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Accused NC killer mom plans insanity defense
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Retired Massachusetts judge Jack Lu said Lindsay Clancy’s defense focused on postpartum and mental health issues could become more prevalent after her murder case has drawn national attention. Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu said he expects similar defenses to be raised more often as the Clancy case draws national attention to postpartum mental-health conditions.
FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 7-month-old Callan. (Lindsay Marie Clancy Facebook) Lu said society and the legal system have not fully understood the effects postpartum mental illness can have on behavior and criminal responsibility.
Clancy says she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and is not criminally responsible. (Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger) Lu said mental-health defenses should receive more serious consideration because they can explain behavior and reduce moral culpability.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE "I had no real understanding of what a person like Ms. Clancy was going through until this trial," he said. "However, both women were known to be loving, doting, responsible mothers who were worried about and caring for their children up until the very second they decided to kill them," Galinsky said, adding that Faust and Clancy were both struggling with similar issues, including hallucinations, hospitalizations and mental health.
Ryan/Pool) SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Although he is not a mental-health expert, Lu said the Clancy trial has challenged and changed his own understanding of what a person might experience. Her attorneys have filed notice that they intend to rely on defenses of not guilty by reason of insanity and diminished capacity, WRAL reported.
Her defense argued she suffered from postpartum psychosis , while prosecutors argue she understood her actions and acted deliberately.
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- Retired Massachusetts judge Jack Lu said Lindsay Clancy’s defense focused on postpartum and mental health issues could become more prevalent after her murder case has drawn national attention.
- Her attorneys have filed notice that they intend to rely on defenses of not guilty by reason of insanity and diminished capacity, WRAL reported .
- Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu said he expects similar defenses to be raised more often as the Clancy case draws national attention to postpartum mental-health conditions.
- Her defense argued she suffered from postpartum psychosis , while prosecutors argue she understood her actions and acted deliberately.
- "However, both women were known to be loving, doting, responsible mothers who were worried about and caring for their children up until the very second they decided to kill them," Galinsky said, adding that Faust and…
- FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 7-month-old Callan. (Lindsay Marie Clancy Facebook) Lu said society and the…
- Ryan/Pool) SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Although he is not a mental-health expert, Lu said the Clancy trial has challenged and changed his own understanding of what a person might experience.
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE "I had no real understanding of what a person like Ms. Clancy was going through until this trial," he said.
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