Overview
- Lindsay Clancy’s defense, in an April 2 filing, said she will sign a written stipulation that she caused her children’s deaths if the court separates that fact from the question of her criminal responsibility.
- Judge William F. Sullivan previously denied a bifurcated trial, and prosecutors argue there is no right to it and that two phases would repeat much of the same evidence.
- Her lawyer says she will not plead guilty and wants jurors to decide only whether alleged overmedication and postpartum psychosis left her legally insane at the time.
- The court scheduled a forensic psychological evaluation for April 10–12, a status hearing for April 23, and a July 20 trial start, and Clancy remains under treatment at Tewksbury State Hospital.
- Under Massachusetts law, a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity can result in commitment to a psychiatric hospital rather than a prison sentence.