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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Jim Yango Fantonial

Former Prosecutor Says Lindsay Clancy Benefits Because 'A Mother? Killing Her Own Children?'

The Lindsay Clancy mistrial reveals a national divide on mental illness in violent crime, complicating legal proceedings and highlighting the emotional challenges jurors face in such cases. (Credit: Screenshot/Youtube)

Lindsay Clancy's mistrial has exposed a brutal fault line in how Americans view mothers who kill, according to former Manhattan prosecutor and district attorney Elliot Felig.

Speaking on Fox News' Sunday Night in America, Felig argued that the sheer horror of the Lindsay Clancy case is, paradoxically, helping her in court. He said some jurors appear unable to square the image of a mother with the reality of three children allegedly strangled in their own home.

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