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Lindsay Clancy trial on verge of collapse after jury deadlocks again

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s Massachusetts murder trial failed to reach a unanimous verdict for the third time.
  • The judge said he would declare a mistrial, potentially leading to a new trial, but agreed to wait an hour for the defense to file an emergency appeal.
  • Clancy admits killing her three children but argues that postpartum psychosis means she should not be held criminally responsible.

The trial of Lindsay Clancy is on the verge of collapsing after jurors failed for a third time to agree on a verdict in the Massachusetts case. The judge said he would declare a mistrial, according to US media reports.

He agreed to wait one hour before making the declaration to give Clancy’s defense attorney time to file an emergency appeal. The apparent outcome is a new trial.

Clancy has pleaded not guilty to murdering her three young children in January 2023. She acknowledges killing them, but her lawyers argue that she cannot be convicted because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.

Prosecutors maintain that the killings were planned. The jury’s repeated failure to reach agreement has left the case facing another trial rather than a final verdict.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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