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U.S. Trial of Lindsay Clancy, Accused of Killing Three Children, Ends Without Verdict

From Le Temps · () French

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  • A judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s case after jurors failed to agree on a verdict over the deaths of her three children.
  • The trial focused on whether Clancy, who was accused of the killings, was criminally responsible while suffering from severe postpartum psychosis.
  • The jury reportedly stood at 11 members favoring acquittal on grounds of criminal irresponsibility and one opposing it.

The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach the unanimity required in U.S. criminal cases.

Judge William Sullivan declared the mistrial on Friday at the court in Plymouth, near Boston. Clancy’s case had drawn intense attention because it centered on severe postpartum psychosis and the question of criminal responsibility in maternal mental health cases.

Details that emerged from exchanges between the judge, defense lawyers and prosecutors suggested a sharply divided jury. Eleven jurors reportedly favored acquittal on the grounds that Clancy was not criminally responsible, while one juror opposed that verdict.

The judge’s decision leaves the case without a conclusion after the jury could not agree. The supplied report ends as Sullivan announces the mistrial.

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Originally published by Le Temps in French. 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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