Plymouth County Jury Deliberates on Lindsay Clancy's Murder Trial and Pentagon Staff Laws'
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A jury in Plymouth County Superior Court is now deliberating whether Lindsay Clancy will be held criminally responsible for killing her three young children in January 2023.
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Rolling Stone CultureClosing arguments in the case against Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children to death in 2023, were delivered on Thursday, the 22nd day of trial.
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Clancy’s mental health treatment has been a prominent focus of the trial. She did not testify. On Thursday, closing arguments began in a courtroom packed with Clancy supporters, the Associated Press reported. Hundreds more supporters gathered outside, many wearing pink. Clancy’s veteran defense lawyer, Kevin Reddington, told jurors his client suffered from postpartum psychosis — a relatively rare diagnosis that can cause women to develop delusions and even hallucinations, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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NewsweekThe decision will come after a five‑week trial that placed postpartum psychosis and the failures of the mental‑health system under a national spotlight. The verdict is set to determine whether Clancy, who has not disputed the killings, spends the rest of her life in prison or is committed to a state psychiatric facility.
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WASHINGTON — Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are suing to challenge their recent firings by the Pentagon, accusing the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment free speech rights to speak out against government interference in their work.
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NewsweekThree journalists fired from the government-backed Stars and Stripes military newspaper earlier this month are suing the Pentagon, alleging they were punished for publishing news reports about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
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The complaint alleges the Pentagon fired Slavin and Korte for "insubordination" in relation to their CBS appearance the day after Stars and Stripes published a report on conditions for the roughly 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on August 11.
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Washington Times CultureSlavin says he was dismissed for insubordination after giving an interview to CBS News in which he objected to potential censorship by the U.S. military. Korte participated in the same interview. Their lawsuit says they were punished in retaliation for publishing a report on deteriorating conditions aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.
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01 Newsweek The case has drawn intense public attention, reshaping conversations about maternal mental illness, emergency intervention, and the stigma that keeps families from seeking help. What happens next could influence how clinicians, lawmakers, and families respond to psychiatric crises—especially those involving postpartum women.
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02 Washington Times Culture Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and Middle East reporter Lara Korte are named as plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Washington, D.C.
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03 NYT Style The Lindsay Clancy Army, From Moms in Pink to Candace Owens How to understand the support, from a wide range of voices, for a mother on trial for murder.
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04 Rolling Stone Culture “She was reaching out for help, and she was not getting it,” he said. At various points, he slammed quarters down on a table like a pool-hall challenge to make sense of the prosecution’s case. “This is a prosecution that has ripped the soul out of this girl,” he argued, pointing to Clancy, who was seated in her wheelchair. He showed jurors enlarged photos of the smiling Clancy family before the killings, then contrasted them with an image of Clancy in a hospital bed.
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