Lindsay Clancy spoke directly in court Tuesday, repeatedly answering, "Yes, Your Honor," as she agreed to let prosecutors treat certain forensic facts as established hours before a state police trooper testified that investigators recovered no usable fingerprints from a knife or three exercise bands.The developments narrowed the Massachusetts mother’s murder trial toward its central dispute: whether Clancy was criminally responsible when her three children were killed inside the family’s Duxbury home.Before jurors entered the courtroom, Judge William Sullivan questioned Clancy about a stipulation covering certain evidence.HEATED LINDSAY CLANCY COURTROOM EXCHANGE OVER 911 CALL, CRIME SCENE PHOTOS SETS STAGE FOR MOM’S MURDER TRIAL"You understand that by signing the stipulation, you’re agreeing that the Commonwealth does not have to prove these certain facts that are contained in the stipulation," Sullivan said."Do you understand that?""Yes, Your Honor," Clancy replied.Defendant Lindsay Clancy listens during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
(CJ Gunther/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)Asked whether anyone had forced or threatened her to accept the agreement, Clancy said, "No, Your Honor."Sullivan found that Clancy was competent and had entered the stipulation "knowingly, intelligently, voluntarily and willingly."LINDSAY CLANCY’S EX-HUSBAND DETAILS PILL USE AS EXPERT SAYS EVIDENCE COULD SHAPE MURDER TRIALDefense attorney Kevin Reddington said the agreement would prevent prosecutors from calling dozens of witnesses solely to establish the chain of custody for blood, bodily fluids, exercise bands and DNA evidence."We have not been contesting the government’s case in chief, if you will," Reddington said.The stipulation is not a guilty plea or an admission that Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.WATCH: Former prosecutor explains strategy behind Lin...