Lindsay Clancy sympathizers: Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2026

There is no excuse for what Lindsay Clancy did (“Madness of rooting for a killer,” Bethany Mandel, Aug.21).She committed premeditated murder.

She specifically asked her husband to go to the store, leaving her alone with her helpless children.They say she needed help but couldn’t get it because she was overly medicated.All she had to do was pick up the phone and call 911 and state, “I don’t feel good.

I need help.” She knew enough to lie to her husband.Treating mental illness is usually a guessing game for the doctor.No one knows what is going through someone’s sick mind.

These types of doctors’ work usually winds up with them prescribing meds that could be a hit or a miss.Regardless, Clancy is guilty of murder.Mike CaterinoOxford, Conn.I’m a former prosecutor who has been following Clancy’s case with great interest.Only in exceedingly rare circumstances do I believe that someone who committed a horrific act should escape criminal liability.

This is one of them.Clancy, along with her children, are victims, and no one has “forgotten” the children, as Mandel alleges.This trial is a sickening spectacle designed to absolve our society of failing this mother while pointing the finger at her so we can feel superior.After all, none of us would do this, right?But how do we know if we’ve never suffered in the way Clancy did?She knows what she did to her children and to herself.

This is far worse punishment than any prison sentence could ever impose.Michael BrautigamTallinn, EstoniaPeople like Clancy or Luigi Mangione value their own lives so much that they cannot conceive of paying a price for extinguishing the lives of others.Instead, they fight ferociously to save themselves.As a mother, I can’t understand how Clancy consciously waited for everyone who would prevent the tragedy to leave so she could end her children’s lives.

Isn’t that premeditation?Colette CurryStaten IslandThese women supporting Clancy may have been through a similar ...