Lindsay Clancy murder trial: judge set to call mistrial after jury deadlocks – live updates
Summary
The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s trial cannot agree on whether she is responsible for killing her three children. After multiple attempts, the judge is set to declare a mistrial but is allowing the defense one hour to file an emergency appeal.Key Facts
- The jury is deadlocked and cannot reach a unanimous verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial.
- Lindsay Clancy is accused of fatally strangling her three children in January 2023.
- The jury consists of nine women and three men.
- The defense claims Clancy had postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness affecting about 2 in 1,000 women after childbirth.
- Prosecutors say the killings were planned and deliberate.
- The judge read a note from the jury saying they cannot reach a decision "with a heavy heart."
- The judge delayed declaring a mistrial to allow the defense one hour to seek an emergency appeal to a higher court.
- The trial has drawn national attention to postpartum mental health care issues.
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