Jury deliberating in trial of Lindsay Clancy, US woman accused of killing her children
Prosecutors argued Clancy made a calculated decision to murder the children, while the defence argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
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""This young lady is not guilty of the killing of her children because she was suffering from a disease and defect.""
— Kevin Reddington , Other
""It's not the system or the DSM that caused her to strangle her kids.""
— Jennifer Sprague , Other
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Prosecutors argued Clancy made a calculated decision to murder the children, while the defence argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
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