Lindsay Clancy Had Never Heard Of Andrea Yates Until One Shift

Lindsay Clancy acted timely, intentionally, rationally, and swiftly to accomplish a very specific goal. That's a comment on this channel, and it's also the prosecution's case in one sentence. The problem is treating it as a finding.

Massachusetts puts the burden on the Commonwealth. Prosecutors have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Lindsay was criminally responsible. Judge William Sullivan read the jury the test: whether a mental disease left her without substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of her conduct, or to conform her conduct to the law. Two prongs. A defendant who knew it was wrong can still fail the second one.

On that question, the experts split down the middle. Dr. Phillip Resnick, for the defense, testified Lindsay was under a command hallucination and did not feel any sense of control. Dr. Avram Mack, for the prosecution, testified she always had the capacity to control her behavior. The jury picks.

The same commenter cites her lying to medical staff, refusing treatment, and skipping meds. Dr. Shah, a prosecution witness, called her an honest patient. Nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta testified Lindsay asked to change her medications nearly every day and once wanted to stop them, and that Women & Infants Hospital itself recommended tapering Seroquel. On Dec. 15, 2022, Lindsay went to the Mass General ER and chose to stay outpatient. On Jan. 1 she checked herself into McLean. Refusing treatment and seeking treatment are both in the record, sometimes in the same week.

This segment takes five comments on the psychosis question and checks each one, including the Andrea Yates conversation a coworker described under oath and the diagnoses experts on both sides actually made. Stating the verdict before the jury does is the same mistake from either direction.

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