Lindsay Clancy Trial

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have started to deliberate whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023. They deliberated for a few hours before the judge sent them home Thursday evening. While both sides agree Clancy killed her children, her attorneys say she suffered from postpartum psychosis and that “lousy medical care” exacerbated her condition. Prosecutors at the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office say she intentionally planned the killings and that the nation’s healthcare system is “not on trial here.” Jurors will return to court Friday at 9 a.m.

A jury has begun deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. She is accused of strangling her three young children in a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health. Clancy has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility. Her lawyers argue she was experiencing postpartum psychosis when she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy at the family’s Massachusetts home in January 2023. Prosecutors say Clancy planned the killings and understood her actions were wrong. Jurors must decide whether she was criminally responsible and, if so, exactly what crimes she committed.