Lindsay Clancy Trial

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have now gone through four days of deliberations without a verdict. The jury went home Tuesday after earlier telling the judge they were struggling to reach a unanimous decision. The judge told them to keep deliberating on whether to hold the Massachusetts mother criminally responsible for killing her three young children. Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, admits to the 2023 killings but claims postpartum psychosis drove her actions. Prosecutors argue she knew what she was doing. If there's a hung jury and a mistrial is declared, prosecutors will need to decide whether to try Clancy again.

If a Massachusetts jury can't reach a verdict on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children in 2023, a mistrial will be declared and then prosecutors will have to decide whether to retry Clancy on murder charges. Legal experts say there also are other options, including offering Clancy a plea deal or deciding not to put her on trial again. The closely watched trial has featured conflicting testimony about her mental health and what role it played in the killings. Clancy doesn’t deny strangling her children at their home, but says postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors argue she knew what she was doing.