Why Lindsay Clancy's Case Splits People Down The Middle

The audience watching the Lindsay Clancy trial is not debating evidence. They are debating identity. Was she a mother who chose to kill her children, or a woman who lost the ability to choose anything? The answer determines whether she spends the rest of her life in prison or in a psychiatric facility — and the public cannot agree.

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to unpack why this case divides people so sharply. The Apple Maps search reads as premeditation to one group and desperation to another. The prosecution frames it as planning. The defense frames it as...