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Trial date set for Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy
Accused of strangling her three children to death last year, Clancy will face a jury in December 2025.
A trial date has been set for Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of killing her children last year in a case that rocked the South Shore.
Clancy’s trial is slated to begin Dec. 1, 2025, nearly three years after she allegedly strangled her three children and severely injured herself in a suicide attempt on Jan. 24, 2023.
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Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts each of murder and strangulation in the deaths of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan Clancy. Her lawyer has said she plans to pursue an insanity defense, arguing she lacks criminal responsibility for the killings due to her mental health.
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During a brief court appearance Wednesday, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague estimated the case could take two to three weeks to try, including impanelment. Prosecutors had previously requested a September trial date.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington agreed with Sprague’s timeline, speculating jury selection in the high-profile case might even take two weeks.
“It’s going to be difficult,” he added.
The case made national headlines after Clancy was charged in her children’s deaths and later arraigned from a hospital bed, where she was still recovering following her suicide attempt.
As the case winds its way through the courts, dueling portraits of the young mother have emerged. Sprague has sought to portray Clancy as a cold and calculating killer who sent her husband out on errands to allow time for the murders. Reddington, meanwhile, has argued his client was struggling with her mental health following the birth of her third child.
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“You have to ask yourself why. Why?” Reddington said during Clancy’s superior court arraignment last year. “And when you ask yourself why, you consider all of these factors, it’s readily apparent … that this woman was a troubled soul.”
Clancy remains committed at the state-run Tewksbury Hospital while her case is pending.
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