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Trial Jury Told Clancy Could Control Actions, Prosecution Says

8/24/2026

Summary

Clancy Trial

Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the January 24 2023 murders of her three children.
The victims were Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and infant Callan, 8 months, strangled with exercise bands in Duxbury.
Clancy pleaded not guilty, asserting postpartum psychosis removed responsibility, while defense psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick cited command hallucinations.
Prosecution psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack argued she understood wrongdoing and could control actions, opening a no-parole or psychiatric-commitment verdict.

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Clancy Faces Backlash

Supporters gathered outside Plymouth Superior Court wearing “Believe” and “She Needed Help” shirts.
Conservative commentator Bethany Mandel said the rally sidelined victims’ names.
Patrick Clancy, Lindsay’s ex-husband, remarried quietly while his trial continues.
A GoFundMe campaign for Clancy’s family raised over $830,000 from global donors.
TikTok users spread conspiracy theories blaming Clancy, prompting his lawyers to label the claims defamatory.

History

Historical Context

In June 2001, Houston mother Andrea Yates drowned her five children; her 2002 conviction and 2006 not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict put the M’Naghten rule and postpartum psychosis under intense scrutiny. Advocacy groups such as Postpartum Support International and the Marcé Society then pressed for clearer diagnostic standards, reflecting an early-2000s shift toward tighter mental-illness defenses and noting that postpartum psychosis affects roughly 1 % of new mothers.

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Clancy Trial

Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the January 24 2023 murders of her three children.
The victims were Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and infant Callan, 8 months, strangled with exercise bands in Duxbury.
Clancy pleaded not guilty, asserting postpartum psychosis removed responsibility, while defense psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick cited command hallucinations.
Prosecution psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack argued she understood wrongdoing and could control actions, opening a no-parole or psychiatric-commitment verdict.

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