Editor’s Note:This article is part of a series examining how television has portrayed policing over the decades. From cultural upheaval to procedural realism, each installment will explore how TV crime dramas reflected — and shaped — their times.
Lindsay Clancy, during her murder trial, on 13 August 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Photograph: Josh Reynolds/APLindsay Clancy, during her murder trial, on 13 August 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Photograph: Josh Reynolds/AP Analysis
