Lindsay Clancy trial judge tells jurors to disregard religious testimony
Defense attorneys for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother who admitted to killing her children, called for a mistrial on Monday, citing a witness who used the phrase "moral sin." The judge denied the request. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul reports.
A forensic psychologist testifying in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial for the deaths of her three children on Monday expressed doubts about her claims of hallucination. Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, who conducted psychiatric evaluations on Clancy in April, said he found her description of a voice commanding her to commit the act to be highly unusual.
He stated that Clancy killed her children so they wouldn't "suffer" after she took her own life. Clancy, who is paralyzed from the waist down, allegedly jumped from a second-story window after the killings. Her defense argues she suffered from postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. However, prosecutors claim she planned the murders and was able to understand the wrongfulness of her actions at the time.
The trial's outcome will hinge on expert testimony regarding Clancy's mental state during the killings.
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