Jury to Decide: Was Mother Legally Insane When She Killed Her Three Children?

Jury to Decide: Was Mother Legally Insane When She Killed Her Three Children?

Lindsay Clancy's trial for strangling her three children is nearly over. Closing arguments could start Monday. Her lawyers say postpartum psychosis — a rare, severe mental illness after childbirth — left her unable to understand her actions. Prosecutors say she meant to do it. If convicted, she gets life in prison. If found insane, she goes to a psychiatric hospital.

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