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Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy murder trial after jurors remain deadlocked
The jury deadlocked after seven days of deliberations, leaving prosecutors and defense split over whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the killings.
- Massachusetts Superior Court Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy after the jury remained hopelessly deadlocked following roughly 36 hours of deliberations over six days.
- Prior to the declaration, Judge Sullivan granted the defense a one-hour pause to allow an emergency appeal regarding his earlier decision not to remove a juror accused by the panel foreperson of refusing to follow reasonable-doubt instructions.
- The central issue preventing a unanimous verdict was whether Clancy was criminally responsible for strangling her three young children in January 2023.
- Prosecutors argued Clancy acted with premeditation and understood her actions, while defense attorneys maintained she suffered from overmedication and postpartum psychosis.
- Following the hung jury, Clancy was expected to be returned to Tewksbury Hospital, a state psychiatric facility, pending a decision by prosecutors on whether to retry the case.
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Lindsay Clancy murder case will end in mistrial after jury can't reach a verdict
A mistrial was declared in the criminal case of Lindsay Clancy on Friday after the jury could not agree on a verdict for the Massachusetts woman accused of killing three young children in 2023.
·Atlanta, United States
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Lindsay Clancy jury hopelessly deadlocked, mistrial declared
A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial on Friday after the jury weighing the fate of Lindsay Clancy failed for the third time to reach a verdict in the case of the mother accused of the strangling deaths of her three young children in 2023.
·New York, United States
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