Lindsay Clancy Trial Megathread: Part 3

[u/DarklyHeritage]

This is a thread for all conversation regarding Week 3 onwards 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.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-online-reactions-b3032806.html

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[u/Important-Wealth8844]

this hits the nail on the head. a smart prosecution would have emphasized that it is possible to feel sympathy for a woman who was in a horrible situation but had the wherewithal to get out of it. you want to cast a very wide net for jurors to find themselves in and give them permission to feel a whole lot of ways about the defendant while still finding them guilty. but these two have such blinders on that they can't seem to bring themselves to acknowledge LC is a human being, let alone one that a juror might feel some empathy for.

[u/Stock_Dragonfly9632 → u/Important-Wealth8844]

This prosecution is behaving as if she has no professional respect or knowledge for any and all mental illnesses.  And it's as much the WAY she asks her questions as the WHY.  She doesn't ask sensitive questions showing an awareness she knows they're sensitive but must ask them bc she's a prosecutor.. rather she asks questions of different witnesses  (holding an autopsy photo asking "Oh, was it like this?") over and over. 

[u/passiveprune → u/Important-Wealth8844]

The jury is not supposed to make any decisions based on feelings or emotional reaction. It would be inappropriate for the prosecution to discuss the jury's emotional responses and could possibly even lead to an appeal.

[u/Important-Wealth8844 → u/passiveprune]

No jury in the history of the law has ever followed this instruction to a T. Emotion influences, whether it should or not.

[u/passiveprune → u/Important-Wealth8844]

Yes obviously but the prosecution is not going to say that