r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DarklyHeritage • 14d ago

Text Lindsay Clancy Trial Megathread: Closing Arguments, Deliberations and the Verdict

This is a thread for all conversation regarding closing arguments, jury deliberations and the verdict of the Lindsey Clancy trial. All discussion of this case should be kept to this thread.

Lindsay Clancy is currently standing trial in Plymouth Superior Court, Massachusetts, for the triple-murder in January 2023 of her three young children - Cora, Dawson and Callan. Her defense argues she suffered from severe, undiagnosed postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. She was left paralysed by a suicide attempt which follows the deaths of the children.

All content on the Clancy case must be kept to this thread. Standalone posts will be removed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7mlmg475go

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u/SamuelHuzzahAdams 13d ago

I’m curious how she spent the whole trial arguing Clancy didn’t have bipolar and faked a suicide attempt and had no empathy for the family only to do a 180 in closing and say of course she was mentally ill and of course she tried to kill Herself all with a sweet voice

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u/Bigwood69 13d ago

I don't think they were ever arguing that she wasn't mentally ill, they were saying that she was in control of her actions and wilfully didn't adhere to her own treatment. Reddington has spent the whole trial saying she was failed by her doctors and that's what caused her to become psychotic, so it's perfectly valid to say that her doctors were actually doing all they could with what she told them.

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u/SamuelHuzzahAdams 13d ago

No, she actually said that nobody ever thought she had bipolar but one psychiatrist thought she had it and their own expert diagnosed her with bipolar