PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The Lindsay Clancy murder trial is expected to continue Monday with prosecutors calling their final rebuttal witnesses before the case moves closer to closing arguments.
Proceedings resume at Plymouth Superior Court following a dramatic week of testimony that featured dueling expert opinions about Clancy’s mental state when prosecutors say she killed her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, in January 2023.
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Outside the courthouse, people supporting different sides of the case held demonstrations.
Some attendees wore white in remembrance of the three children, while supporters of Clancy have previously gathered wearing pink.
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The defense rested its case Friday after calling forensic psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick as its final witness.
Resnick testified that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings and said she told him she had no control over her actions that night. He examined Clancy approximately four months after the deaths and supported the defense’s argument that she was experiencing a severe mental illness when the children were killed.
Prosecutors began their rebuttal case Friday by calling psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack to the stand.
Mack testified that Clancy was experiencing a major depressive episode. He told jurors that even if Clancy had been experiencing psychosis, that condition alone would not necessarily prevent someone from understanding the difference between right and wrong.
“There’s no reason why psychosis in and of itself inhibits a person from knowing right from wrong,” Mack testified.
The testimony highlights the central dispute in the case, with defense experts arguing Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis, while the prosecution’s experts have challenged that conclusion.
While there had been expectations that closing arguments could begin Monday or Tuesday, those plans have been delayed after prosecutors indicated they still have two additional rebuttal witnesses to call.
Once the prosecution finishes its rebuttal case, both sides are expected to deliver closing arguments before jurors begin deliberating on a verdict in one of Massachusetts’ most closely watched criminal trials.
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