LINDSAY CLANCY: WHO GETS MERCY WHEN A MOTHER KILLS?

Lindsey Clancy admitted to killing her three children. Her trial ended without a verdict after 11 jurors reportedly believed she should be found not criminally responsible because of mental illness. Now women across the country are rallying around her—seeing a mother failed by the mental-health system rather than simply a defendant accused of an unthinkable crime. But D.L. Hughley asks the question America cannot keep avoiding: Would a Black mother receive this same compassion? Latarsha Sanders, a Black Massachusetts mother with documented paranoia and schizophrenia, was convicted of killing her two sons and sentenced to two life terms without parole. Her convictions were later overturned after the state’s highest court ruled that crucial mental-health records had been wrongly withheld from her jury. Remarkably, both cases came before the same judge. This is not about excusing either tragedy. Five children are dead, and their lives cannot disappear beneath sympathy for the adults. This is about whether race influences which mothers are viewed as sick, which are branded monsters, and whose mental illness the justice system takes seriously. D.L. also weighs in on Stephen A. Smith’s explosive fallout after appearing on Jemele Hill and Cari Champion’s podcast. Stephen built a career challenging everyone else—but when Black women challenged him, he accused them of mishandling the interview and demanded the unedited footage. You can’t start the fire and then file an insurance claim. Finally, as America marks 25 years since September 11, D.L. honors the nearly 3,000 lives lost, the first responders who ran toward danger, and the survivors and families still living with the consequences. Newly released records also raise painful questions about what officials knew concerning the toxic air around Ground Zero—and why the truth took decades to surface. Who receives compassion? Who receives accountability? And whose suffering does America decide matters? Watch, share, and subscribe to Uncertain with D.L. Hughley—because criticism isn’t persecution, compassion shouldn’t depend on color, and remembrance without truth is incomplete. New episodes weekly. SUBSCRIBE- stay informed, and laugh through the madness.    / dlhughleytv   Credits: DL Hughley- Host, Executive Producer, Writer Jasmine Sanders - Co-Star, Producer, Director, Writer Austin Hall - Co-Host, Writer Alex Aldea - Executive Producer Production Assistants: Joseph Sanders Acilegna Santos Music By: All The Gifts Production Jo- E CONNECT with D.L. Hughley: Follow on INSTAGRAM:   / realdlhughley   Follow on FACEBOOK:   / realdlhughley   Follow on TWITTER:   / realdlhughley   CONNECT with Jasmine Sanders: Follow on INSTAGRAM:   / iamjasminesanders   YOUTUBE:    / @thejasmineexperience   Website: www.therealdlhughley.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices