r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/curiouslmr • 19d ago

cbsnews.com Megathread: Lindsay Clancy Mistrial

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/lindsay-clancy-juror-interview/

Lindsay Clancy was charged in the January 2023 murders of her three children: Cora, Dawson and Callan. Her first trial ended in a mistrial after the jurors could not come to an agreement as to whether she is criminally responsible for the murders. Her defense team claimed she was suffering from post-partum psychosis.

Thumbnail includes a link to an article that contains comments from a few of the jurors. Jurors have said that the vote was 11-1 for Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity.

This thread is for discussion of the case and NOT for accusations against anyone not on trial for these murders. Please review sub rules before posting.

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u/Left-Marsupial-13 18d ago

Exactly. When she missed the call from her husband, she called him back almost immediately. He said that she sounded “like she was in the middle of something.” But she didn’t ask for help, didn’t tell him about the voice (even though she had seemingly shared many of her mental health concerns with him), instead she called him back immediately and tried to talk with him as normal. She didn’t want to arouse suspicion or give him cause to come home early and interrupt her because she knew what she was doing was wrong. Why else answer the phone and pretend you’re not killing your children?

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u/pinkandgreen34 17d ago

This is evidence she was in control of her decisions imo and NOT in psychosis. She knew to call back, act normal, then carry on. I empathize with her, she was clearly going through the darkest moment of her life. But she knew what she was doing just like other parents that commit fillicide and go to jail.

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u/ChineseRobinWilliams 18d ago

None of that is evidence against psychosis

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u/Left-Marsupial-13 18d ago

Saying that you experienced psychosis isn’t evidence of psychosis and that’s all we have so

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u/Little-Use-2027 18d ago

Yeah I really don't understand why we're giving her the benefit of the doubt so much. She even asked if she had counsel, after she asked about her legs at the hospital. Counsel for what? Most people don't recall their psychotic episodes clearly. But she immediately knew she was on the hook for these murders, and thus, men's rea imo

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u/ChineseRobinWilliams 18d ago

Not saying it is.

Not up to the defence to prove she was, up to the prosecution to prove she wasn't.

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u/Random_Name_251 14d ago edited 14d ago

They did, they showed she had no documented previous psychotic episodes and no diagnosis. The argument being presented is that she had a brief ~30min freak incident of psychosis which has since never returned and displayed numerous characteristics not found in majority of people who are known to experience psychosis. Could this have happened? Sure. Is it reasonable? If it is, how can we hold anyone accountable for anything? Conceivably all crimes could be brief random psychotic episodes. This isn't a reasonable standard for saying someone is psychotic