A South Carolina lawmaker who prosecuted Susan Smith in her infamous double-murder case says the women on Lindsay Clancy's jury could prove to be a "strange twist," and may be less sympathetic to her than many assume.Clancy, 36, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all younger than 6 — who were discovered strangled at the family's home in January 2023.Her defense attorney says she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time she killed her children.LINDSAY CLANCY'S THREE CHILD VICTIMS FORGOTTEN AMID CROWDS OF SUPPORT: MOTHER OF SIXLindsay Clancy sits next to her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court on Aug.11, 2026.
(Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Testimony is expected to finish on Wednesday, with closing arguments anticipated for Thursday, after which the case will go to the jury.The panel seated for the trial is made up of 12 women and six men, but only 12 of them will deliberate, the rest serve as alternates and will be dismissed before deliberations begin.Smith is the South Carolina mother who was convicted of killing her two young sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander, by strapping them into her car and letting it roll into a lake.
Prosecutors argued she killed them in part because the man she was romantically involved with didn't want a relationship with women who had kids.She was sentenced to life in prison.HEATED LINDSAY CLANCY COURTROOM EXCHANGE OVER 911 CALL, CRIME SCENE PHOTOS SETS STAGE FOR MOM’S MURDER TRIALExterior view of the home of Patrick and Lindsay Clancy in Duxbury, MA on Wednesday, Feb.
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Tommy Pope, who is currently the speaker pro tempore for the South Carolina House of Representatives, prosecuted Smith and told Fox News Digital that women on the jury might be less sympathetic to Clancy than people think."For...