When Graphic Testimony Overwhelms a Trial's Morality The courtroom can be a brutal place, where the most intimate details of human suffering are laid bare for all to see.
Recently, during the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of murdering her children, graphic testimony on the autopsies of her young ones overwhelmed her composure.
As society grapples with the desire to know the truth and its capacity to absorb it, graphic evidence in courtrooms remains a contentious issue.