美国马萨诸塞州女性Lindsay Clancy因2023年1月杀害三名幼子而受审，案件近期进入庭审阶段。[1]首先接触现场的人员已出庭作证，陈述他们发现遇害儿童时的情况。[1]
遇害的三名儿童分别是3岁的Dawson、5岁的Cora和8个月大的Callan。[1]Clancy用运动带勒死这三名儿童，随后从二楼跳窗试图自杀。[1]案发时Clancy出院仅19天。[1]
Clancy的辩护律师主张其患有产后精神病，称被告患有双极情感障碍，出院后开具的抗抑郁药物加重了病情。[1]律师声称案发当天Clancy听到声音告诉她"这是你最后的机会。杀死孩子这样你可以杀死自己"。[1]检控方则认为她有意识地实施了犯罪。[1]
若Clancy被定罪谋杀罪，将面临终身监禁不得假释；若因缺乏刑事责任能力被判无罪，将被送入州精神卫生机构。[1]Clancy的前夫Patrick Clancy已表示原谅前妻，将其视为患病而非邪恶。[1]
Lindsay Clancy is on trial in Massachusetts for the January 2023 deaths of her three young children.[1] First responders have testified at trial, describing what they discovered at the scene.[1] The children killed were Dawson, age 3; Cora, age 5; and Callan, 8 months old.[1] Clancy allegedly strangled each child with an exercise band and then jumped from a second-story window in an attempted suicide.[1]
The defense argues that Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis, claiming she had a history of bipolar disorder and that antidepressant medication prescribed after her discharge from the hospital worsened her condition.[1] According to the defense account, Clancy reported hearing voices on the day of the incident telling her "this is your last chance. Kill the children so you can kill yourself."[1] Clancy was discharged from the hospital just 19 days before the killings.[1] The prosecution maintains that she acted with full awareness and intentionality.[1]
If convicted of murder, Clancy faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.[1] If she is found not guilty due to lacking criminal responsibility, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.[1] Her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, has stated that he has forgiven her and views her as sick rather than evil.[1]