Lindsay Clancy Faced Trial Without What Prosecutor Offer?

Kevin Reddington says Plymouth County prosecutors never offered Lindsay Clancy a plea deal.

With first-degree murder charges remaining in place, Massachusetts law required a jury trial. Now that jury has struggled for days with the exact question everyone knew would define the case: criminal responsibility.

The defense says Clancy experienced postpartum psychosis and lacked the substantial capacity required by law. Prosecutors argue that despite her mental illness, she understood the wrongfulness of her conduct and could control it.

Tony Brueski asks whether a system offering such radically different destinations—life without parole or ps...