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Lindsay Clancy trial jury unable to reach unanimous decision - CNN
WorldBy Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, Jen Christensen, Maureen Chowdhury, Rebekah Riess, Lauren del Valle, Elise Hammond, Chelsea Bailey, Tori B. Powell9/1/20261 min read
Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s trial went home Tuesday without reaching a verdict. Earlier, they told the judge they were deadlocked, and he sent them back to keep deliberating.
✨ Key Highlights
- Jurors in the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy ended their fourth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict, having deliberated roughly 23 hours in total, including about six hours on Tuesday.
- The panel of nine women and three men told Judge William Sullivan they were deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous decision, prompting him to send them back to continue deliberating.
- Clancy is accused of strangling her three young children in 2023, and jurors may consider charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter.
- Prosecutors contend Clancy acted "intentionally, rationally, and swiftly" to kill her children, while the defense argues she should not be held criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis.
- The jury faced a heavy evidentiary load, tasked with weighing more than 80 witnesses and over 300 exhibits, according to the judge.
- Criminal defense attorney Elyse Hershon explained that a deadlocked jury does not end the trial immediately; the judge can order further deliberations and, if the impasse persists, issue a "dynamite charge" as a final push toward a unanimous verdict, with jurors set to return the following day.
Heres a look at some of the key events and dates in the Lindsay Clancy case:
May 2022: Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, gives birth to her third child Callan. She lives in Duxbury with her husban