Lindsay Clancy's Mental Health Struggles and Child Murder Charges: A Divide in Court
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Lindsay Clancy Has Already Been Damned
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Lindsay Clancy denied care by crisis hotline, psychiatrist says Paul testified that during this time, Clancy “was feeling overwhelmed” and that she had increased anxiety as her husband returned to work after the birth of their child. Clancy also described having issues with sleeping. During a follow-up visit the next day, Tufts testified, Clancy denied having any suicidal ideation.
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Washington TimesBut Susan Clancy testified that Lindsay had become anxious, paranoid and suicidal, and that the psychiatric care she was getting wasn’t helping.
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Clancy, 36, is facing charges of fatally strangling her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — on Jan. 24, 2023.
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The prosecution, though, argued that even though Clancy was clearly struggling with her mental health, she was not actually in psychosis and therefore had control over her actions. They have said that Clancy deliberately chose to kill her kids before trying to kill herself, and that she planned out their murders earlier that evening.
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The Daily WireMack, during the trial, argued for the prosecution that Clancy should be held criminally responsible for the strangulation of her three young children despite conceding that she was, at the time, “in a serious psychiatric state and she was suffering.”
Washington TimesProsecutor Jennifer Sprague said criticizing the mental health system was “a distraction.” She said Clancy chose to kill her children because doing so would make it easier to kill herself.
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The prosecution and defense made their closing arguments Thursday, and the jury began deliberating that afternoon.
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Washington TimesThe lawyers got the last word After testimony was complete, each side got about an hour to make their closing argument to the jury.
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy is “scared” as the jury continues its second day of deliberations to determine whether she is guilty of killing her three children in 2023, her defense lawyer said Friday.
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Washington TimesPLYMOUTH, Mass. — Jurors in the closely watched Lindsay Clancy trial began deliberating this week - but had not reached a verdict by the end of the day Friday.
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Clancy’s mother, father and sister sat in court Friday behind her. Reddington, however, told reporters in Plymouth that the jury wanted to see the bag of pills he showed during closings, as well as some other pill bottles and a knife that were all entered as evidence in the case.
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Washington TimesReddington showed the jury a photograph of the Clancy family, looking happy, and a second one of Lindsay Clancy in the hospital.
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As the jury deliberates, here are moments from the trial they may be considering.
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NBC NewsIt’s typical for a jury to have questions as it deliberates, especially in such a winding case with competing storylines and troves of evidence. Juries are also known to ask questions about the instructions given by the judge, and the law and how to apply it.
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The jury deliberated for about three-and-a-half hours on Thursday and roughly seven hours on Friday. They are expected to resume deliberations on Monday. If they find Clancy criminally responsible for the murders, she will likely face life in prison without the possibility of parole. If the jury finds her not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, prosecutors can petition the court to have her remanded to a psychiatric facility.
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NBC NewsThe jury — comprised of nine women and three men — must decide if Clancy is guilty of first-degree murder in relation to the killings. If she is convicted of first-degree murder, she faces life in prison.
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Psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick, a witness for the defense, testified to almost the complete opposite scenario. Saying that he believed Clancy to be “frankly psychotic,” Resnick said he believed that Clancy had experienced “command hallucinations” in which she heard a male voice instructing her to harm her children.
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Washington TimesProsecutors called a rebuttal witness, forensic psychologist Kirk Heilbrun, who said he didn’t believe Clancy had hallucinated voices.
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01 NBC News Prosecutors spent nearly six weeks presenting their case to jurors in the murder trial. They called 70 witnesses in an attempt to show that the mother planned the deaths, driving her husband from home so she could carry out the acts.
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02 The Daily Wire Dr. Avram Mack, a rebuttal witness for the prosecution in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, is reportedly “no longer employed” at Nemours Children’s Health in Delaware.
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03 Washington Times Lindsay Clancy had sent him out to get takeout food and medication for their daughter, which prosecutors argue was an excuse to get him out of the house.
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