Overview
- Jury selection concluded this week with an 18-person panel and opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday in the triple-murder trial of Lindsay Clancy.
- Plymouth Superior Court Judge William F. Sullivan ruled that the 911 call by Patrick Clancy and the children’s autopsy photos may be shown to jurors but must be impounded and may not be recorded, published, or otherwise distributed by media or the public.
- Prosecutors say the 911 call and photos are key to proving deliberateness and cruelty in the strangulation deaths, while the defense argues those materials must be tightly controlled to prevent prejudice.
- Clancy admits she killed the three children but has pleaded not guilty and will mount a lack-of-criminal-responsibility defense, saying she suffered severe postpartum psychosis and was overmedicated.
- The trial is expected to run weeks and feature more than 200 potential witnesses, contested limits on first-responder testimony, and evidence that could shape broader scrutiny of perinatal mental-health care and prescribing practices.