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Lindsay Clancy Trial Nears Verdict on Criminal Responsibility

Experts disputed whether Clancy was psychotic or criminally responsible after 70-plus witnesses testified in the five-week trial, prosecutors said.

  • On Thursday, August 27, 2026, closing arguments begin in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy as jurors prepare to decide whether she is criminally responsible for strangling her three children on January 24, 2023.
  • Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, strangled her three children in their Duxbury home on January 24, 2023; her attorneys argue she suffered from postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors contend the killings were premeditated.
  • Defense psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick testified Clancy was "clearly psychotic" and "not in control of her actions," while prosecution experts Dr. Kirk Heilbrun and Dr. Gregory Saathoff concluded she retained awareness of the wrongfulness of killing her children.
  • Jurors must determine if the Commonwealth proved sanity beyond reasonable doubt; a guilty verdict carries a mandatory life sentence, while a finding of lack of criminal responsibility results in indefinite civil commitment.
  • Outside Plymouth Superior Court, supporters wearing pink have highlighted systemic failures in maternal mental health care, drawing national attention to claims that the medical system failed to adequately support Clancy in late 2022.
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Lindsay Clancy trial: Watch the full closing arguments from both sides

Jury deliberations are underway in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. Watch the closing arguments of the high-profile trial.

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Jury begins deliberating in Lindsay Clancy murder trial

In a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health, the Massachusetts mother is accused of strangling her three young children.

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