Supporters of Lindsay Clancy opted for silence, not chants, outside a Plymouth, Mass., courthouse on Thursday. Roughly 300 people—mostly women—stood quietly at a "Stand in Peace for Lindsay" rally as the Duxbury mother's murder case continued inside, organizers said. "For me, I think Lindsay, and anyone else who has dealt with a mental health crisis, has had enough of the screaming and yelling and the chaos," organizer Renee Kimball told NBC Boston. "I think it's important that she find support in people who can be her peace and be her calm. Calmness—that's what she was begging for for a long time, and I think that's what everyone here wants to give her today."
The crowd was the first of any real size to show up in support of Clancy over the nearly monthlong trial, notes the AP. Many in the crowd said they saw Clancy's story as a window into how the mental health system treats women, particularly around childbirth. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty in the deaths of her three children; her attorney acknowledges she killed them but argues she was experiencing severe mental illness and cannot be held criminally responsible. Some attendees wore "Peace for Lindsay" shirts and later formed a circle to pray, saying they wanted to offer calm to a woman they believe had long been desperate for it. Jurors in the case, in which the defense is wrapping up, were sent home early a second day on Thursday, notes the Stamford Advocate.
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