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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2026 · 19 MIN

Did Prosecutors Rig Lindsay Clancy's Trial?

from True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · host Real Story Media

People searching the Lindsay Clancy trial want to know about postpartum psychosis and the insanity defense. What almost nobody is covering is the pattern of prosecution moves that shaped this trial before it ever started.Between July 9 and July 20, the Commonwealth made three deliberate plays. Strangulation charges dropped to eliminate a jury's middle ground between life without parole and a psychiatric hospital. Lay witnesses who survived postpartum psychosis blocked from testifying about what the illness feels like. Defense expert witnesses challenged on the first morning of jury selection before a single juror sat down.Tony explains why the pattern matters more than any individual ruling. Massachusetts law puts the burden on prosecutors to prove criminal responsibility once insanity evidence is introduced. That means the prosecution needs to control the information the jury receives, and every voice that gets removed from the room is one fewer obstacle to their proof.The episode also covers what Reddington asked for and didn't get. He wanted the judge to tell jurors about the reversed burden before opening statements. Prosecutors objected. The judge sided with the prosecution. So the jury enters not knowing who has to prove what — and the Commonwealth gets to build its case first.Plus: what the defense has left after the bench was stripped, the eighteen-juror panel, and why the version of her mind the jury carries into deliberation depends on who they never heard from.END_LINKS:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#LindsayClancy #ClancyTrial #TrueCrimeToday #PostpartumPsychosis #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #CriminalResponsibility #DuxburyMassachusetts #InsanityDefense #TrueCrimePodcast #KevinReddington

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