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Jury Seated as Lindsay Clancy Trial Opens, Insanity Defense Cited

7/25/2026

Summary

Jury Seated

An 18-person jury was seated for Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court, with opening statements set for Monday, July 27, 2026.
Judge William Sullivan barred release of the Jan. 24, 2023 911 call and autopsy photos, while ex-husband Patrick Clancy moved to keep graphic evidence private.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington says Clancy’s postpartum psychosis and over-medication justify an insanity verdict, while the jury—12 women, six men, six alternates—faces a six-to-eight-week trial.

Summary

Clancy Murder Trial

Prosecutors say Clancy pre-planned the murders, noting she sent her husband for takeout and used Apple Maps to time his return.
Clancy survived a suicide attempt and now remains paralyzed from the waist down at Tewksbury Hospital.
Patrick Clancy filed a wrongful-death suit against the doctors who prescribed her nine medications, eight within three weeks.
Both sides expect to call over 200 witnesses, far more than typical murder trials.

History

Historical Context

In 2001 Andrea Yates drowned her five children in Houston, and her 2002 capital-murder trial and 2006 retrial sparked national debate over postpartum-psychosis defenses and limits on graphic evidence. The 2026 Plymouth murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, which bars 911 recordings and expects more than 200 witnesses, echoes the same legal tension.

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Jury Seated

An 18-person jury was seated for Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court, with opening statements set for Monday, July 27, 2026.
Judge William Sullivan barred release of the Jan. 24, 2023 911 call and autopsy photos, while ex-husband Patrick Clancy moved to keep graphic evidence private.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington says Clancy’s postpartum psychosis and over-medication justify an insanity verdict, while the jury—12 women, six men, six alternates—faces a six-to-eight-week trial.

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