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[^1]\n\nJudge William Sullivan instructed the jury to continue deliberating after they indicated they could not reach a unanimous decision on the criminal responsibility of Lindsay Clancy for the 2023 deaths of her three children in Massachusetts. [^2]\n\nLindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming postpartum psychosis led her to strangle her children. [^3]\n\nDanish jurors in the United States failed to reach a unanimous decision regarding the guilt of Lindsay Clancy in a murder trial. [^4]\n\nLindsay Clancy faces three murder charges for the strangulation of her children, Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months), which the prosecution alleges were premeditated. [^5]\n\nLindsay C. admitted in January 2023 that she killed her five-year-old daughter Cora, her three-year-old son Dawson, and her eight-month-old son Callan in the family home. [^6]\n\nThe jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy said on its fifth day of deliberations that it could not reach a unanimous verdict for a second time, and Judge William Sullivan sent it back with a standard instruction required by law urging further discussion. [^7]\n\nClancy does not deny strangling her children but claims postpartum psychosis led to her actions, while prosecutors argue she made a conscious choice to kill them before attempting suicide. [^8]\n\nJudge William Sullivan instructed the jury to continue deliberating after learning they were at an impasse, noting the trial involved over 80 witnesses and over 300 exhibits. [^9]\n\nProsecutors argued that Clancy was depressed and tired of living, making a conscious decision to kill her children before attempting suicide. [^10]\n\nThe jury reached this deadlock on the fourth day of deliberations, marking the first time they signaled they were stuck. [^11]\n\nThe victims, aged five, three, and eight months, were strangled with resistance bands in the family basement. 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