{"id":25210,"date":"2026-08-27T13:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25210"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:30:43","slug":"lindsay-clancy-trial-closing-arguments-thursday-as-case-goes-to-the-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25210","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy trial: Closing arguments Thursday as case goes to the jury"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Clancy didn’t show ‘break with reality’ as jury weighs psychosis defense: Susan Smith prosecutor<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The prosecutor who secured a conviction for Susan Smith, who drowned her two sons, says Lindsay Clancy’s defense never proved a “break with reality” as jurors prepare to deliberate following Thursday’s closing arguments.<\/p>\n

Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children \u2014 Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under age 6 \u2014 who were found strangled at the family’s home in January 2023. Prosecutors rested their rebuttal case on Wednesday afternoon, with closing arguments scheduled for Thursday before the jury begins deliberating.<\/p>\n

Her defense attorney argues that Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis when killing her children, a claim that has been heavily refuted by prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\nSmith, a South Carolina mother, was convicted of killing her two young sons \u2014 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander \u2014 after she strapped them into her car and allowed it to roll into a lake. Prosecutors contended she killed the boys at least in part because the man she was romantically involved with did not want a relationship with a woman who had children. She received a life prison sentence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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