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Defense opens its case as Lindsay Clancy murder trial moves into the defense phase

After 14 days of testimony, prosecutors rested in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial. Clancy has admitted to killing her three children, while the defense argues she was not criminally responsible due to postpartum mental health issues and medication effects, pursuing an insanity defense. The defense then began calling witnesses, including family members and mental-health experts, as the case transitions to the defense phase. If acquitted of first-degree murder, she could be committed to a state hospital with periodic reviews.

via WBUR|

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911 Call Heightens Emotions as Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Continues

On the trial's second full day, the jury heard the harrowing 911 call Patrick Clancy made after finding his three children dead and Lindsay Clancy injured, with the defense arguing postpartum psychosis and insanity while prosecutors say she deliberately killed her kids; witnesses described the family's life and Lindsay's mental health history as experts prepare to weigh postpartum mental illness.

via WBUR|

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Jurors to Inspect Duxbury Home in Lindsay Clancy Case

A Massachusetts judge orders the jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial to tour the Duxbury home where her three children were killed, allowing only prosecutors, defense lawyers, the judge, jurors and needed staff access and restricting touching or opening items. The exterior and select interior rooms will be viewable as part of the trial, which features opening statements from both sides and testimony from Clancy’s ex-husband about her postpartum mental health. The 18-person jury (12 women, 6 men) will be escorted and the property will be secured by state and local police. The case, involving three counts of murder, has drawn national attention to issues of mental health and accountability.

via WCVB|

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Jury pool tightens as Clancy trial advances toward insanity defense

Prospective jurors are undergoing an unusually thorough screening in Plymouth Superior Court as Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of killing her three children, moves toward trial. Clancy, who admits to strangling her children but pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, says she suffered severe postpartum mental illness and heard a voice directing the killings.

via The Boston Globe|

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