In this episode of Come Back with a Warrant, criminal defense attorneys Monica Ishak and Brandon Dinetz break down Part 2 of the Lindsay Clancy trial: the defense case in chief, the commonwealth's rebuttal experts, the closing arguments, and the deadlocked jury — recorded live on verdict watch, with a jury note landing just as the episode wrapped.The defense built its case on experts. Dr. Paul Zeisel, the clinical and forensic psychologist who saw Lindsay within days of the killings and became her treating psychologist, delivered the money quote: she was unable to conform her behavior to the requirements of the law and had no appreciation for the wrongfulness of her act. Dr. Phillip Resnick — the country's leading expert on filicide and malingering — testified by Zoom that she was frankly psychotic at the time of the killings, like a puppet with someone else pulling the strings, and that standardized malingering testing showed she was minimizing her symptoms, not exaggerating them. A psychopharmacologist walked through the 13 medications and the missed signs of postpartum psychosis, a forensic pathologist legitimized the suicide attempt the state called performative and compressed the timeline, and the lay witnesses — her mother, her sister, and her former mother-in-law, who testified she was an excellent mother who was clearly sick — put a family's grief on the defense side of the courtroom. Plus the hospital chaplain who heard about the voices before any defense doctor ever did.Monica and Brandon explain the Massachusetts criminal responsibility standard — cognitive or volitional, and the commonwealth's burden to disprove the defense beyond a reasonable doubt, a minority rule nationally — then dig into the state's rebuttal experts, who contradicted each other's diagnoses, and the mic-drop moment when the defense read the prosecution's own opening statement to the state's final expert, who admitted it really minimizes what she was going through. From a criminal defense perspective, they break down both closings — the quarters on the prosecution's table, the family photographs, the "broken toys" line the state left the jury with — the three verdict slips and the lesser included offenses, and the Tuey-Rodriguez "dynamite" charge that reminds a deadlocked jury the burden sits entirely on the commonwealth. Then they each give their own verdict — and they don't match.Topics covered in this episode include: the Lindsay Clancy trial verdict watch, the defense case in chief, not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder, the filicide and malingering experts, altruistic filicide, the MMPI malingering test, the 13 medications and the missed diagnoses, the compressed timeline, the ex-mother-in-law and chaplain testimony, the commonwealth's conflicting rebuttal experts, the mistrial motion over religious testimony, closing argument strategy and theatrics, the verdict slips and lesser included offenses, the Tuey-Rodriguez dynamite charge versus Florida's Allen charge, hung juries and what happens after a mistrial, and the criminal defense perspective on whether the state met its burden.This is a heavy episode about mental illness, postpartum psychosis, and suicide. If you or someone you love is struggling, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.Listen to Come Back with a Warrant for legal commentary, criminal defense insight, true crime breakdowns, and real conversations about the justice system. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, and sign up for our weekly newsletter for more criminal defense stories, legal insight, and unfiltered courtroom commentary.🎧 Leave us a 5 Star Review! Follow us for legal hot takes, episode updates, and a peek into our lawyer lives.📺 YouTube: @ComeBackWithAWarrant.Podcast 📸 Instagram: @ComeBackWithAWarrant.Pod 🎵 TikTok: @ComeBackWithAWarrant.PodFind us everywhere and join the conversation!
