The Lindsay Clancy murder trial is heading toward closing arguments, and former Susan Smith prosecutor Tommy Pope believes the jury could deliver an unexpected result. He also believes Clancy’s paralysis could affect how some jurors view the case. Prosecutors argue she understood what she was doing.
Because of their own experiences with postpartum depression, pope told Fox News Digital that women on the jury may not necessarily be more sympathetic to Clancy. Because of postpartum psychosis, clancy, 36, admits killing her three children but says she was not criminally responsible.
Closing arguments are expected Thursday before the jury considers her fate.
Clancy is accused of killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, at the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home on January 24, 2023. The trial finished testimony Wednesday after five weeks and 85 witnesses. She then attempted suicide and suffered a spinal injury that left her paralyzed. Closing arguments are expected Thursday, followed by jury deliberations.
“You have somebody that’s now paralyzed, which obviously doesn’t equate to killing three children,” he added.
