@scrippsnews: Dr. Elizabeth Laposata, a Brown University professor who was a chief medical examiner in Rhode Island for 12 years, testified for the defense during Lindsay Clancy's murder trial on Tuesday. She said she believes the exercise bands used to kill Clancy's three children were wrapped around them several times, leading to something of a demonstration as the prosecutors brought the exercise bands back out of evidence during a tense cross-examination. Clancy has pleaded not guilty in the deaths of the children — Callan, Dawson and Cora — who were found in the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023. Prosecutors say she planned the killings, while her defense argues she was suffering from bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis at the time and should not be held criminally responsible.
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Tuesday 18 August 2026 20:43:18 GMT
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Kimberley Herbert :
Bringing those out was totally unnecessary. Again it’s a pathetic attempt to shock the jury. I can’t believe the prosecutors are getting away with this behaviour. Their careers are ruined
2026-08-18 22:22:59
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JReinhold :
Didn’t Patrick say in his testimony that the bands were tied and he had to “untie them??”
2026-08-18 23:26:59
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diorrheagurl :
Putting gloves on to not contaminate it and then puts it on a desk with papers that multiple people have touched. Jesus christ.
2026-08-19 02:59:37
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yosoyvanessamarie :
She was big mad putting on those gloves!
2026-08-18 22:39:28
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Georgianna :
Yikes. Terrible prosecutor. Just awful at her job
2026-08-18 22:07:07
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Suzanne Block :
What point was prosecutor trying to make?
2026-08-18 22:39:35
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thrifty :
what was her point exactly? She's acting like the dr committed the crime
2026-08-19 00:34:40
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thea :
we lost the bows real quick
2026-08-18 23:08:12
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JackieJo :
yes, if you wrap the bands around air, guess what they would fall LOL and guess what if you wrap bands and tie it around air, guess what....they would fall as well LOL ... this was not the mic drop that she intended it to be😆 now tue that to a person and its a different story
2026-08-19 01:15:22
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🐦Kristen🐦 :
Patrick said they were tied… her witness!
2026-08-19 01:50:57
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🇵🇸 Save Palestine 🇵🇸 :
why isn’t the witness allowed to correct their statement tf?? it wasn’t a yes or no question and her statement was incomplete and they told her to be quiet am i tripping?
2026-08-18 21:31:39
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kellyontiktok0 🇨🇦 :
Imagine the prosecutor being the most hated person in the trial of the death of three children. That’s incompetence at its highest.
2026-08-19 01:27:45
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you can call me mick :
okay but Patrick already said he had to untie them sooooo
2026-08-19 04:22:18
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Gig :
Omg the doctor made the prosecutor look so dumb. 😂And her pulling the bands out and dropping them loose without and resistance was hilarious 😂
2026-08-18 23:37:45
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heathernm41 :
Her gotcha moment backfired.
2026-08-18 23:38:52
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🌺🌸KINK69P_LILFOOTE :
Did She just take that and throw it on the desk full of paper that's kind of tampering with evidence a little bit there
2026-08-19 00:52:52
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lexiataylor96 :
whats the point of putting on gloves if she was going to let other objects touch it lmao
2026-08-19 01:05:30
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Madison💋 :
Didn’t Patrick say he untied them when he found the kids?? 😅
2026-08-26 04:51:42
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gabbzzz :
“You have memory of your medical knowledge” girl what….yet when her actual doctors on the case were asked and they say I don’t even remember her body temperature no one bats an eye 🤨
2026-08-18 22:04:55
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kirstiegoesplaces :
She’s pulling a document from 2011 from an entirely separate case and asking this woman if she remembers specifically what she said 15 years ago? Jesus Christ
2026-08-19 14:04:47
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Madison 🩷 :
Ooooh she’s cunty
2026-08-19 02:39:32
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Shania ✮⋆˙ :
Patrick… “I think I untied them”
2026-08-19 01:05:37
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boyloxplf20 :
It was sooooo performative and painful! I had second hand embarrassment watching the prosecutor!
2026-08-18 23:49:06
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MæWàndddaaaá :
Who the fuck is camden you mean callan?
2026-08-19 03:05:24
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maesyn406hw :
Yes but that prosecutor isn’t putting into consideration the freaking friction and pressure! She just had them LOOSELY in a circle, where there is no resistance at all! Of course they fell apart
2026-08-19 22:27:07
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