Lindsay Clancy prosecutors come across as 'tone deaf,' 'uncaring' and 'snarky,' defense attorney says

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Prosecutors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are coming across as “tone deaf” to how jurors likely feel about the case, a criminal defense attorney says.

Lindsay Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under the age of 6 — who were found strangled at the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts home in 2023. Prosecutors concluded their case Monday morning, and Clancy’s defense attorney has since begun presenting arguments, asserting that she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her children.

Also on Wednesday, Judge William Sullivan rejected a defense motion seeking to add Emily Thorndike, a former clinical social worker at McLean Hospital, to the witness list. The defense contended that Thorndike’s firsthand experience in the same short-term unit where Clancy received treatment could counter what it characterized as a misleading portrayal of the facility as a “five star” hospital offering unlimited treatment options that Clancy chose to decline.

He said Lindsay Clancy is aware of the support she’s getting when asked about the solidarity gatherings in her support, with people wearing pink.

Fox News’ Bryan Llenas contributed to this report.