politics
Lindsay Clancy Defense Blasts Investigation as 'Botched'
Lindsay Clancy, 36, is on trial for the murders of her three children.
TL;DR
- Defense attorney Kevin Reddington claims the police investigation into Lindsay Clancy's children's deaths was 'horrific' and 'botched.'
- Reddington argued that the jury should be allowed to consider instructions based on the allegedly inadequate police investigation.
- A forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Gregory Saathoff, testified that Clancy had 'preparatory planning' before killing her children and was criminally responsible.
- Dr. Saathoff cited Clancy's online searches, her actions before the murders, and her ability to conceal her intentions from her husband as evidence of planning.
- The judge denied the defense's request regarding the investigation but will allow the jury to consider a manslaughter instruction.
- Clancy is on trial for strangling her three children and has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis.