Right-leaningLindsay Clancy’s lawyer breaks silence on bombshell mistrial motion – & says medicated, ‘beat up’ mom has ‘no mindset’The Sun UKLow
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What happenedProsecutors continued Monday to present rebuttal witnesses in the ongoing murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children in the family's Duxbury home in 2023.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Lindsay Clancy trial judge denies mistrial request, reprimands prosecution". The right frames it as "Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer breaks silence on bombshell mistrial motion – & says medicated, ‘...".
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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer breaks silence on bombshell mistrial motion – & says medicated, ‘beat up’ mom has ‘no mindset’
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LINDSAY Clancy has been left struggling as her blockbuster murder trial nears its end, her lawyer has revealed after his dramatic bid to have the case thrown into a mistrial. Clancy, 36, is...
Lindsay Clancy's defense denied mistrial after witness references 'mortal sin'
Prosecutors continued Monday to present rebuttal witnesses in the ongoing murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children in the family's D...
What to know today from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial
Testimony is underway in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of killing her three young children in January 2023. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are presenting...
Lindsay Clancy trial testimony ended abruptly Monday in Plymouth Superior Court when a witness began speaking about religion and the defense unsuccessfully called for a mistrial.
Judge in Lindsay Clancy case denies defense's motion for mistrial after witness brings up religion
Lindsay Clancy's trial defense team requested a mistrial after a prosecution witness brought up Clancy's Catholic faith. The judge denied the motion, but instructed jurors to dismiss the co...
Lindsay Clancy didn't have acute psychosis when she killed her 3 children, psychologist says
Lindsay Clancy did not have acute psychosis when she killed her three children but rather took their lives so they wouldn't "suffer" after she took her own life, a forensic psychologist tes...
Attorney Ryan Mc Guigan breaks down jury deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- Prosecutors presented rebuttal witnesses today in the ongoing trial of Lindsay Clancy. The Connecticut native is accused of murdering her three young children in...
Whether or not the jury finds Lindsay Clancy legally insane, justice demands that we separate the individual case from our gendered, racial and classist expectations of parenthood.
