’60 Minutes’ Patrick Clancy Interview Provides a Surprisingly Thoughtful Take on Much-Watched Trial

By Daniel D'Addario

Daniel D'Addario

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Credit is merited when it’s due: CBS News’ newly minted “60 Minutes” correspondent Ross Douthat landed a thoughtful, emotional interview with the person who may have elicited more speculation than anyone else this year.

Patrick Clancy is the grieving father of three children killed in January 2023 by his then-wife, Lindsay Clancy. (During the criminal trial about whether Lindsay was sane or not when she committed the crime, she testified to killing them while in the throes of post-partum psychosis. Because of one holdout juror who’s proclaimed he was convinced of her guilt, the Massachusetts judge reluctantly had to declare a mistrial earlier this month.) As the “60 Minutes” segment points out, Patrick Clancy has been the subject of predictably intense scrutiny, with much of the TikTok commentariat convinced he did the deed.

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