Oprah Podcast Audience Applauds Support Call for 3-Child Case Defendants of Color After Clancy Mistrial
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Oprah Podcast Audience Applauds Support Call for 3-Child Case Defendants of Color After Clancy Mistrial
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 11
Summary
An Oprah Winfrey podcast audience applauded OB-GYN Kameelah Phillips after she urged equal support for women of color imprisoned for acts like those at issue in Lindsay Clancy’s case.
Phillips said Clancy’s race, education and access had drawn public sympathy that similarly situated women of color often never receive, even when postpartum psychosis may be involved.
The discussion followed last week’s mistrial in Clancy’s murder case after jurors could not unanimously decide whether she was criminally responsible for strangling her 3 children in 2023.
That public backing has already drawn criticism, with commentators saying supporters focus on Clancy while overlooking the 3 child victims and turning mental illness into a political fight.