Defense Rests Case in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

In a Massachusetts courtroom, the defense has rested its case in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing her three young children — a tragedy that has weighed heavily on public conscience since the charges were first brought. The conclusion of the defense's presentation marks the threshold between argument and judgment, as the trial now moves toward closing statements and, ultimately, the solitary deliberation of twelve jurors tasked with determining truth from grief. These final moments of a trial are among the most consequential in law: the point where human suffering is translated i