Lindsay Clancy jury says they are deadlocked, judge tells them to continue deliberations
PLYMOUTH, Mass.– Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial announced Tuesday that they are deadlocked — but the judge sent them back to deliberate more.The 12-person jury – made up of nine women and six men – told Judge William Sullivan that they could not agree on whether to convict Clancy, 36, of three counts of first-degree murder after almost 18 hours of deliberation.“I’ve got your question and the question is after many hours of deliberation we are unable to come to a unanimous decision,” the judge said.
Follow The Post’s live updates on the Lindsay Clancy trial“I brought you back out because I know that this was a long trial.I know there were over 80 witnesses, there were over 300 exhibits, but because of that I’m going to ask you to go back out, keeping in mind all of the instructions that I gave you, to go out and continue your deliberation at this time.
“So with that I’m going to go back out like I said, keep in mind the instructions I gave you reviewing the evidence and I would ask you to resume your deliberations at this time,” he told juror.The note from the jury came after they heard dueling accounts of the mom’s state of mind when she fatally strangled Cora, 5; Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan using exercise bands before trying to take her own life on Jan.24, 2023.Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington argued that Clancy was in the throes of postpartum psychosis, worsened by a myriad of prescription medications, and had hallucinated a man’s voice inside her head instructing her to kill the children and herself.Prosecutors countered that she was in her right mind and had carefully planned the killings, including getting her then-husband, Patrick, to pick up medication at CVS and take-out from a local restaurant so that she could be alone with the children in their Duxbury home.Both sides rested their cases after a total of 21 days of testimony, which began with Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, taking the stand as...