Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder trial
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- A mistrial has been declared after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s trial over the deaths of her three children.
- Clancy faced three first-degree murder charges, but her defense argued that postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible.
- Jurors deliberated for seven days and repeatedly told the judge they could not agree.
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, ended without a verdict after jurors failed to agree unanimously.
Clancy faced three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, who was eight months old. The children died at their family home in 2023.
Clancy did not deny killing the children. Her lawyer argued that she had been suffering from postpartum psychosis and therefore should not be held criminally responsible for their deaths.
Jurors deliberated for seven days. They repeatedly told the judge they could not reach a decision, but the judge ordered them to continue trying to reach a unanimous verdict. The deadlocked jury ultimately led to the mistrial.
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