Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Why didn’t Lindsay Clancy take the stand in her own defense? NBC News’ Misty Marris explains why the defense chose not to risk a brutal cross-examination, instead using Clancy’s journal entries, Apple notes, medical records and testimony from family members to tell her story to the jury.

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