As Lindsay Clancy trial unfolded, so have these similar cases

As the Lindsay Clancy trial has unfolded, other cases of mothers charged with killing their children who are arguing similar defenses also made their way through the court system.

Filicide, or the killing of a child by their parent, makes up about 2.5% of all homicide arrests in the U.S., according to Palo Alto University.

Clancy, a 36-year-old from Duxbury, Massachusetts, is charged with murder in the killings of her three children – Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months – in January 2023.

Prosecutors allege she strangled them, then attempted suicide in a deliberate act, while her defense argues she is not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility – known as an insanity defense – because she was suffering from postpartum anxiety, depression and psychosis at the time.

While Clancy's trial has garnered extensive media and public attention since it began in July, other mothers charged with killing their children who used or are using an insanity defense have also seen updates in their proceedings in recent weeks. Here's a look at those cases.

On Aug. 24, a judge in New York found Dimone Fleming, 26, not responsible by mental disease or defect in the 2022 killings of…

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