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Jury Hears Lindsay Clancy’s Postpartum Psychosis Defense in Trial

8/21/2026

Summary

Lindsay Clancy Trial

Lindsay Clancy is on trial in Massachusetts for killing her three children on Jan. 24, 2023.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues she suffered postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, and was overmedicated.
Mother-in-law Susan Clancy testified Lindsay texted “I’m not okay and I’m terrified of taking meds tonight” on Nov. 30, 2022.
Psychologist Paul Zeizel testified she had no appreciation for the wrongfulness of her act because of a disease.

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Lindsay Trial Live

The trial streams on turnto10.com and NBC 10’s Facebook and YouTube.
Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Plymouth courthouse wearing pink shirts with slogans “Believe” and “Peace For Lindsay.”
Renee Kimball led a circle prayer urging trust in defense attorney Kevin Reddington.
The jury has 18 members—12 women and six men—with six alternates awaiting deliberations.
Patrick Clancy remarried Dr. Rachel Danis in Central Park in spring 2026 and founded the Heard Foundation.

History

Historical Context

Andrea Yates drowned her five children on June 20 2001 in Houston; a 2002 Texas jury convicted her, but a 2005 appeal overturned the verdict, and a 2006 retrial found her not guilty by reason of insanity, spotlighting postpartum psychosis and the M’Naghten rule. Prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy’s 2023 Massachusetts trial cite the Yates precedent while defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues similar mental-health defenses.

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Lindsay Clancy Trial

Lindsay Clancy is on trial in Massachusetts for killing her three children on Jan. 24, 2023.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues she suffered postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, and was overmedicated.
Mother-in-law Susan Clancy testified Lindsay texted “I’m not okay and I’m terrified of taking meds tonight” on Nov. 30, 2022.
Psychologist Paul Zeizel testified she had no appreciation for the wrongfulness of her act because of a disease.

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