Deliberations are ongoing in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial after jurors said they were deadlocked and ended their fourth day without a verdict. The 12-person jury is back in court this September 2, entering a fifth day of deliberations in the closely watched case.
Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, is accused of killing her three young children at the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on January 24, 2023. Prosecutors say Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan were strangled with exercise bands while Clancy’s husband was out of the house.
Her defense does not deny that she killed the children, but argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. But prosecutors argue that Clancy knew what she was doing and acted deliberately.
The trial has included more than 80 witnesses and 300 exhibits, with jurors weighing whether Clancy should be convicted of murder, manslaughter, or found not criminally responsible. If the jury remains unable to reach a unanimous verdict, the judge could eventually declare a mistrial.
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