The defense rested Friday in the triple-murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of murdering her three children in 2023. Defense witnesses claimed she is not criminally responsible for the slayings due to mental illness. Image by MoMagic/Pixabay
Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Defense lawyers representing Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy, on trial for the murders of her three children, rested their case Friday after testimony from a doctor who claimed she is innocent due to mental illness.
Attorney Kevin Reddington told the presiding judge in Plymouth, Mass., Superior Court that the defense had concluded its case following the testimony of Dr. Phillip Resnick, a forensic psychiatrist with expertise in postpartum disorders.
He told jurors Clancy was "frankly psychotic" on Jan. 24, 2023, when she killed her children.
A series of defense witnesses this week sought to show Clancy, 36, is not guilty of murdering her children -- 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan -- at their Duxbury, Mass., home.
