Lindsay Clancy Trial Shocker: What the Jury Just Heard
PLYMOUTH, Mass. – Lindsay Clancy is back in court as the jury is poised to begin deliberations later today in the captivating trial centers on the 36-year-old mother who strangled her three young children in 2023.
Prosecutors and Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, are scheduled to deliver their closing arguments this morning before the judge instructs the jury on the law and sends them off to begin the decision-making process.
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Their verdict will turn on whether they believe Clancy’s defense – that she should be found not criminally responsible because she was in the throes of severe postpartum psychosis and heard a man’s voice telling her to carry out the killings and attempt suicide.
Meanwhile, prosecutors claim Clancy carefully planned and knew the wrongfulness of her horrific acts.
None of Lindsay Clancy's doctors saw signs of psychosis: prosecutor
By Priscilla DeGregoryNone of the doctors who treated Lindsay Clancy in the four months before she took her kids' lives saw signs of psychosis, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague told the jury.
"None of them ever saw signs of psychosis, ever," the prosecutor said. "So they are all wrong?"
Clancy saw a psychiatrist, checked herself into a mental institution and was treated at a perinatal clinic in the months before.
After the killings, Clancy claimed she hallucinated a male voice telling her to carry out the horrific acts.
Lindsay Clancy rejected mental health help, didn't take meds: prosecutor
By Priscilla DeGregoryProsecutor Jennifer Sprague is claiming that it wasn't Lindsay Clancy's doctors' fault that she didn't get better because she wanted to do things "on her own terms."
"There is a lack of compliance there, a lack of follow-through, a lack of communication with her providers," Sprague said.
"She was asking for help," Sprague said. "She wanted help, she wanted to get better on her own terms, doing things her way."
Sprague claimed Clancy jumped from one healthcare provider to another and didn't follow instructions on the prescriptions she was given, often declining to take meds she was given.
The prosecutor also pointed out that Clancy was offered several programs at Women & Infants Hospital and rejected them
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer calls her a 'darn good mother' during closing arguments in trial for mudering her 3 kids
By Priscilla DeGregoryLindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, described her as a “darn good mother” before she allegedly strangled her three children. Reddington attributed Clancy’s sharp mental health decline and subsequent actions to psychiatric medications prescribed by Dr. Jennifer Tufts, asserting her life changed negatively after seeing the psychiatrist.
Lindsay Clancy trial not about healthcare system: 'That's a distraction'
By Kyra Breslin and Priscilla DeGregoryProsecutor Jennifer Sprague just began her closings by saying the Lindsay Clancy trial is not about the healthcare system.
"That's a distraction," Sprague said.
"What is on trial here is what Lindsay Clancy did the night of Jan. 24, 2023, and what her mental state was at the time."
"It all boils down to she was depressed. She was trying to deal with that. Trying to get help for that. It wasn't the fault of the providers... they were doing the best they could with the information she provided them."
Sprague began her closing by saying: "There is not dipsute that Lindsay Clancy was suffering from mental illness and she tried to kill herself. That is not the issue in this trial."
The jury appeared engaged. Some of them were leaning forward, others were looking over and watching Clancy's reaction.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks jury to find her not criminally responsible
By Priscilla DeGregoryKevin Reddington wrapped up his closing arguments after he asked the jury to find her not criminally responsible.
"The mess that this young lady was in in her brain. 'My brain is being damaged. I will never be better.' That is the evidence that you have in this case."
"There is no evidence that she is lying, there is no evidence that she is malingering," he said.
"This young lady is not guilty of the killing of her children because she was suffering from a disease or mental defect ... and [prosecutors] are not going to be able to prove otherwise," Reddington said at the end of his closings.
