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Mental Illness and Murder in Two Cases | Burlington News
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In a chilling courtroom drama unfolding in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Lindsay Clancy faces trial for strangling her three young children in 2023. Jurors saw autopsy photos that moved Clancy to tears, prompting a recess. While prosecutors allege intentional murder — citing her sending her husband away as a calculated act — the defense argues she was too mentally ill to be held criminally responsible. Clancy, paralyzed from a fall, claims postpartum psychosis and undiagnosed bipolar disorder worsened with medication. Witnesses say she appeared normal before the tragedy, though she later confided in friends about sleep issues and dark thoughts. Meanwhile, a similar case from 2018 involving Latarsha Sanders — whose convictions were overturned due to suppressed psychiatric records — heads toward retrial, reigniting national debate over mental illness and criminal accountability in horrific child killings.
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