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Lindsay Clancy’s future could rest with ‘prosecution doctors’ as case echoes infamous Maine killings: expert
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE Lindsay Clancy arrived for day 3 of deliberations. (Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledger via AP) Clancy's case has drawn parallels with Constance Fisher, a then-24-year-old Maine woman who drowned her three children in a bathtub in 1954, according to the New York Times.
LINDSAY CLANCY PROSECUTORS COME ACROSS AS 'TONE DEAF,' 'UNCARING' AND 'SNARKY,' DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS The empty Plymouth Superior Court jury box during the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court, Plymouth, Mass., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledger via AP) "They're viewed as an arm of the prosecution," Lu said of the officials.
Much of the focus on the Lindsay Clancy case has been on the reported systemic failures of the mental health system, with the hope that this case will revamp the approach to maternal mental health. ACCUSED NC KILLER MOM PLANS INSANITY DEFENSE — AS RETIRED JUDGE SAYS MORE MAY FOLLOW LINDSAY CLANCY STRATEGY Lindsay Clancy and her attorney Kevin Reddington arrive for day 3 of deliberations in her murder trial. (Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledger via AP) He said a group of mental health officials would be responsible for periodically reviewing her commitment at the facility, but noted these are people who overwhelmingly side with prosecutors and usually testify on their behalf.
"The other way she could get out is if the government kept moving to commit her and the doctors did not really decide that she should be released, and then it goes to court and then a judge would decide whether she is a danger to herself or others," Lu said.
Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jack Lu said a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict would be no easy out, because the officials deciding Lindsay Clancy's release are viewed as "the prosecutor's hired guns.
Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu told Fox News Digital that even if Clancy is found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would likely face a significant amount of time in a mental institution. He said there is another way for Clancy to be released from a mental institution if found not guilty by reason of insanity, which would be through the courts.
Lu said, if Clancy is committed to a mental hospital, "I imagine she'd be committed year after year after year for some period of time.
What's confirmed
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE Lindsay Clancy arrived for day 3 of deliberations.
- LINDSAY CLANCY PROSECUTORS COME ACROSS AS 'TONE DEAF,' 'UNCARING' AND 'SNARKY,' DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS The empty Plymouth Superior Court jury box during the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court, Plymouth
- Much of the focus on the Lindsay Clancy case has been on the reported systemic failures of the mental health system, with the hope that this case will revamp the approach to maternal mental health.
- "The other way she could get out is if the government kept moving to commit her and the doctors did not really decide that she should be released, and then it goes to court and then a judge would decide whether she is a
- Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jack Lu said a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict would be no easy out, because the officials deciding Lindsay Clancy's release are viewed as "the prosecutor's hired guns.
- Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu told Fox News Digital that even if Clancy is found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would likely face a significant amount of time in a mental institution.
What's still developing
- Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jack Lu said a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict would be no easy out, because the officials deciding Lindsay Clancy's release are viewed as "the prosecutor's hired guns.
- Retired Massachusetts Superior Judge Jack Lu told Fox News Digital that even if Clancy is found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would likely face a significant amount of time in a mental institution.
- ACCUSED NC KILLER MOM PLANS INSANITY DEFENSE — AS RETIRED JUDGE SAYS MORE MAY FOLLOW LINDSAY CLANCY STRATEGY Lindsay Clancy and her attorney Kevin Reddington arrive for day 3 of deliberations in her murder trial.…
- LINDSAY CLANCY PROSECUTORS COME ACROSS AS 'TONE DEAF,' 'UNCARING' AND 'SNARKY,' DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS The empty Plymouth Superior Court jury box during the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court,…
- Lu said, if Clancy is committed to a mental hospital, "I imagine she'd be committed year after year after year for some period of time.
- He said there is another way for Clancy to be released from a mental institution if found not guilty by reason of insanity, which would be through the courts.
- "The other way she could get out is if the government kept moving to commit her and the doctors did not really decide that she should be released, and then it goes to court and then a judge would decide whether she…
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE Lindsay Clancy arrived for day 3 of deliberations. (Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledger via AP) Clancy's case has drawn parallels with Constance Fisher, a then-24-year-old Maine woman who drowned…