Lindsay Clancy Admits to Strangling Her Children, Mental Health Treatment and Legal Battls
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Clancy admits she strangled her three children, then cut her own throat and neck and jumped from a second-story window, leaving her paralyzed. Her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, argues that Clancy is not guilty of murder because she was experiencing a psychotic break induced by postpartum psychiatric disease aggravated by overmedication.
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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.
New York PostClancy’s defense argues she was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis and hearing voices when she used elastic exercise bands to strangle Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan before she tried to kill herself in their Duxbury, Mass. home.
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.
The Daily WireThe mom of three never denied killing her kids, but the topic of who’s to blame is central to the case. The defense has focused on the excessive cocktail of drugs Clancy was prescribed in the months leading up to the murders as she told healthcare professionals, friends, and family that she was suffering and had thoughts of harming the kids.
Associated PressSeveral of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy’s story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health system treats women. Clancy’s lawyer does not dispute that she killed the children, but says she should not be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill.
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If convicted of murder, Clancy faces life in prison without parole. If found not guilty because of a lack of criminal responsibility, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.
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USA TodayWhat happens if Lindsay Clancy is found not criminally responsible? Clancy is facing three counts of first-degree murder, which in Massachusetts carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
The Daily WireIf convicted of first-degree murder, she faces life in prison without parole. If found not criminally responsible, she could end up in a psychiatric facility and could be eligible for release at a future date.
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On Monday, the prosecution rested its case. Reddington is now calling the defense’s witnesses to the stand. After Reddington has questioned his witnesses, the prosecution and defense will give their closing arguments, leaving the jury to decide whether Reddington’s defense of Clancy will prevail.
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New York PostKevin Reddington, Clancy’s lawyer, told reporters on his way into court Thursday morning that he expected closing arguments to begin Monday.
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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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Reddington, once named Boston Magazine’s best criminal defense attorney in Massachusetts, first addressed the jury by thanking them for their time and service, noting that during the case they would be away from their own families. From the moment he gave his opening statement, jurors and the world learned that Reddington could explain things simply and plainly while coming off as authentic and kind.
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01 USA Today The question at the heart of a closely watched Massachusetts murder trial is not whether a mother killed her three young children, but whether mental illness means she can't be held legally responsible.
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02 New York Post The trial has been unfolding over the past four weeks in a courthouse in Plymouth with jurors hearing from roughly 80 witnesses.
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03 BBC News Prosecutors, meanwhile, alleged she made a calculated decision to intentionally kill her children - Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, who was eight months.
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05 Associated Press Thursday’s rally was the first time during the nearly monthlong trial that supporters have come out in such large numbers.
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06 Washington Times “So the fact she is not talking about the unicorns in the corner, she is not slurring her words and she is not unable to walk, to your opinion to a degree of medical certainty, does that mean she is not in a psychotic state?” Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington asked.
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07 RealClearPolitics Those who defend Lindsay Clancy want someone else—the husband, or the medical system—to be responsible. It's not that simple, writes Kat Rosenfield. Read Full Article ⟶
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08 The Daily Wire Prosecutors have been trying to convince the jury that Clancy knew what she was doing was wrong and that she should be held responsible.
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