Lindsay Clancy’s Devil Made Me Do It D

Letter to Ephesians: Will Lindsay Clancy’s jury, especially the female jurors, accept her postpartum psychosis insanity defense? Despite her talkative devil’s peek-a-boo appearances while 3 children were individually, perhaps systematically killed?

As the Clancy trial was wrapping up, a Fox News panel was amazed at how women “have collectively lost their minds.” They were, of course, marveling at how the confessed murderer of her 3 kids was being “supported” GLOBALLY by women sympathizing with her undeniable mental health ordeal. And yet, they suggested contrast that support by how, e.g., Andrea Yates & Sussan Smith were universally vilified during their 2001 & 1994 trials for having drowned 2 & 5 children, respectively. While times may change, the law is the law. With closing arguments set for next week, it’s natural to wonder what the prosecutors & defense attorneys will tell jurors is the “If the gloves fit moment” that should return a verdict in their favor. And THAT, will likely revolve around Clancy’s claim she had a postpartum PSYCHOSIS attack as a “man’s voice” told her she had to kill the kids in order to “protect them.”

While this psychosis claim is key, it’s not because the condition’s so rare, medically speaking. Besides the voice claim, the defense will surely remind the jurors of the layers of medical testimony presented proving how sick Clancy was & how her repeated pleas for “help,” even overly-doped up fears of losing her kids, went unheeded. The prosecution’s retort? It will just as likely flip the script by emphasizing Clancy’s encounter(s) with the “voice” was never mentioned to all but one of those medical professionals & never included in any of their medical notes. Nor does a sudden psychosis attack necessarily fit the horrific scenes that played out: Clancy’s cleverly sending the husband on an errand for meds & food then tracked him with the help of an Apple app, followed by a horrific strangling death to 3 individual human beings. But HERE may be the clincher should the prosecution use it: If Clancy knew for so long she might "lose" her kids & “begged” for help as claimed by her lawyers, didn’t she know beyond a reasonable doubt that what she was planning and/or about to do would be WRONG. And THAT, the law says, is the "fit the gloves moment" test in any murder trial. Jurors, what say ye?

Davd Soul