Why Lindsay Clancy’s Insanity Defense Might Fail

These are the facts that no one disputes: On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy strangled her three young children to death, then she attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and neck and jumping out of a second-story window in her Massachusetts home, which left her paralyzed from the waist down. The point of contention, as her trial has progressed, is whether Clancy should be held criminally responsible for her actions. Clancy has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. A jury will…