Lindsay Clancy Trial (Live Updates): Defense Rests Case, Prosecution Calling Rebuttal Witnesses
Defense psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick testified by Zoom as Lindsay Clancy seeks to show postpartum psychosis and avoid criminal responsibility.
- On Friday, August 21, 2026, the defense called forensic psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick to testify in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, marking the final witness before the defense rests its case.
- Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues that Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis during the January 2023 killings, contending she is not criminally responsible for the deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan.
- On Thursday, a hospital chaplain testified that Clancy claimed to hear a voice commanding her to kill her children; the chaplain, who met with Clancy more than 200 times, said, "Lindsay, your children are safe."
- Prosecutors plan to call three rebuttal witnesses once the defense rests, with closing arguments potentially beginning as early as Monday or Tuesday.
- Supporters gathered outside Plymouth Superior Court on Thursday to demonstrate solidarity with Clancy, while the trial remains streamed on NBC 10 and WJAR YouTube channels for public viewing.
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‘She was a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings’: Lindsay Clancy’s defense rests after doctor says she wasn’t psychotic ‘every minute’
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — Lindsay Clancy‘s defense rested its case on Friday after calling a psychiatrist who testified that the defendant suffered from psychosis. Lindsay Clancy appears in court on Aug. 21, 2026. (Court TV) Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder in the deaths of her young children. Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, were strangled to death in the basement of the family’s home on Jan. 24, 2023. C…
Lindsay Clancy’s Final Defense Witness Testifies About Her Mental State
Facebook | Lindsay Clancy Lindsay Clancy’s defense is preparing to rest its case after calling a forensic psychiatrist to testify about her mental state when she killed her three children. Dr. Phillip Resnick took the stand Friday as the final defense witness in the high-profile murder trial, which has centered on whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the January 2023 killings. The defense maintains that Clancy was experiencing postpartu…
Lindsay Clancy trial (live updates): Defense rests case, prosecution calling rebuttal witnesses
Testimony in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy resumed Friday morning in Plymouth Superior Court, with the defense calling its final witness before resting its case.
Lindsay Clancy trial live updates: ‘Psychotic’ killer mom told son Dawson, 3, to ‘go to God’ as she strangled him, then 2 siblings, doctors say
Follow The Post’s live coverage of the Lindsay Clancy murder trial Friday in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where Clancy, 36, is charged with murder for strangling her three young kids while postpartum in 2023.
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