Why Is America Cheering for Lindsay Clancy?

Why is America cheering for Lindsay Clancy? As the Lindsay Clancy trial nears a verdict, supporters are rallying behind the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children—Cora Clancy, Dawson Clancy, and Callan Clancy.
The case has ignited a national debate over postpartum psychosis, mental illness, criminal responsibility, justice, motherhood, and accountability. Was Lindsay Clancy suffering from postpartum psychosis that left her not criminally responsible for her actions? Did the medical system fail her? Or are we allowing compassion for mental illness to erase personal responsibility for horrific acts?
In this episode of The Deep End, Pastor Tim Hatch examines the strongest arguments being made in Lindsay Clancy's defense before responding to them from a Christian and biblical worldview.
Tim examines Clancy's reported postpartum psychosis diagnosis, alleged command hallucinations, psychiatric treatment and medications, her stay at McLean Hospital, testimony from medical professionals, and the argument that doctors and the mental-health system failed her.
He also looks at the growing pro-Lindsay Clancy movement: supporters gathering outside the courthouse, the “I am Lindsay” sentiment spreading on social media, and women identifying their own experiences with motherhood, depression, anger, and mental illness with Clancy's case.
But Tim argues that Christians must ask a deeper question:
Does mental illness eliminate moral responsibility?
What does the Bible say about the human mind, evil, personal accountability, demonic influence, justice, and the shedding of innocent blood? From King Saul and Nebuchadnezzar to Judas and the demon-possessed man of the Gerasenes, Tim examines how Scripture treats mental disturbance, human depravity, spiritual darkness, and accountability before God.
The episode also explores what could happen if Lindsay Clancy is found not criminally responsible, whether she could eventually be released from a psychiatric facility, and what her case could mean for the way our culture thinks about justice.
Whatever the jury ultimately decides, Tim argues that legal responsibility and biblical accountability are not necessarily the same thing**. Amid the national attention surrounding Lindsay Clancy, Christians cannot forget the three children at the center of this case: Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months.
Is our culture becoming so focused on explaining the actions of offenders that we're losing our ability to recognize evil, defend innocent victims, and demand accountability?
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