Judge denies Lindsay Clancy's pretrial motion to call witnesses who have experienced postpartum psychosis

A judge has denied Lindsay Clancy's motion to call witnesses to the stand in her criminal trial who have personal experience with postpartum psychosis. 

A final pretrial hearing was held Monday, one week before jury selection is set to begin in the Duxbury, Massachusetts mother's high-profile murder trial.

Clancy is facing three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of her three children in 2023. Prosecutors allege that Clancy premeditated their murders by sending her husband out for takeout food before strangling the children and attempting to take her own life. Clancy's defense attorney said his client takes responsibility for what happened, but plans to argue at trial that she was overcome by an episode of postpartum psychosis.

Clancy has been held in a mental facility since the incident.

In a new court filing, Kevin Reddington, Clancy's defense attorney, told the court that he has been contacted by 15 different people who allege to have personal experience with postpartum psychosis, hallucinations, or SSRI use, who are willing to testify at trial.

These people have no believed connection to this case, but have "been victimized by the medical system that fails to recognize the severe, debilitating and devastating impact of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis," according to the filing.

"Clancy requests permission to present testimonial evidence from witnesses who have themselves suffered from PPD and PPP including the suicidal ideation, infanticide ideation, homicidal ideation with auditory and visual hallucinations," the court motion requests.

Hearing arguments in Plymouth Superior Court, Judge William Sullivan denied the motion, saying it would create multiple trials within a trial to allow those women to testify.