{
  "id": 500439,
  "title": "Defense lawyer takes aim at psychiatrist’s care before Lindsay Clancy killed her 3 kids",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/defense-lawyer-takes-aim-at-psychiatrists-care-before-lindsay-clancy-500439",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T19:23:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-psychiatrist-cross-examination-965843d8143a1bf3daa044b7d356a1bb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During Lindsay Clancy's murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts, her defense lawyer, Kevin Reddington, focused on the psychiatrist's expertise, treatment decisions, and overall care during the months leading up to the tragedy.\n\nThe psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Tufts, was questioned about her use of 25-minute video appointments with limited time for therapy, computerized forms documenting her observations, and the various medications she prescribed for Clancy, who reported side effects and concerns about the treatments.\n\nReddington portrayed the doctor's care as inadequate and indifferent, at one point suggesting Tufts acted like a \"robot\" checking boxes. When discussing an appointment two months before the killings, Reddington asked, \"Did you ever suggest to her that 'maybe you should come in and see me, rather than on the computer'?\" Tufts replied, \"Talking to her over the video didn't seem like an issue. It didn't seem like there was something I was missing.\"\n\nThe defense sought to portray Clancy's mental healthcare as insufficient, implying that the system overlooked her decline and even accelerated it.",
  "summary": "Lindsay Clancy ’s lawyer probed her psychiatrist’s expertise, prescribing decisions and overall treatment as the defense sought Monday to suggest that the mental…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}