The Atlantic·6 min read·medium

Lindsay Clancy Was Mentally Ill. But Was She Legally Insane?

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Elizabeth Bruenig
Lindsay Clancy Was Mentally Ill. But Was She Legally Insane?
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The trial of Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children, centers on the distinction between clinical mental illness and the legal definition of insanity. A jury must determine if her condition at the time of the crime meets the strict legal threshold for criminal non-responsibility.

A jury will soon decide whether the evident suffering that moved her to violence also mitigates it.

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