Clancy Trial Heads to Closing Arguments After 4 Final Witnesses in Duxbury
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 20
Clancy Trial Heads to Closing Arguments After 4 Final Witnesses in Duxbury
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 20
Summary
Judge William Sullivan said closing arguments in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial will likely begin Monday or Tuesday after the defense's final witness Friday and three expected prosecution rebuttal witnesses.
Dr. Phillip Resnick — a psychiatrist known for testimony in the Andrea Yates case — is expected to be the defense's last witness as Clancy argues she was overmedicated and suffering postpartum psychosis.
Chaplain Sheila Cavanaugh testified Clancy said she was glad her children were safe and later alluded to a persistent male voice ordering her to act, but prosecutors noted Cavanaugh's detailed notes did not mention any voice.
Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children; prosecutors say she planned the killings before a staged suicide attempt, while supporters outside court pressed for better postpartum mental-health care.