@nbcnews: Lindsay Clancy is seen back in court for the first time since her triple murder trial in the deaths of her three children ended in a mistrial.
It’s extremely clear what happened and why it happened. There’s really no mystery. Lindsay Clancy is a psychopath. That’s why she googled “can you treat a sociopath” just a few days before the killing. She wasn’t and isn’t insane. Insane people aren’t difficult to identify. They babble nonsensically and behave erratically and incoherently. They are totally dysfunctional and disconnected from reality. None of that applies to Clancy, now or then, which is why she was never diagnosed as insane by anyone. She’s just a psychopath. It’s not complicated.
For a while she was troubled by her psychopathy and tried to find a drug that would get rid of it and make her love her family. But no drug could ever do that, which made her increasingly resentful towards her kids and her husband. After a while the resentment metastasized into a seething hatred. She blamed them for turning her into a monster. Finally she decided to free herself of the burden. Was that a “rational” decision? Yes, in the sense that it’s intelligible. She hated her kids and therefore wanted them to no longer exist. It’s the same reason why a million other murders have been committed. The thought process is evil but coherent. That is: not insane.
She chose an especially gruesome and violent death for her children because, again, she hated them. The suicide attempt afterwards was maybe genuine or maybe not. That really doesn’t matter. What matters is that we have here a very clear textbook case of a homicidal psychopath. Such a textbook case that she diagnosed it in herself, as her internet searches show.
Lindsay Clancy isn’t really pleading insanity. That’s the word they’re using but the actual case they made is not that she’s insane and couldn’t help it, but that she’s evil and couldn’t help it. I don’t want to contemplate a world where that kind of defense proves effective.
2026-09-29 16:23:58
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Cecywitt :
I have depression but I would never ever hurt my children. So this woman has no excuses at all!!
2026-09-29 15:59:31
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Lisa Leah :
Lindsay supporters setting victims back.
2026-09-29 15:12:13
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bess carrier :
her attorney needs to be in jail
2026-09-29 16:46:44
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calculus_maths :
Guilty!!!!
2026-09-29 15:38:02
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. :
[Pray] praying that Lindsay Husband is held accountable for his actions
2026-09-29 17:08:16
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HiddenGem✨ :
Patrick said
2026-09-29 16:39:28
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jessica_norah :
Whether under insanity or not she is guilty and needs to be secured for a long time.
2026-09-29 16:33:06
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Lindsayann.c :
she needs to get the help she was entitled to by law. they failed her and those poor babies
2026-09-29 16:35:10
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Czar922 :
The movie about this will be out before GTA 6
2026-09-29 15:31:23
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Chele :
THROW AWAY THE KEY
2026-09-29 17:09:52
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tritonforever :
We have never walked a mile in her shoes so we should not judge. That is what our justice system is supposed to do.
2026-09-29 16:57:06
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CBD :
Its very weird to see how she has so much hatred in her eyes
2026-09-29 16:33:50
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lovinggod :
the future of our world will change in this trial
2026-09-29 14:53:51
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littleblacklamb :
1000% guilty 🤢
2026-09-29 17:01:38
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December :
go to jail
2026-09-29 17:16:15
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brianmoshermorin :
she def guilty bro
2026-09-29 16:37:44
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Bronwyn Pearce :
What happened today in court?
2026-09-29 17:00:03
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🇺🇸Hens🇵🇭 :
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY LOCK HER UP FOR LIFE!!!!
2026-09-29 14:57:21
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JooLee :
Get a new judge and lock her the f up.
2026-09-29 16:23:01
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Xyster :
JAIL REDINGTON
2026-09-29 16:06:06
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user6601312798156 :
Gosh. This is ridiculous
2026-09-29 16:04:05
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Peko :
What more do you need to discuss?
2026-09-29 16:13:43
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James Hvamstad :
Guilty
2026-09-29 15:40:23
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jreyM :
she is still alive…
2026-09-29 15:43:24
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