LIVE Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial returns for sixth day of deliberation

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial will return for a sixth day of deliberations after twice saying they couldn't agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children.

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LIVE Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial returns for sixth day of deliberation

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial will return for a sixth day of deliberations after twice saying they couldn't agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children.

Article outline

  1. What happened
  2. Background
  3. The bottom line

Key points

  • Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, doesn't deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023.
  • Clancy stared at the jury with no expression when Sullivan earlier in the day explained to the courtroom that the jurors were at a standstill.
  • I'm going to ask you to come back tomorrow morning.

Notably, the judge informed jurors to keep deliberating Wednesday when they stated for a second straight day that they were at an impasse – a sign there's a growing chance of a hung jury and the trial ending without a resolution.

Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, doesn't deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023. While prosecutors say she knew what she was doing when she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy, ages 5, 3 and 8 months, her attorney argues that postpartum psychosis led to her actions.

"I know it's been a long day, " Judge William Sullivan remarked, "so at this point, what I'm going to do is, first off, thank you for your time and commitment to this case. I'm going to ask you to come back tomorrow morning."

For now, lIVE  Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial returns for sixth day of deliberation remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.

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