Children Killed Postpartum Defense
Lindsay Clancy waits for the judge to call a prospective jury member into court in her murder trial where she is charged in the 2023 killing of her three children, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass.
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A Massachusetts woman is on trial in a case where her lawyers argue that postpartum psychosis was the reason she killed her three children, aged 5 and younger. Opening statements in Lindsay Clancy's trial began Monday. Jurors are expected to hear evidence for weeks, including dueling views about her culpability and mental state. Clancy has pleaded not guilty and her attorney has laid out an insanity defense. Prosecutors argue she strangled Cora, Dawson, and Callan in well-planned murders in January 2023. At the time, she had been getting psychiatric care for about four months.
A series of high-profile criminal cases is in court this week for hearings and testimony that could prove pivotal. Four of the cases have celebrity defendants or victims. The hearings and trials include a prosecution for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur and the murder case against singer D4vd. Also in court were attorneys for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, and the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie. Some of the hearings could determine final resolution of the charges.
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