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Everyone Thinks Lindsay Clancy Killed Her Kids. Except Women Online.
The murder trial that’s taking place now in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is to ascertain whether Lindsay Clancy should spend the rest of her life in prison, or in a mental institution. (Illustration by The Free Press)
Prosecutors, defense attorneys, and Clancy herself all say she did it, so why doesn’t the internet agree?
By Suzy Weiss
08.21.26 — Second Thought
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Another summer, another high-profile trial for everyone to lose their mind over. There was Boston’s Karen Read in 2024, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s battle over who abused who worse a few years before that, and now, there’s the case of Lindsay Clancy.

Clancy, whose legal team says she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, strangled her three children…

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Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss is a co-founder and reporter for The Free Press and host of Second Thought. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.
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