PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Jurors in the closely watched Lindsay Clancy trial began deliberating this week — but had not reached a verdict by the end of the day Friday. They have a lot to consider. Over the past five weeks, the jury heard testimony from doctors, first responders, relatives and even Clancy’s former husband. It
Attorneys for both sides made closing arguments on Thursday before the jury began deliberating. Kevin Reddington, Clancy’s attorney, repeated the defence’s argument that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis when she killed the children with exercise bands at their home and then attempted to end her own life by jumping out a window. Clancy was paralysed
Lindsay Clancy is accused of killing her three children in Massachusetts in 2023. Her defence says she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness, including psychosis, while prosecutors argue she acted deliberately. Postpartum psychosis has become a key focus of the case. The BBC’s Ana Faguy explains. If you are suffering distress or despair and
Clancy lacked control and was likely unable to tell the difference between right and wrong on that January 2023 day, he told the jury on Friday. “In her mind, she believed that she would be doing her children a favour by having them go to heaven with her rather than remain on earth without her
For many watching Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, the primary takeaway has been how the deaths of her three small children—Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callen, eight months—were tragically preventable. Lawyers for the Massachusetts nurse are arguing that she’s not criminally responsible for strangling her children, because she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis, a rare mental
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink, gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy’s story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health