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2026 Suffolk Univ. L. Rev. Online Ed. 1 (2026)

handle is hein.journals/sfkunvlwrv2026 and id is 1 raw text is: Postpartum Psychosis on Trial: A Preview of Commonwealth v. Clancy By: Jolie Bodner Zangari* I. Introduction In the case of Commonwealth v. Clancy,' the deaths of three young children are the focus of the upcoming criminal trial. However, the identity of their killer will not be at issue. The children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy, were killed by their mother, Lindsay Clancy, who then attempted suicide, but survived with severe permanent injuries. The critical issue to be * Jolie Bodner Zangari is a full-time faculty member at Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in New York and a former Assistant District Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, New York. Thank you to Julianna Cooper and Olivia Scuncio, of the Suffolk University Law Review, for the expeditious editing of this commentary. This commentary previews the issues to be litigated in the upcoming trial of Commonwealth v. Clancy, scheduled to begin in the summer of 2026. Upon the trial's conclusion, a detailed analysis of the case, including the full mental health and medical history, explanations of the mental disorders described, as well as legal analysis of the trial, will be published by the same author in Criminal Justice, A Publication of the American Bar Association. 1 Indictment, Commonwealth v. Clancy, No. 2383CR00198 (Mass. Super. Ct., Plymouth Cnty. Sep. 2023). 1