Can someone plan a crime and still be legally insane? As jury selection begins in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, Court TV anchor Cody Thomas joins criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Joshua Ritter to examine the central question surrounding her expected insanity defense.
Josh and Cody discuss what Clancy’s alleged planning may mean under Massachusetts law, and whether a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict would constitute justice, and much more.
Josh also previews the preliminary hearing for D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
0:00 Intro
0:46 Welcome
4:22 Court TV’s Cody Thomas joins
5:46 Why the Lindsay Clancy case is so divisive
8:48 Jury selection begins
12:15 Can planning coexist with legal insanity?
19:21 Does the suicide attempt strengthen her defense?
30:10 Could Patrick Clancy’s support influence jurors?
39:45 Would an NGI verdict be justice?
44:26 Cody’s final thoughts
45:37 Why the jury’s view of the window matters
47:15 Massachusetts insanity law and what NGI means
51:30 d4vd preliminary hearing preview
60:58 Announcements and upcoming coverage
1:10:35 Outro
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REPLAY CREW: Can someone carefully plan a crime and still be found legally insane at the time they committed it? Our live audience was nearly split: 57% voted yes and 43% voted no. What do you think? Tell us below.
Yes. Because the planning can be driven by the compulsion and the psychotic thought process,
Replay crew! While I believe a sudden, spuratic act of committing a crime may be caused by insanity, in my opinion, any smidgen of the planning process is premeditation. I vote no!
Replay crew – I say yes, due to how postpartum and meds can affect a person’s rational thinking.
Yes. You don’t lose the ability to think and plan even when suffering possible psychosis
@CRConfidential I mean, does a person lose their ability to walk when they experience Psychosis? Do they lose their ability to drink liquids? If the answer is no, then why would it be impossible for a person in psychosis not lose their ability to make a plan. ( now, the plan may not be founded in reality, but still able to make a plan)
I think the “planning” came during mental breaks.
She heard these voices when her husband left the house..
I agree with Butwhyyyy
compare her to Andrea Yates
Went back and read up on it
There was so much evidence of Andreas psychosis
Lindsay lawyer keeps saying Fake suicide attempt. Why? Because it shows c consciousness of guilt
Boring
IMO Postpartum psychosis is
REAL !!! It is a severe mental health condition that can occur after childbirth, characterized by symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and severe mood swings. It is considered a psychiatric emergency requiring immediate treatment to ensure the safety of both the mother and children.
This poor woman, her children, and family are all victims of a failed medical system…………
The cases of Deirdre Morley recently in Ireland and Lindsay Clancy are two of the most heartbreaking examples of what happens when maternal mental health care fails. Though they happened oceans apart, the parallels between them are devastatingly precise.Both women were healthcare professionals—Morley a paediatric nurse, Clancy a labor and delivery nurse. Both were known as deeply devoted, loving mothers. Yet, both suffered severe psychiatric breakdowns that led them to take the lives of their three young children while their husbands were briefly away.Clinically, this is often driven by “altruistic delusions”—a state of psychosis where a mother truly, but falsely, believes she is saving her children from a cruel world.What makes these cases even heavier is that neither happened in a vacuum. Both mothers were actively seeking help, navigating psychiatric treatments, and taking prescribed medications in the weeks leading up to the tragedies.Perhaps the most profound parallel is the grace of their husbands. Both Andrew McGinley and Patrick Clancy publicly forgave their wives, reminding the world that these women weren’t monsters, but victims of an overwhelming medical emergency. Today, both fathers are using their platforms to push for systemic reform.Morley was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and Clancy’s trial is following the same legal defense. These cases are a painful reminder that postpartum psychosis is a life-or-death medical emergency, and the systems meant to catch struggling mothers desperately need to change.