Jurors have still not reached a verdict after four days of deliberation
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NEED TO KNOW
- Jurors deciding Lindsay Clancy’s case were sent home for the day Tuesday after failing to reach a verdict
- Deliberations are expected to continue Wednesday, Sept. 2
- Earlier in the day, jurors told the judge they were deadlocked but were instructed to continue deliberating
Jurors have still not reached a verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s case after four days of deliberation.
Judge William Sullivan dismissed jurors for the day on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and asked them to return Wednesday at 9 a.m. to resume the process.
Hours before, the jury told Sullivan that they were deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous verdict, though they were sent back to deliberate further.
Clancy’s closely followed trial has been streamed live by the Associated Press.
Clancy is charged with murdering her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan — by strangling them in their Duxbury, Mass., home in January 2023.
Though she does not deny killing the children and subsequently jumping out of a second-story window, Clancy has pleaded not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility.
The jury is weighing charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter. They also have the option to find Clancy not guilty or not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility.
Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, has argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and overmedication when she strangled the children.
According to the Boston Globe, Reddington said Tuesday that he believed the jury was “working hard.”
“I think they’ve demonstrated the fact that they’re very, very sincere,” Reddington said, per the outlet.
Reddington claimed in closing arguments that Clancy was failed by medical providers after she sought help for her postpartum mental health issues.
Prosecutors argued Clancy was not in a psychotic state and have attempted to prove she deliberately killed the children.
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In the state’s closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague said Clancy was depressed and that she “didn’t want to try anymore.”
“Those kids were her protective factor,” Sprague said. “Those kids were keeping her from ending her misery. So she had to remove the protective factor.”
The closely followed trial spanned weeks and featured testimony from dozens of witnesses and experts. Clancy’s ex-husband Patrick, who has since forgiven her for killing their children, also took the stand during the trial.
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