LIVE: Lindsay Clancy Trial Day 9 :"A Voice In Her Head" | CW case in chief

Описание: Lindsay Clancy has never denied that she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan. The only question this jury has to answer is whether she was ever capable of choosing not to.

Defense Diaries is streaming gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Lindsay Clancy trial, live from Plymouth Superior Court, with real-time legal analysis before court opens, through every break, and after the gavel comes down.

▶ TODAY — DAY 8- HOSTED BY Attorneys Bob and Ali Motta

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington
The Commonwealth is currently moving through its case in chief.

▶ THE CASE On January 24, 2023, first responders were called to a home on Summer Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Inside were three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan. Their mother, a labor and delivery nurse, had gone out a second-story window. She survived, paralyzed from the waist down.

Lindsay Clancy is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

The defense says what happened in that house was the end point of severe postpartum mental illness and a rapidly escalating cocktail of psychiatric medications — what Kevin Reddington has called "a toxic soup" — and that Clancy was acting on a voice in her head telling her to kill her children and herself.

The Commonwealth says it was a deliberate, premeditated plan: that she engineered the window of time she needed alone with her children, and knew exactly what she was doing.

▶ WHO'S WHO
Judge — Hon. William Sullivan
Commonwealth — ADA Jennifer Sprague
Defense — Kevin Reddington
Defendant — Lindsay Clancy

▶ WHAT ACTUALLY DECIDES THIS Massachusetts follows the McHoul standard: the question is whether, because of mental disease or defect, Clancy lacked substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of her conduct or to conform her conduct to the law. And once insanity is properly raised, the burden does not shift to her — the Commonwealth has to prove she was criminally responsible beyond a reasonable doubt. That is the fight. Everything else is scaffolding.

Trial is expected to run four to six weeks. We will be here for all of it.

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▶ A NOTE Lindsay Clancy is presumed innocent of the charges against her unless and until the Commonwealth proves otherwise. Nothing in this stream is legal advice. Our analysis is commentary on public court proceedings, and we correct ourselves on air when we get something wrong.

This case involves postpartum mental illness and the deaths of children, and it is hard to sit with. If you or someone you love is struggling after having a baby, Postpartum Support International's helpline is 1-800-944-4773 (call or text). In the US, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available by calling or texting 988.

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00:00:00 - Intro & Greetings. Day 9 Lindsay Clancy's Trial
00:01:00 - Recap Day 8. Initial thoughts and conversation while court begins
00:23:00 - Live feed from Court --Resumes Day 9. Jury in, Admonitions
00:26:00 - Witness #57: Kimberlee Hardy (Kingsbury Club)
00:36:00 Cross
00:38:00 - Witness #58: Sarah Carney (Family Friend)
00:50:00 Cross & Redirect
00:53:00 - Witness #59: Dr. Alia Goodheart (Psychiatrist) Direct
02:10:30 - Cross
03:00:00 - Morning Break
03:10:00 - Back to court. Atty. Reddington argues hot mic issue from ME testimony
03:13:15 - Dr. Goodheart testimony continues
03:13:15 Cross
03:15:00 Redirect
03:28:00 - Witness #60: Dr. Jennifer Tufts (Psychiatrist) Direct
04:03:35 - Lunch break. Judge reminds court gallery of conduct rules
04:07:30 - Replaying hot mic argument & rewatching DD Primer
04:41:00 - Lindsay's Civil Lawsuit analysis & Super Chats
04:59:00 - Listening to the hot mic moment... "shut it off" or "shut her up"?
05:03:20 - Patrick's Civil Lawsuit analysis & Venmos
05:17:00 - Back to court. Dr. Tufts direct continues
07:00:40 The Stare by Dr. Tufts
07:04:00 Direct ends (Cross on Day 10)
07:05:00 - Testimonies end for Day 9. Jury excused & Court in recess until Monday 08/10
07:09:00 - Final thoughts, conclusions, Bye Ali! Super Chats, gifts & Venmos
07:47:00 - Share your experience about Mental Health issues/disorders
08:00:00 - Final thanks & goodbyes!