India, July 30 -- The criminal trial of Lindsay Clancy unfolding in Massachusetts has left both the public and legal experts equally fascinated.

Clancy, 35, fatally strangled her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan, in January 2023. She has pleaded not guilty, citing her long history of diagnosed mental illness, including a voluntary hospitalization weeks before the killings. On Thursday, the Day 3 of the criminal trial in Plymouth Superior Court, the question of Lindsay Clancy's intent again took the centerstage.

While there is no doubt that Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children using an exercise band on that fateful day, the argument of the defense attorney, Kevin Redddington, centers on th...