Judge Tells Jury in Lindsay Clancy Trial to Keep Deliberating After Deadlock The trial of Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing her three children due to postpartum psychosis, has cast a harsh light on the fragile boundaries between motherhood and madness.
The case raises uncomfortable questions about the failures of the mental healthcare system.
Clancy's attorneys argue that she loved her children but lost touch with reality due to postpartum psychosis – a diagnosis that requires prompt recognition and treatment.