US infanticide cases: Kailey Erhart case reignites double standard debate
Kailey Erhart, 22, filmed with a Glock 19 after the Lindsay Clancy triple killing. Is there a double standard?
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Two infanticides in weeks reignite the double standard debate in the US
What happens when a mother is filmed holding a weapon and a child in her arms? In the United States, the question has resurfaced. On August 25, 2026, journalist Carlos Esteban broke the story of Kailey Erhart, a 22-year-old woman seen in a video with a Glock 19 pistol at hip height. The precedent is the triple infanticide committed by Lindsay Clancy.
The debate is not only about the facts. It is about the words. When the perpetrator is a man, people speak of evil and vicarious violence. When it is a woman, psychological mitigating factors come up. In Spain, the contrast is drawn between the Bretón case, convicted without nuance, and terms such as "extended suicide" or "altruistic homicide" used for cases involving mothers.
Another reading points out that in the Clancy case there were prior warnings to specialists that did not translate into protection. There, the problem would not be the perpetrator's sens, but prevention. The Erhart video keeps circulating. The courts will decide whether behind it there is a murderer, a sick woman, or both. It remains to be seen whether the presumption of madness is still a thing reserved for mothers.
What happens when a mother is filmed holding a weapon and a child in her arms? In the United States, the question has resurfaced. On August 25, 2026, journalist Carlos Esteban broke the story of Kailey Erhart, a 22-year-old woman seen in a video with a Glock 19 pistol at hip height. The precedent is the triple infanticide committed by Lindsay Clancy.
The debate is not only about the facts. It is about the words. When the perpetrator is a man, people speak of evil and vicarious violence. When it is a woman, psychological mitigating factors come up. In Spain, the contrast is drawn between the Bretón case, convicted without nuance, and terms such as "extended suicide" or "altruistic homicide" used for cases involving mothers.
Another reading points out that in the Clancy case there were prior warnings to specialists that did not translate into protection. There, the problem would not be the perpetrator's sens, but prevention. The Erhart video keeps circulating. The courts will decide whether behind it there is a murderer, a sick woman, or both. It remains to be seen whether the presumption of madness is still a thing reserved for mothers.
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