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Lindsay Clancy trial: Major questions as the case heads towards a verdict

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Newest development Aug 22, 2026 · 2 reportsLindsay Clancy, Motherhood, and a Culture That Has Forgotten Sacrifice

Clancy's defense argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors say the killings were deliberate.

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  1. Psychologist who treated Lindsay Clancy testifies at trial

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  2. Closing arguments in Lindsay Clancy murder trial expected next week

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  3. Defense rests in Lindsay Clancy murder trial

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  1. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Patrick Clancy’s mom, psychiatrict take the stand on day 15 of Lindsay Clancy trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 36-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sustained when she jumped f…

  2. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Defense continues to call witnesses on day 15 of Lindsay Clancy murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 36-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sustained when she jumped f…

  3. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Psychologist returns to stand as defense continues case on day 16 of Lindsay Clancy murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 36-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sustained when she jumped f…

  4. WHDH Boston

    Psychologist testifies Lindsay Clancy not criminally responsible in killing of her 3 children (opens WHDH Boston)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy didn’t appreciate the “wrongfulness” of killing her three children because of her mental health issues, a psychologist testifying for the defense...

  5. WHDH Boston

    Psychologist testifies Lindsay Clancy was not criminally responsible in killing of her 3 children (opens WHDH Boston)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy didn’t appreciate the “wrongfulness” of killing her three children because of her mental health issues, a psychologist testifying for the defense...

  6. CBS News

    Psychologist who treated Lindsay Clancy testifies at trial (opens CBS News)

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    Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman on trial for killing her three children in 2023, has pleaded not guilty, citing her own struggle with postpartum psychosis. On Wednesday, a psychologist who treated Clancy after the killings testified about her state of mind the night of the tragedy.

  7. CBS News

    This Lindsay Clancy murder trial testimony may be the most important for the defense, expert says (opens CBS News)

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    A psychologist who saw Lindsay Clancy took the stand in her Massachusetts murder trial, providing a vital take on her condition after she allegedly killed her three children. CBS News' Rebba Roiphe has more.

  8. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Defense calls hospital chaplain to the stand on Day 17 of Lindsay Clancy’s trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 36-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sustained when she jumped f…

  9. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Will the defense call more witnesses on Day 17 of Lindsay Clancy’s trial? (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 36-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sustained when she jumped f…

  10. Boston

    Livestream: Lindsay Clancy murder trial continues with more defense witnesses (opens Boston)

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    Psychologist Paul Zeizel testified Wednesday that Clancy didn’t appreciate the “wrongfulness” of killing her three children because of her mental health issues.

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    Lindsay Clancy case focused on mental state at the moment of killings (opens News Nation Now)

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    Lindsay Clancy is on trial for killing her three young children.

  13. Know Your Meme

    Lindsay Clancy Trial Sparks Discourse Online (opens Know Your Meme)

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    Lindsay Clancy is a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, at the family’s home in Duxbury on January 24th, 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder.

  14. CBS News

    Closing arguments in Lindsay Clancy murder trial expected next week (opens CBS News)

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    Day 17 wrapped early on Thursday in the trial against Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother who admitted to killing her three children. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul has the details.

  15. New York Post

    How has Lindsay Clancy become a more compelling victim than her three children who she brutally killed? (opens New York Post)

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    Outside Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts this week, Americans are witnessing something resembling a mass psychosis event.

  16. Charisma Magazine Online

    Lindsay Clancy Trial Unexpectedly Halted, Judge Meets with Each Juror Individually (opens Charisma Magazine Online)

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    The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy came to a screeching halt Thursday for reasons that were not explained. Clancy has been accused of murdering her three children. “The Lindsey Clancy murder trial comes to an abrupt halt for the day after the judge individually questions every juror for reasons that…

  17. BizPac Review

    Women rally in SUPPORT of killer mom outside trial, fawn over her defense atty (opens BizPac Review)

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    Lindsay Clancy is currently on trial for the January 2023 strangulation murders of her three young children, Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months). After killing […]

  18. KION Central Coast

    Defense rests in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial (opens KION Central Coast)

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    By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The defense rested Friday in the triple-murder trial of Lindsay Clancy after calling 10 witnesses who testified about her mental health conditions and her efforts to seek treatment in the months before she fatally strangled her three children.

  19. KAAL Rochester

    Lindsey Clancy’s defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    The defense has rested its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children in 2023. Prosecutors are calling rebuttal witnesses before attorneys make their closing arguments in the trial.

  20. KAAL Rochester

    Lindsay Clancy’s defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    The defense has rested its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children in 2023. Prosecutors are calling rebuttal witnesses before attorneys make their closing arguments in the trial.

  21. WHDH Boston

    Defense rests in Lindsay Clancy murder trial (opens WHDH Boston)

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    BOSTON (AP) — The defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting several days of testimony about her mental state before and...

  22. WPRI Providence

    Defense rests in trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove Lindsay Clancy to kill her children (opens WPRI Providence)

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    The defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children.

  23. New York Post

    Clancy’s ‘distorted mind’ convinced her she was ‘doing her children a favor’ by killing them, psychiatrist reveals — as defense rests case (opens New York Post)

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    Psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick testified that Lindsay Clancy believed she was doing her three children a favor by sending them to heaven.

  24. CBS News

    Defense rests case in Lindsay Clancy trial (opens CBS News)

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    The defense for Lindsay Clancy has rested their case in the murder trial over the killings of Clancy's three young children. CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe has more.

  25. New York Post

    To women, Lindsay Clancy isn’t a monster — she’s living proof of their worst fears (opens New York Post)

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    They believe that while Clancy’s crime was heinous, it was a tragedy caused by a horrific health system failure.

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