Summary
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked a judge to declare her not guilty by reason of insanity after the jury could not agree on a verdict in her murder trial. Clancy is charged with killing her three children but her lawyer says she was mentally ill and did not understand that her actions were wrong.Key Facts
- Lindsay Clancy was on trial for killing her three young children in Massachusetts.
- The jury deliberated for seven days but could not reach a unanimous decision, leading to a mistrial.
- One juror refused to agree to a not guilty verdict, causing the deadlock.
- Clancy’s lawyer says she should be found not guilty due to insanity, citing her serious mental illness.
- The defense says even the prosecution’s experts agreed she was mentally ill at the time of the killings.
- Clancy admitted to strangling her children and then attempting suicide, which left her paralyzed.
- The defense claims she had postpartum psychosis, a mental illness that affects some women after childbirth.
- Prosecutors have not yet said if they will try her again.
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