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Lindsay Clancy Trial Ends Sixth Day Without Verdict Amid Juror Dispute

A deadlocked jury sent home without a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial after a juror refused to follow instructions on reasonable doubt.

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Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, is accused of killing her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, in 2023. [1] The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict on Thursday after a sixth day of deliberations. [2] Lindsay Clancy, a former midwife and nurse, is on trial in the Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts for the strangulation of her three children, aged five, three, and eight months, in January 2023. [3] The jury has not reached a unanimous verdict since the trial concluded on August 27, 2026, despite the fact that Clancy's guilt of killing the children was not in question during the proceedings. [4] Defense attorney Kevin Reddington requested that the judge dismiss the non-compliant juror to avoid a mistrial. [5] Prosecutors argue Clancy knew what she was doing when she killed her children, while her defense argues postpartum psychosis led to her actions. [6] The defense argued that Clancy was not criminally responsible due to severe mental illness or psychosis and that she did not receive adequate medical support. [7] Thousands of observers, many of whom are mothers, have expressed solidarity with Clancy, suggesting that the case highlights a failure in the psychiatric care system for mothers. [8]
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  1. Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, is accused of killing her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, in 2023. · Hindustan Times
  2. The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict on Thursday after a sixth day of deliberations. · Hindustan Times
  3. Lindsay Clancy, a former midwife and nurse, is on trial in the Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts for the strangulation of her three children, aged five, three, and eight months, in January 2023. · DER STANDARD
  4. The jury has not reached a unanimous verdict since the trial concluded on August 27, 2026, despite the fact that Clancy's guilt of killing the children was not in question during the proceedings. · DER STANDARD
  5. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington requested that the judge dismiss the non-compliant juror to avoid a mistrial. · Hindustan Times
  6. Prosecutors argue Clancy knew what she was doing when she killed her children, while her defense argues postpartum psychosis led to her actions. · Hindustan Times
  7. The defense argued that Clancy was not criminally responsible due to severe mental illness or psychosis and that she did not receive adequate medical support. · DER STANDARD
  8. Thousands of observers, many of whom are mothers, have expressed solidarity with Clancy, suggesting that the case highlights a failure in the psychiatric care system for mothers. · DER STANDARD
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