Lindsay Clancy jury goes home after a fourth day without a verdict and signals an impasse

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial concluded a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after earlier saying they couldn't agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children.

What happened

Not long after arriving at the courthouse, the jury sent Judge William Sullivan a note saying they had been unable to reach a unanimous decision despite plenty of hours of back and forth. He informed them to keep trying.

It was the jury's first indication of an impasse in the closely watched trial that has focused on maternal mental health after childbirth, and which has stirred deep divisions among the public.

Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, doesn't deny strangling her children but notes postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors argue she knew what she was doing. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.

The bottom line

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