Megyn Kelly Covers Clancy Trial Rebuttal as 'Mortal Sin' Remark Prompts Mistrial Bid
The Megyn Kelly segment reports on the nearing end of Lindsay Clancy's murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Clancy has admitted strangling her three children — Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months) — on January 24, 2023, in Duxbury but pleads not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, claiming postpartum psychosis caused a command hallucination. Prosecutors' rebuttal expert, forensic psychologist Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, testified the isolated 18-minute hallucination claim was highly unusual, more consistent with her own intrusive thoughts than true psychosis, and suggested the deaths were altruistic filicide tied to her suicide attempt so the children would not suffer without her. The broadcast played clips of Heilbrun's testimony, including the 'Go to God, baby' statements, which led to his mention of Clancy's Catholic upbringing and suicide as a 'mortal sin.' This prompted a defense mistrial motion citing prosecutorial misconduct (the second such reference in the trial). Kelly interviewed no guests but provided commentary dismissing the motion as ridiculous and tactical. The judge denied the mistrial but struck the religious testimony and instructed the jury to disregard it.
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