Clancy, now thirty-six years of age and formerly employed as an obstetric nurse, has from the outset never denied the veracity of having taken the lives of her young children with her own hands.
現年三十六歲的克蘭西,曾以產科護士為業,自始未曾否認親手奪去稚子性命之實。
Her defence counsel, however, has strenuously contended that throughout 2023, at the juncture when she extinguished her children's lives by strangulation—the youngest being merely eight months old—and harboured intentions of taking her own life, she was in fact beset by a rare affliction denominated postpartum psychosis, which had utterly deprived her of her faculties.
然其辯護律師力陳,於2023年間,當她以勒斃手段終結孩子們的生命——其中幼者僅八個月大——並意圖自戕之際,實為一種名喚產後精神病的罕見疾患所纏擾,致使心神喪失。
The prosecution's stance, by contrast, adamantly maintains that Clancy was fully cognisant of her own actions at the time, possessing unimpaired cognitive capacity.
反觀檢方立場,則堅稱克蘭西於彼時對自身行徑了然於胸,具備完全之認知能力。
The mistrial on Friday, occurring on the seventh day of jury deliberations, left the case in a state of unresolved limbo.
週五的流審發生於陪審團審議的第七日,致使該案懸而未決。
Ultimately, this verdict seemed to catch no one in the courtroom off guard.
最終,此一裁決在法庭上似乎未令任何人感到意外。
As the judge declared the proceedings concluded without a resolution, neither Clancy nor her family betrayed the slightest flicker of emotion.
當法官宣告審判終結而未達成任何解決方案時,克蘭西及其家屬皆未顯露任何情緒波動。
Editor's note: This story contains discussions pertaining to the subject of suicide.
編輯註:本故事內容涉及自殺議題之討論。
Should you or someone you know find yourselves in the throes of adversity, urgently requiring assistance, kindly place a call or dispatch a text message to the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 in the United States, thereby securing immediate support.
若您或您認識的人正身處困境、亟需援助,敬請撥打或傳送簡訊至美國全國自殺與危機生命線988,以獲得即時支持。
Her defence counsel, Kevin Reddington, contended that, had it not been for a juror's dispute over whether the judge's instructions had been duly adhered to, he was convinced she would have been acquitted.
她的辯護律師凱文·雷丁頓聲稱,若非一名陪審員就法官指示是否獲得遵循一事引發爭議,他確信她原本可獲判無罪開釋。
Under the escort of state troopers, her parents and sisters filed out of the courthouse in silence, without vouchsafing a single word to the assembled press.
她的父母與姐妹在州警的戒護下,默然步出法院,未對在場記者傾吐半句。
Her former husband, Patrick Clancy — the first witness to testify at the trial — had previously acknowledged in interviews that he has forgiven her, attributing her actions to the lingering aftermath of mental illness.
其前夫派翠克·克蘭西——審判中的首位證人——於過往訪談中曾坦言,他已寬恕她,並將她的行徑歸因於精神疾病的遺緒。
"This case has always been, and will forever remain, a pursuit of justice for those three cherished little ones," declared Timothy Cruz, the District Attorney of Plymouth County.
“此案始終如一,且將恆久不渝地,是為那三位至親至愛的小寶貝伸張正義,”普利茅斯縣地區檢察官蒂莫西·克魯茲如是說。
"This case bears no relation whatsoever to the healthcare system, nor to the treatment of women therein, and certainly not to any diagnosis that may have been rendered."
“本案與醫療保健體系毫無干係,亦無涉女性於其中所受之待遇,更無論其間存在何種診斷。”
The deliberations took a dramatic turn on Friday, when the judge initially declared that a mistrial would be announced, only to abruptly reverse course and permit Clancy's defense counsel to appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
審議於週五迎來戲劇性轉折,法官起初宣告將宣布流審,旋即驟然改弦更張,允准克蘭西的辯護律師向馬薩諸塞州最高法院提出上訴。
However, that court declined to intervene to preclude the judge from declaring a mistrial.
然而,該院拒絕介入以阻止法官宣告流審。
Clancy's defense counsel contended that one member of the jury had intimated a potential bias against individuals suffering from mental illness, albeit without elaborating on the particulars.
克蘭西的辯護律師團主張,陪審團中有一名成員曾透露其可能對精神疾病患者懷有偏見,惟未就此細節加以闡述。
They averred that, at the very least, the presiding judge ought to have subjected that juror to a more rigorous examination, or even summarily discharged him prior to declaring a mistrial.
彼等堅稱,至少應由主審法官對該名陪審員進行更為縝密的訊問,甚至在宣告審判無效之前,逕行將其解職。
The prosecution contended that Clancy, on January 24, 2023, strangled her five-year-old daughter Cora, three-year-old son Dawson, and eight-month-old infant Callan Clancy with a resistance band, asserting that her actions were premeditated and deliberate in nature.
檢察官指出,克蘭西於2023年1月24日以健身彈力帶絞殺年僅五歲的科拉、三歲的道森及八個月大的卡蘭·克蘭西,其行為係屬預謀且蓄意為之。
The prosecution further averred that she had meticulously orchestrated her husband's departure from the residence, dispatching him to the pharmacy to collect medication for one of the children while simultaneously procuring supper for the entire family.
檢方進一步陳述,她精心策劃使丈夫離家,派遣其前往藥房為其中一名子女取藥,並同時為全家人採購晚餐。
Clancy's defense counsel, however, contended that in light of her postpartum psychosis—a rare psychiatric condition linked to postnatal stress, sleep deprivation, and profound hormonal upheaval—she ought not to bear criminal culpability for her actions.
克蘭西的辯護律師則主張,鑑於其產後精神病——一種與分娩後壓力、睡眠剝奪及荷爾蒙劇變相關的罕見精神疾患——她不應就此承擔刑事責任。
On three separate occasions, the jury declared itself unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
陪審團曾三度宣告無法達成一致裁決。
On Thursday, the foreperson apprised the presiding judge that one juror had declined to adhere to the court's directives concerning reasonable doubt.
陪審團主席於週四向法官陳明,有一名陪審員拒絕遵從法院就合理懷疑所下達之指示。
"They (the jury) are acutely aware that they have been deprived by a single individual—irrespective of his intentions—who has usurped seven weeks of the lives of these other jurors, so assiduous, so exemplary, so preeminent in their dedication," he remarked.
“他們(陪審團)深知,自己已被一人所剝奪——無論其意圖為何——此人竊取了其他這些如此專注、如此卓越、如此出類拔萃的陪審員們七週的生命,”他如是說。
At present, there is no way to ascertain the precise configuration of the jury's divergent opinions, nor to discern whether their inclination leans toward a verdict of guilt or acquittal.
目前尚無從確知陪審團的意見分歧態勢,亦無法判斷其傾向於認定有罪抑或無罪。
Should Clancy be convicted of murder, she would likely face a sentence of life imprisonment; conversely, were she to be acquitted, the judge would retain the authority to order her confinement in a psychiatric institution.
倘若克蘭西遭判謀殺罪名成立,她恐將面臨終身監禁之刑;反之,若獲判無罪,法官則有權下令將其拘禁於精神病院。
This is an abhorrent situation.
這是一個令人髮指的境況。
"Behold, she has committed a most heinous crime," Trump remarked on Friday. "Nothing could be more egregious than this."
且看,她犯下了極其駭人聽聞的罪行,」特朗普於週五表示。「再無比這更令人髮指的了。
Yet, you shall ultimately come to comprehend the price that must be paid.
然而,你終將明白所需付出的代價為何。
A price is inevitable—whether it be a psychiatric institution, a prison, or any other such consequence."
代價必然存在——無論是精神病院、監獄,抑或其他種種。」
On the vast majority of days, the women who rallied behind Clancy, attired in pink, would make their presence felt at the trial.
在絕大多數日子裡,那些力挺克蘭西且身著粉紅裝束的女性,皆會親臨審判現場。
Many recounted, with considerable eloquence, their own postpartum ordeals or the multifarious tribulations they had endured within the healthcare system.
許多人娓娓道來自身產後的經歷,或是在醫療體系中所遭遇的種種困擾。
On Friday, one of these women, Marta Quijano, a fifty-five-year-old surgeon, remarked that the mistrial left her "profoundly sorrowful for this family, for Lindsay."
週五,其中一位女性瑪爾塔·基哈諾,一位五十五歲的外科醫生,表示流審讓她「為這個家庭、為林賽感到非常難過」。
"In my estimation, she ought never to have been compelled to relive the entirety of this ordeal; the matter should have long since been laid to rest," Quijano uttered, her voice choked with sobs, tears streaming down her face.
「竊以為,她實在不該被迫將這一切從頭再歷一遍;此事理應早已塵埃落定,」基哈諾語帶哽咽,泣不成聲。
"Such a plight transcends the mere bounds of injustice.
「如此際遇,豈止不公二字所能涵蓋。
As a woman, I am acutely cognizant that we are presently subjected to egregiously disparate treatment—our voices are systematically disregarded, and the gravity of our circumstances is perpetually trivialized.
身為女性,我深感吾輩正遭受著極其嚴峻的差別待遇——我們的聲音被置若罔聞,事態之嚴重性屢遭輕描淡寫。
Even with regard to the events that have transpired today, I remain convinced that there is one individual who has unequivocally failed her."
即便就今日所發生之事而論,我亦認為,有一人著實辜負了她。」
At the outset of the deliberations, the judge candidly acknowledged that this trial had exacted an extraordinarily onerous toll on all present, both emotionally and physically.
法官於審議之初即坦言,此一庭審對所有與會者而言,無論在情感層面抑或體力消耗上,皆構成極其嚴峻的考驗。
The testimony proved profoundly harrowing—from the father's gut-wrenching 911 call upon discovering the children's bodies, to the excruciatingly detailed accounts of their final moments—each element left the courtroom deeply shaken.
諸多證詞聽來令人椎心泣血,自孩子們的父親發現其遺體時所撥打的那通令人肝腸寸斷的911求救電話,乃至於對他們罹難過程的鉅細靡遺之描述,無一不令人惻然動容。
Clancy was moved to tears on more than one occasion.
克蘭西數度潸然淚下。
On one occasion, as images of the children's autopsies were displayed in the courtroom, Clancy could not contain his anguish and broke into unrestrained sobbing, prompting the judge to call a temporary recess.
有一回,當孩童遺體解剖之影像展示於庭上時,克蘭西不禁失聲慟哭,法官遂宣布暫時休庭。
Amidst profound anxiety, sleepless nights, and the torment of the disquieting brain fog she described, Clancy turned to specialists in postpartum mood disorders, who in turn prescribed her a regimen of psychotropic medications.
在極度焦慮、徹夜難眠,並飽受其所言之令人心神不寧的腦霧所苦之際,克蘭西轉而求助於產後情緒障礙領域的專家,後者為其開立了多種精神藥物。
Clancy's family testified in court that she had explicitly voiced profound concerns over the progressive deterioration of her own health.
克蘭西的家人於庭上作證,指她曾明確表達對自身健康狀況每況愈下的深切憂慮。
Her former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, in turn portrayed her as a gracious and deeply affectionate mother who was, as she put it, "beseeching the outside world for a helping hand."
其前家姑蘇珊·克蘭西則形容她為一位溫文爾雅、滿懷慈愛的母親,正「懇求外界伸出援手」。
In early 2023, Clancy voluntarily admitted herself to a psychiatric facility, yet her course of treatment proved fleeting; a mere nineteen days after her discharge, she took the lives of her own children, leaving their remains in the basement of her residence in South Boston.
2023年初,克蘭西自願入住精神病院,惟療程短暫;出院僅十九日後,她便弒害親生子女,將其遺體留置於波士頓南區寓所的地下室內。
Subsequently, Clancy hurled herself from a second-floor window, and she is now paralyzed from the waist down.
事後,克蘭西自二樓窗戶縱身躍下,現時腰部以下癱瘓。
The prosecutors conceded that Clancy suffered from a severe psychiatric disorder, yet steadfastly maintained that she possessed the cognitive faculties to comprehend and govern her own actions.
檢察官承認克蘭西罹患嚴重精神疾病,惟堅稱其具備理解並掌控自身行為之能力。
They underscored that, notwithstanding her assertion of having heard a male voice commanding her to slay her offspring, she had never divulged such an occurrence to any mental health practitioner prior to committing the heinous act.
渠等強調,儘管她聲稱聽聞一名男性聲音命令她殺害子女,然在行兇之前,她從未向心理健康服務提供者透露此事。
The composition of this report was rendered feasible solely through the collaborative endeavours of correspondents Rodrigo Ngovi (stationed in Plymouth), John Seewer (stationed in Toledo, Ohio), Philippe Marcello (stationed in New York), Jamie Stengle (stationed in Dallas), Sudhin Thanawala (stationed in Atlanta), and Ed White (stationed in Detroit).
本報導之撰述,承蒙記者羅德里格·恩戈維(駐普利茅斯)、約翰·西沃(駐俄亥俄州托萊多)、菲利普·馬塞洛(駐紐約)、傑米·斯坦格爾(駐達拉斯)、蘇迪恩·塔納瓦拉(駐亞特蘭大)及埃德·懷特(駐底特律)之協力,方得竟其功。