Lindsay Clancy Defense Rests

The defense rested in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial over her children’s deaths.

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The defense rested Friday in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial, and prosecutors began calling rebuttal witnesses before closing arguments expected next week. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and three counts of assault and battery in the Jan. 24, 2023, strangulation deaths of her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, at their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home. Her lawyers argue she was not criminally responsible because postpartum psychosis left her unable to understand her actions. Defense psychiatrist Phillip Resnick testified by Zoom before the case shifted to rebuttal.

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Maternal hardship contextLeft & Center

Online sympathy for Lindsay Clancy and suspicion toward Patrick Clancy grow out of real experiences many mothers have with postpartum illness, inadequate support, and unequal family burdens. Those reactions do not make the killings acceptable, but they make the public response feel tragically understandable.

Condemning defendersLeans Right

Lindsay Clancy is responsible for killing her children, and attempts to excuse or celebrate her are morally wrong. Her online defenders are treating an indefensible crime as if it can be rationalized away.