What Got Removed From Lindsay Clancy's Case In Eleven Days
Published: July 22, 2026
Duration: 19:00
The pattern matters more than any single ruling. In eleven days, the prosecution in the Lindsay Clancy trial made three moves that all point the same direction: narrowing who gets to explain her mind to the jury.
On July 9, prosecutors dropped all three strangulation charges. They called them redundant, and legally that is correct. But strangulation charges sitting next to murder charges give a jury room to land somewhere in the middle. Without them the only options are first-degree murder, life, mandatory ā or not criminally responsible.
On July 13, Judge William Sullivan blocked the defense from ca...