MA - Lindsay Clancy, Strangled 3 Children in Murder/Suicide Attempt, Duxbury, Jan 2023

[Knox]

I doubt she will be in the state hospital for life. She could be, especially if she doesn't feel she's safe to be discharged, but most of the time, once she's able to function outside the hospital safely, she can be discharged.

Do you mean discharged to serve a prison term?

 

[BeginnerSleuther]

Do you mean discharged to serve a prison term?

Not if she's found not guilty by reason of insanity. The "not guilty" part is important. In cases where someone is found not guilty by reason of insanity, it means that were it not for the mental illness impairing them to the point of actual insanity, they would not have committed the crime. Generally, these people are sent to the state hospital for treatment. Once they are treated and found to be no longer a danger, they are discharged.

18 U.S. Code § 4243 - Hospitalization of a person found not guilty only by reason of insanity

www.law.cornell.edu

 

[Knox]

Not if she's found not guilty by reason of insanity. The "not guilty" part is important. In cases where someone is found not guilty by reason of insanity, it means that were it not for the mental illness impairing them to the point of actual insanity, they would not have committed the crime. Generally, these people are sent to the state hospital for treatment. Once they are treated and found to be no longer a danger, they are discharged.

18 U.S. Code § 4243 - Hospitalization of a person found not guilty only by reason of insanity

www.law.cornell.edu

How often does that actually happen I wonder? I’ll have to research that further.

 

[arielilane]

DUXBURY, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of killing her three children inside their home in Duxbury before attempting to take her own life, is trying to move her upcoming trial to Boston.

Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids, seeks to move trial to Boston

The defense in the high-profile Plymouth County case cites the “intensity and ongoing media scrutiny” surrounding the case and argues Clancy will only receive an unbiased jury if the murder trial is moved to Boston.

www.boston25news.com

11/5/2025

 

[Knox]

DUXBURY, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of killing her three children inside their home in Duxbury before attempting to take her own life, is trying to move her upcoming trial to Boston.

Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids, seeks to move trial to Boston

The defense in the high-profile Plymouth County case cites the “intensity and ongoing media scrutiny” surrounding the case and argues Clancy will only receive an unbiased jury if the murder trial is moved to Boston.

www.boston25news.com

11/5/2025

JMO, but I don’t think moving the trial to Boston is going to help Lindsay. The death of three young children at the hands of their mom. Will be horrific for any jurors regardless of location.

 

[arielilane]

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — A Massachusetts judge refused to move Lindsay Clancy’supcoming trial, finding that media coverage had not compromised the available jury pool with months to go until opening statements.

Judge refuses to move Lindsay Clancy's murder trial to Boston

Lindsay Clancy is scheduled to go on trial for the murders of her three young children in Plymouth County in July 2026.

www.courttv.com

Judge Sullivan granted a defense motion to continue the trial, which is now scheduled to begin on July 20, 2026. The parties are due to return to court for a status conference on January 27, 2026.