State Experts Complete Evaluation of Lindsay Clancy Ahead of July Trial

Overview

• Prosecutors, who addressed the court Thursday, said two government doctors finished a three‑day evaluation and a third will interview Lindsay Clancy by video, with reports due by late May or early June.
• Judge William F. Sullivan again refused to split the trial into separate phases for guilt and mental state, rejecting a defense bid to reconsider after prosecutors argued the evidence overlaps.
• The defense had offered to stipulate in writing to Clancy’s role in the children’s deaths to narrow the trial to her mental responsibility, but prosecutors would not accept that approach.
• The case remains on track for jury selection on July 20, with the next pretrial hearing on May 21, as Clancy appears from Tewksbury State Hospital where she is paralyzed and receiving psychiatric care.
• Clancy plans an insanity defense tied to postpartum illness and extensive medication, and under Massachusetts law a not‑guilty verdict by reason of mental disease would lead to psychiatric commitment with periodic reviews.