One juror's whim blocked the truth in the Lindsay Clancy trial
Our justice system is designed to protect the innocent from the state, but it has a glitch: it allows a single person’s mood swing to override a mountain of evidence.
By Imani Sutton ·
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Tim Cruz ignores the 11-1 split and chooses cruelty over truth
The legal system is designed for people whose brains are functioning on a standard operating system.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The Lindsay Clancy mistrial is a failure of the jury system
Howie Carr is selling a fantasy.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Lindsay Clancy is a patient, not a monster for the jury
The basement of a home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, is where the medical system’s failure finally hit the floor.
By Josie Calloway ·
Judge warns rules governing Lindsay Clancy case 'will be enforced'
The notion of "misunderstanding" is, in my experience, one of humanity’s most persistent and comforting lies—a linguistic sedative we administer to ourselves when reality proves…
By Elena Rossi ·
Massachusetts court deadlock reveals law cannot manage moral ambiguity
What we observe in the Massachusetts court regarding Lindsay Clancy—the deadlock after days of agonizing deliberation over three counts of first-degree murder—is not a failure of…
By Klaus Berger ·
Joy Burkhard: Flat rates fail maternal care in America
The headlines about maternal mental health—the tragic cases like Lindsay Clancy’s, or the necessary visibility provided by figures like Hayden Panettiere—are designed to make us…
By Imani Sutton ·
Duxbury trial: American institutions fail when doubt resists diagnosis
The machinery of law, designed to process the most visceral human failures, stuttered and stalled on Wednesday.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Lindsay Clancy: Diagnosis cannot negate free will in Massachusetts
The American legal system, bless its earnest heart, seems perpetually unprepared for anything that cannot be neatly categorized into a balance sheet or a tariff schedule.
By Bram de Vries ·
Key points from Day 1 of testimony in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial
I spent nineteen years tracking job numbers—the hard count. You can audit a factory closure down to the payroll sheet and see exactly who loses their mortgage payment.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Lindsay Clancy goes on trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her 3 children
The moment you read about a high-profile murder trial—especially one involving postpartum psychosis—it feels like a human story. A tragedy.
By Imani Sutton ·