While we wait for the jury in the Lindsay Clancy case, I have one request for journalists, podcasters, media outlets, and social media sites that have followed this trial: whatever verdict ultimately comes in the horrific and brutal killing of three beautiful children, step away from the arguments about guilt, innocence, and criminal responsibility for just 10 minutes and read what I have known for years in my justice file editorial linked below.
Massachusetts has a dark history in the way it has treated people, or actually not treated people, with mental illness and disabilities that continues to this very day.
When the jury's work is finished, ours should begin.
Whatever the verdict, Massachusetts must confront what this trial has revealed and demand meaningful changes to a mental health system that has failed vulnerable people and their families for generations. I've watched it fail from the vantage point of my courtroom.
In the meantime, my thoughts and prayers are with Cora, Dawson, and Callan.
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An experienced American prosecutor just stood up in a courtroom in 2026, during a triple-homicide trial, and suggested in her closing argument that a mentally ill woman should have attempted suicide a different way.
Our government has become disturbingly comfortable using its power this way. Our healthcare system is broken. Our institutions are failing catastrophically.
Cora, Dawson, and Callan should all be alive.
Lindsay should not be sitting in this courtroom. She should be mentally well, after receiving adequate treatment, and living with her family. Instead of confronting the systemic failures that helped create the circumstances of their deaths, the government stood before a jury and criticized how Lindsay tried to kill herself.
We should all be outraged.
@defense_diaries Redd serving up a mack attack!! Nobody is taking this guy seriously anymore. He “can’t” answer the question??? OR would telling the truth under oath prove you’re full of shit, mr Mack.
This dude can’t even be considered credible imo
If you're disgusted with how DA Tim Cruz allows his ADA's to conduct trials, feel free to contact him directly
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@defense_diaries NP Becca Jo said LC was getting 7-9 hours of sleep. just because she’s “sleeping” doesn’t mean it’s restorative REM sleep. med induced sleep isn’t even close to naturally being able to sleep. sleep forced by meds can actually make symptoms worse
@defense_diaries I own a boat & boat every weekend in summer months It’s a heavy responsibility hosting guests in a boat Cans of alcohol isn’t abnormal when tying up with others Water is not a hard surface & can throw a vessel in a second Views are easily obstructed IMO this guy wasn’t negligent
@LisbethBvk@BrianEntin@JLRINVESTIGATES i don’t disagree with Brian’s decision. but everyone deserves respect. Brian would not be there if he wasn’t GREAT and respected. doesn’t mean JLR is wrong. Brian did the same thing in the previous swat pursuit
@JLRINVESTIGATES tell the guy riding with you to quit spewing the addresses out on live or mute him. don’t think you wanna tip off the suspects and ruin this chance of getting any new information 🤷🏻♀️