Jury weighs Lindsay Clancy’s insanity defense in 3-child murder trial
Why it matters: The verdict could shape how courts and clinicians confront postpartum psychosis in criminal cases.
Jurors in Massachusetts began deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the former labor and delivery nurse charged with killing her three young children in Duxbury in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty and argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, leaving her not criminally responsible for the deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan. Prosecutors contend the central question is whether she knew right from wrong at the time of the killings. The case drew national attention during a five-week trial that included 21 days of testimony from more than 80 witnesses, including family members, first responders, psychiatrists and Clancy’s husband.