The trial of Lindsay Clancy centers on whether she can be held criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. The defense acknowledges Clancy strangled her children in 2023, but asserts she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time. This rare mental health condition drastically alters a new mother's perception of reality. Postpartum psychosis is being presented as a factor negating criminal intent. The case aims to determine the extent to which this severe mental illness can be used as a defense in a homicide case. The trial will likely bring increased awareness to the condition and its potential impact on new mothers. The husband was running errands at the time of the tragedy.