Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children in 2023. An initial pool of 130 potential jurors is being screened for the case.
Clancy was indicted on in the 2023 deaths of her 5-year-old daughter Cora, 3-year-old son Dawson and 7-month-old son Callan. She pleaded not guilty to the charges.
She became a paraplegic after harming herself in the immediate aftermath of her children's deaths.
Judge William F. Sullivan said he expected to seek 18 jurors for the case, which is expected to last six to eight weeks. In pretrial hearings, attorneys noted the strain that service in this case could put on jurors.
"The impact of this case, which in my decades of trying cases is probably the most emotionally disturbing and challenging, I think is going to have a significant impact on the jurors," defense attorney Kevin Reddington said.
Prospective jurors will be asked to complete a questionnaire and review a witness list to ensure they don't have any connection to anyone who could testify.
Background of the Clancy case:
- Lindsay Clancy faces in the 2023 deaths of her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan.
- She also jumped from a second-floor window, leaving her partially paralyzed.
- In a civil case, a "catastrophic failure" of multiple medical providers in diagnosing and treating her psychiatric condition.
- Her trial is scheduled to begin on July 20. Although her legal team offered to stipulate to the deaths of the children, she has .
- She is being held at Tewksbury State Hospital.
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