Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are hearing from the final witnesses in a case that has largely been about her mental state when she strangled her three young children. The trial resumed Tuesday with more testimony from a forensic psychologist hired by prosecutors to assess the defense claim that Clancy was suffering from acute postpartum psychosis. Clancy’s lawyer is questioning the psychologist about his conclusions, including whether the psychologist had made up his mind before interviewing Clancy. Prosecutors are expected to call at least one more expert witness before the trial moves on to closing arguments.
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A forensic psychologist has testified for the defense that Lindsay Clancy didn't appreciate the “wrongfulness” of killing three children due to her mental health issues. The testimony Wednesday of Paul Zeizel is meant to support the defense contentions that Clancy shouldn’t be held legally responsible for murder because she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children before trying to kill herself. Prosecutors say Clancy had planned the killings and contrived to get her husband out of the house the evening of killings by sending him to pick on medicine for one of their children and dinner for the family.