She Knew EXACTLY What She Was Doing... | DSH #2133
Was Lindsay Clancy legally insane when she killed her three children or did she understand exactly what she was doing? In this Digital Social Hour debate, attorneys, former law enforcement, mental-health commentators, and creators break down one of the most divisive questions surrounding the Lindsay Clancy case: whether her mental condition met Massachusetts’ legal standard for lack of criminal responsibility. The panel debates the 11–1 jury split, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, the prosecution’s burden of proof, the alleged command hallucination, the planning prosecutors pointed to, and whether Lindsay’s actions showed enough awareness to make her legally responsible. They also exa...