Overview
- The trial in Plymouth Superior Court is ongoing with the defense calling psychiatric witnesses after prosecutors rested on Aug. 17; jurors returned to court this week to hear the defense case.
- On Wednesday, defense psychologist Dr. Paul Zeizel testified that Lindsay Clancy told her husband she had heard a male voice ordering her to kill the children and then herself and that Clancy could not appreciate the wrongfulness of her acts.
- Prosecutors sharply cross-examined Zeizel to note gaps between his account and Clancy’s medical records, pointing out that records show she said she ‘wanted to die’ but do not document auditory hallucinations.
- Judge William Sullivan barred a proposed defense witness who had posted about conditions at McLean Hospital, and the defense is expected to keep calling witnesses while the jury remains sequestered in evidence.
- The case has drawn large public rallies and near‑million dollar fundraising for Clancy’s family and is focused on contested issues of postpartum psychosis, medication management and whether failures in perinatal care influenced the tragedy.