mike and Paula will still have to pick up the pieces of the lives they have put on hold to be there for their daughter. They should not have to face that future without the financial foundation they spent decades building.
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Washington Times“Nothing about this fund asks anyone to share their view of Lindsay or the criminal case. It asks donors to recognize the extraordinary financial burden her parents have carried simply by continuing to be present,” organizers wrote. “The purpose of this fund is to help Mike and Paula rebuild the financial stability they have sacrificed over these past three years.”
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01 USA Today Lindsay Clancy trial recap so far Testimony began in Clancy's trial with the prosecution's case on July 27.
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02 New York Post Lindsay Clancy has “bad days and worse days” at the hospital where she is monitored round-the-clock to ensure she doesn’t kill herself, a psychologist testified Wednesday.
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03 Washington Times But just because she was in a psychotic state, Zeizel said, that didn’t mean she couldn’t do “everyday tasks of living” like driving and searching the internet, a reference to the fact that the day of the killings she took her daughter to the doctor, played with the children in the snow and searched online for a pharmacy and a restaurant.
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04 Associated Press But just because she was in a psychotic state, Zeizel said, that didn’t mean she couldn’t do “everyday tasks of living” like driving and searching the internet, a reference to the fact that the day of the killings she took her daughter to the doctor, played with the children in the snow and searched online for a pharmacy and a restaurant.
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05 BBC News With postpartum psychosis, which is considered a medical emergency, patients can experience mania, depression or a mixture of both. They also endure psychotic symptoms and in rare, severe cases, may harm or kill themselves or other people.
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06 The Daily Wire Watch: Retards are hanging out their windows to try to prove Lindsay Clancy is innocent despite the fact she has already admitted to murdering her children.
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