Overview
- Twelve jurors have been seated so far as the Plymouth Superior Court moves to empanel 18 jurors for a trial expected to last six to eight weeks.
- The defense plans a lack-of-criminal-responsibility case saying Clancy suffered postpartum psychosis and was overmedicated, a claim that is shaping juror screening and courtroom strategy.
- Prosecutors recently removed three strangulation or suffocation counts as redundant, narrowing the indictment to three first-degree murder charges against Clancy.
- Defense lawyers have asked the judge to limit how many first responders prosecutors may call, arguing 18 such witnesses would be repetitive, while the court has ordered both sides to produce a consolidated witness list of more than 200 names.
- Clancy remains confined at Tewksbury State Hospital and has filed a civil suit alleging multiple medical providers catastrophically failed to diagnose and treat her perinatal psychiatric crisis, a claim that ties the criminal case to questions about perinatal care and medication management.